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Why we need more fat female leads in romantic comediesRomantic comedies have long promised that love is available to ordinary people. Yet their heroines are usually ordinary in every way except their bodies. They…
What The Queen’s Gambit Reveals About Women’s Intellectual LabourWhen The Queen’s Gambit arrived on Netflix in 2020, a period drama about competitive chess became a global cultural event. Viewers bought chess sets, searched…
Where Prairie Lesbian Bars Made Their Own HistoryBefore queer nightlife became a searchable category, lesbian social life in the Canadian Prairies was built through memory, trust, and repeated acts of…
Euphoria, Trauma Porn, And The Performance Of Teenage SexualityEuphoria presents adolescence as a crisis of sensation. Its teenagers move through addiction, sexual violence, queer desire, bullying, family instability, and…
The myth of the woman who directs “like a man”When a woman filmmaker is praised for making a movie “like a man,” the compliment is presented as evidence of progress. It suggests that she has entered a…
Why Feminists Should Rethink the Political Use of Karen“Karen” began as internet shorthand for a particular kind of entitlement: usually a white woman treating service workers, neighbours, strangers, or public…
Making Winnipeg’s Fringe Festival Work for Disabled ArtistsThe Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is a major gathering place for independent performance, bringing artists and audiences into theatres, sidewalks,…
When Female Strength Has No Room For TearsPopular culture has spent decades telling us what a “strong female character” should look like. She is competent under pressure, physically capable, verbally…
What Beach Read Book Clubs Reveal About Women’s BurnoutThe beach read book club boom looks, at first glance, like a cheerful return to leisure. Women gather online or in living rooms, choose a glossy novel, pour a…
How TikTok’s algorithm peddles diet culture to teen girlsFor many teenage girls, TikTok is a place to find jokes, music, beauty advice, political commentary, and a sense of belonging. It is also a powerful…