Amazon’s new pilot offers a glimpse into the future for trans families on TV. by Christine Benvenuto Leading up to the […]
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Movie Review: ‘Obvious Child’
Gillian Robespierre’s new comedy brings some much-needed attention to both Jenny Slate and the reality of abortion stories. by Ashley Canino […]
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Pop Rivets: When Tropes Take the Blame
How do Hollywood relationship tropes affect real life social dynamics? by Ashley Canino When unspeakable tragedies occur, we naturally ask why. […]
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Q&A with Misan Sagay, Writer of ‘Belle’
The writer of Belle discusses her inspiration for the script and the tensions portrayed by her main character, Dido Elizabeth Belle. […]
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The Riveter Canon 7: At the Movies
To accompany this week’s longform essay on the making of David Fincher’s Gone Girl, we provide recommended reading on the subject of MOVIES. by Paige Pritchard On […]
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Southeast Missouri is Really Excited for ‘Gone Girl’
How the filming of Gone Girl affected a small river town, and the life of a girl who grew up there. by Paige […]
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Pop Rivets: The Look of Late Night
How to get more diversity behind the desk of late night talk shows. by Ashley Canino Over the past few years, […]
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What We Want to Learn from #CancelColbert
When a satirist stretches his limits, it’s his critics who catch the heat. by Kaitlyn Collier A few days ago, my friend, […]
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Pop Rivets: HBO’s ‘Girls’ in Review
Ashley Canino looks back on Season 3, and looks ahead to what we can expect in Season 4. by Ashley […]
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Moving Pictures
by Christine Benvenuto Once upon a time I misunderstood transsexuality as symptomatic of psychic damage. That is, that unhappy families might […]
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