Cancel culture suggests we can change the world from the outside in, but the misogyny and racism are coming from inside the house.
Soraya Roberts
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Happily Never After
By protecting ourselves and no one else, we destroy ourselves along with everyone else.
Posted inStory
Still Waters
The muted response to Todd Haynes’s “Dark Waters” is depressingly similar to our culture’s muted response to climate change
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The Great White Nope
Canada’s old white publishing institutions are a lesson in what happens when your media industry contracts: journalism no longer serves the reality of the country.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Story
Bully for You
Women with power have the capacity to silence women with less — and they wield it. Why can’t they see that?
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Under the Influence: Watch(wo)men
We watch the (women) influencers watching the (heavily female) influencing industry, but the men aren’t entirely in the dark.
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Under the Influence: Deeper Than Beauty
Influencers who break type, like Mina Gerges or Jakiya Brown, have more than just an image. They have a story — and a plan.
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Under the Influence: White Lies
When you read “influencer,” do you think “white woman”? That’s not a surprise: the stereotypes originally established offline are reaffirmed on social media by the same systems.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Technology
End of Discussion
There’s no such thing as a 140-character exegesis: the (non)-discourse around “Joker” is the latest to prove that social media is designed for emotion, not dialogue.
