Welcome to the Category Archive for Think Pieces

• Live From New York: Turning 50 With 'Saturday Night Live'
• A Tale Of Monochorionic Monoamniotic Twins Born on Valentine's Day
• 'Wicked' Has a Strained Relationship With Its Politics
• Why Streaming Services Struggle So Much in the Horror Genre
• Why Kamala Harris Is Actually the Best Choice To Deal with Inflation
• Women Changed The Game And The Narrative At This Year's Olympics
• Ben Shapiro, DailyWire+, and the Face-Eating Leopards
• 'Ripley' Is What 'Saltburn' Wished To Be
• How 'Dune 2' and 'Shōgun' Handle the White Savior
• Video Games Are Art and That's Okay
• Nu Metal Can't Be Back Because It Never Left
• Queerness Is a Gift
• The Norman Lear Center Released A Report About Hollywood Gun Violence
• If It's AI, It Isn't Art
• The Problem with Crossovers
• This Utopian Co-Living Community in Brooklyn Will Tickle Your Gag Reflex
• Pelé Built It
• The Art Of Falling Asleep With the TV On
• Anti-Qatar 2022: Triangle of Cowardice
• Anti-Qatar 2022: The Exceptional Tragedy of this World Cup
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Birth Control and Population Collapse II
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Birth Control And Population Collapse
• The Falklands Malvinas War: 40 Years Of A War That Meant Nothing And Meant Everything
• The Problem With Cultural Boycotts
• We Need To Keep Talking About Our Mental Health
• Understanding Through Storytelling: Let's Not Get Too Mad About War Memes
• When the Jokes Stop: Kanye West's Abuse of Kim Kardashian
• We Are Actually Rooting For You, United States of America
• De-Vaccination Is Not A Thing, People
• Demi Lovato, JFK Jr and QAnon Walk Into A Bar...
• Time To Reclaim History From Idiots And Nazis
• 'Training Day': The 20th Anniversary of Denzel Washington Telling Us King Kong Ain't Got Nothing on Him
• The Movie Science of 'No Time to Die' Is So Bad It Accidentally Validates Eugenics
• Rewatching 'Child's Play' As A New Dad Put Me On An Emotional Rollercoaster
• Spoilers: What Happens in the End Credit Scene in 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage'
• 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' and the Problem with the Current Pop Culture Rehabilitation Trend of History's Difficult Women
• A Pro-Life Society
• An Entomological Quibble: The Bees in 'Candyman' are Basically Wasps in Real Life
• What You Actually Need for the Perfect Movie Experience
• Substantial Changes Take a While; Plan Accordingly
• I Can't Be Having with Transphobes Co-opting Sir Terry Pratchett
• The Heart of the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise Has Always Been Sung Kang's Han Lue
• Spoilers: What is the Twist Ending of Hulu's 'False Positive'
• The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that No One Remembered
• Don't Let the Feds Tell You How to Love Your Chicken
• The Country of Chile Will Have the First Truly Modern Constitution
• The Cicadas Are Coming, and Why You Should Read Your Local News
• Someone Paid $69 Million for a Piece of Digital Art: Here's Why That Matters
• Is Tom Brady the Greatest American Athlete? That MAGA Hat Might Complicate Things
• The Questions of Male Consent That Puncture Both Fantasy Worlds of 'Bridgerton' and 'Wonder Woman 1984'
• The Weird History and Allure of the Sexy Halloween Costume
• Ode to a Butterfly: On the Symbol in 'Antebellum' and 'Possessor Uncut'
• It's Time To Kill Off the Myth of the Wealthy Writer
• 'Boys State' is the Scariest Movie I've Seen All Year
• Eco-Horror Films 'Sea Fever' and 'The Beach House' Compellingly Argue for Bailing on Humanity
• Marwan Kenzari in 'The Old Guard' is the Brown Romantic Lead We've Been Demanding
• How Comfortable Is Our Comfort Food, Really?
• Olivier Assayas's 'Wasp Network' Collapses the Barrier Between Personal and Political
• Jon Stewart's Toothless Political Commentary 'Irresistible' Ignorantly Centers Whiteness
• Channing Godfrey Peoples's 'Miss Juneteenth' Updates the Feminist 'I Choose Me' Trope
• Pro-Choice Movies 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' and 'Premature' Educate About Women's Health Care
• So Much Grief
• Step Number One: Fix the Police Unions
• Investigating the Militaristic Trend in 'The Old Guard' and Netflix Originals
• Crafting My Way Through Lockdown
• Spoilers: How Did HBO's 'Run' End? Will There Be a Second Season?
• Alison Roman and the Exhausting Prevalence of Ethnic Erasure in Popular Food Culture
• Alan Yang's Film 'Tigertail' Broadens a First-Gen Conversation Started on 'Master of None'
• On Thirst and Subversive Gender Performance in 'True History of the Kelly Gang'
• 'Beastie Boys Story' is a Love Letter to Moral Compass Adam Yauch
• I'm Not Okay
• Pandemic Productivity: The Strange Pressure to be Publicly Busy During Self-Isolation
• Pioneering Women Screwed Over By History And Sh*tty Men
• The Timely Anti-Capitalist Messaging of Ken Loach's 'Sorry We Missed You'
• How Does Folklore Shape What the Monster El Cuco is Doing on 'The Outsider'?
• Spoilers: 'Weathering With You,' Climate Change, and the Possibility We're Already Too Late
• Harley Quinn is a Hot Girl for Bernie Sanders in 'Birds of Prey'
• The Academy Awards Should Add Ensemble, Stunt, and Youth Categories
• Spoilers: What Happens at the End of 'The Turning'?
• Will Smith's Late Career Turn Shifts Him from Fresh Prince to America's Dad
• The Worst of 'Dolittle', From Swiping Chris Tucker's Jokes to Constipated Dragons
• A New Buyer's Guide to the Best Nintendo Switch Games
• 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' and 'Modern Love' Share a Whitewashed Idea of Love
• What Happened to Walton Goggins's Uncle Baby Billy on 'The Righteous Gemstones' Finale?
• Spoilers: What Happened to Zazie Beetz in 'Joker'? Does Joker Kill Sophie?
• 'Joker' is a Comic Book Movie, Can We Stop Pretending It's Not?
• Perspective: On 'Blinded by the Light' and Being the Only Brown Face in the Room
• 'I'm Sorry Dave': The Fracture Point Upon Which the AI Revolution Can Begin
• On Trying, and Failing, To Deal With Climate Anxiety
• Don't Starve: You Don't Have To Struggle To Be A Real Artist
• Area 51 Raid Prompts Warning From The Military
• Boris Johnson Becoming Prime Minister is the Archetypal Posh White Man's 'Hero's Journey'
• Preston 'Bodie' Broadus Was the Best Character on 'The Wire'
• Welcome To My Petition To Get Fans To Stop Making Demands Of Pop Culture Properties Via Petition
• Not Everyone Has to Be Beautiful And That's Okay
• Why Does Everyone Hate Critics All of a Sudden?
• Did 'Avengers: Endgame' Sneakily Set Up The Future Appearance Of Mutants?
• The 'USA Today' Infographic on 'Nonessentials' Misses the Whole Damn Point
• Investigating The Character Names In Jordan Peele's 'Us'
• Zack Snyder Tells Fans Upset About Batman Killing People To 'Grow The F**k Up'
• How to Find Lightness in the Dark
• #FakeMelania, The Tyson Zone, And The Innate Insanity Of The Trump Presidency
• Congresswoman Omar and the Problem with Our Silence
• Cyber Harassment: A Crime Without Consequences?
• A Woman In The Philippines Claimed A Curse Caused Her To Cough Up Frogs
• Terry Crews Apologizes For Comments About Children Of Same-Sex Parents Being 'Malnourished'
• The Ballad Of The Home Phone
• Snake Skin: The Itchy Elephant in the Room of Having Psoriasis
• 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Phil Robertson Thinks God Gives Us All Healthcare Via Death
• How Bloodthirsty Are You, America?
• It's Not About Boomers Versus Millennials. It's the Elite Versus Everyone Else.
• Girls to the Front: The Bikini Kill Reunion and Women's Rage
• Happy New Public Domain Day!
• Best Movies of 2018: 'Widows,' 'Support the Girls,' and 'Mandy'
• What If 'Mary Poppins Returns' Were Actually a Movie About Class Warfare?
• Centrists Will Be The Death Of Us All
• The Good News About The Border Wall GoFundMe Receiving $3 Million In 4 Days
• Stop Saying Things are Overrated
• Tumblr Banning Adult Content is a Terrible Idea
• Hillary Clinton's Populism Interview Shows That She Has Learned Nothing
• The White House Correspondents' Dinner Will No Longer Feature Comedians. Good.
• James Woods Is Selflessly Using His Twitter Feed To Help California Fire Victims
• Bernie Sanders Still Doesn't Know What Racism Is
• Oprah's Favorite Things List Is A Crutch For Desperate Consumers
• Living In The Real 'Money Pit' Or How Owning A Home Is A Soul Killer
• The Unbearable Privilege of Being Able To Be Friendly With Your Political Opponents
• 'The Haunting of Hill House' Doesn't Bring Anything New To The Genre
• The Forces That Ushered in Trump Are the Same That Just Gave Us Jair Bolsonaro
• The Tragedy of the Amy Winehouse Hologram and the Loss of Live Music
• A White Person's Guide To Minding Your Own Business And When To Involve Police
• Stop Praising Richard Branson for Doing the Absolute Bare Minimum
• The YouTube Life Coach: Shane Dawson, Jake Paul and the Personality Industrial Complex
• Spoopy True Stories Of Creppy Incidents
• A Calm, Collected Response To Current Events
• Paul Schrader's Rape Comments Aren't Helping Anyone
• 10 Years On From the Financial Crisis it Remains the Defining Issue Of Our Time
• Is Consent Really That Hard To Understand, People?
• Norm MacDonald Wades Into #MeToo Conversation With A Take As Complicated As The Movement Itself
• Twitter Responds to Fox News' Shaming of Geoffrey Owens; Discusses Realities of Working in the Arts
• Nike is Evil. Colin Kaepernick is a Hero Who Deserves Their Endorsement
• 'Mr. Robot' Ends After Season Four, Plus a Season Three Teaser for 'The Good Place'
• The Target Effect Is Real
• Is 'Cut The Wire' A Real Game, And Other Commercials For Terrible Kids' Toys
• Comedy: The Universal Language
• How Not To Fix Hooters For Millennials
• Yes Of Course Islamophobia is a Form of Racism
• Handle It: Living, Loving and Working on the Internet
• Why The 'Fringe' Season Finale Is One Of The Best Episodes Of Television
• What Happened With the Manson Family Murders?
• 'The Spy Who Dumped Me' and Whether Stories About Female Friendship Need Conflict
• Being a White Minority is Nothing To Write the 'Washington Post' About
• NPR Music Names MIA's 'Paper Planes' the Best Song by a 21st Century Woman, Which is Fine
• DJ Guilty Of Groping Taylor Swift Upset About Ruined Life
• Other People's Lives Are Not Your Viral Moments!
• Interview: Filmmaker and Musician Boots Riley of 'Sorry to Bother You'
• The World is Dark But You're Allowed To Be Happy
• Strong, Powerful Quotes To Help You Keep Fighting
• What Is The Role Of Due Process In #MeToo Accusations?
• Letter to Melania Trump
• Nikki Haley is Wrong. Poverty Is A Human Rights Issue
• Let's Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
• Stop Celebrating Scammers
• Women Don't Need Your Good Guy Bullshit
• Scrambled Eggs and Burning Pots: The Joy and Terror of Teaching Myself How to Cook
• Book Stuffing, Bribery and Bullying: The Self-Publishing Problem Plaguing Amazon
• How We Use The 'C' Word
• We Need To Stop Telling Men That They're Geniuses
• Hollywood in Developmental Arrest
• 'Show Dogs' and Its Strange Subplot Normalizing Unwanted Sexual Touching
• Let's Talk About the Controversial Ending to Season 2 '13 Reasons Why'
• The Dystopian Future of 'Fahrenheit 451' is a Sobering Counterpoint to 'Ready Player One'
• F**k Outta Here With Your George W. Bush Image Rehabilitation Nonsense
• 'Roseanne' 'Go Cubs' From the Muslim Perspective
• Cocky Writer: Romance Author Faleena Hopkins Trademarks 'Cocky' and Tries to Shut Down Others Using the Word
• One Piece of Advice to Writers: Do Not Work For Free!
• Items that No One Will Buy Online Anymore
• 'Lean on Pete' and 'The Rider' Challenge Cowboy Masculinity in the American West
• The Hypocrisy of Amy Schumer's 'I Feel Pretty' Is Exhausting
• It's Time To End Diet Culture
• With 'Nice for What,' Drake Finally Puts Away His Emotions and Lets the Women He Adores Shine on Their Own
• Jeff Bezos and Robert Mueller Are Not Your Heroes
• Which Val Kilmer is Best Val Kilmer
• Tips On How To Avoid Divorce
• Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?
• Should We Delete Our Faceboook Accounts?
• The Divisive Nature Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe's Captain America
• From Crochet Squares to Downward Dog: The Joys of Sucking at Something You Love
• Chris Pratt Faces Backlash After Sending Tweet About Prayers for Kevin Smith
• 'The Walking Dead' Character Deaths Are Always Spoiled
• The Greatest Suffix In The English Language
• How To Look Too Young To Have A 13-Year-Old While Parenting Said Teen
• Why We Shouldn't Confuse 'Evil' With Mental Illness
• To the Parents Of My Kid's Friends, I Present A FAQ About Our Household
• Let's Take Romance Novels Seriously!
• New York Is Trying To Pass A Law Concerning Tide Pods
• Gloria Copeland Says There Is No Flu Season
• Doritos Announces Non-Crunchy Chips for Women
• What Makes People Not Like You?
• What's the Deal with the 'The Wonder Years' Sexual Harassment Lawsuit?
• Does Adolescence Really Last Longer Now?
• Are Journalists Ambushing Hollywood Figures For Page Views?
• 'The Last Jedi' Restored My Faith in 'Star Wars'
• How A Japanese Concept May Have Helped During Hawaii's Missile False Alarm
• #MeToo: Accountability
• Let's Get on the Same Page with Regards to #MeToo, Sh*tty Media Men and Consent
• What is a Huntsman Spider and is it Dangerous?
• The Ending of 'It Comes At Night' Movie Explained
• 'Mr. Robot' and Middle Eastern and South Asian Representation
• Explainer: Logal Paul's Suicide Forest Video Crosses the Line
• This Post Is Brought to You By Insomnia and Misfiring Brain Synapses
• What Does It Mean To Be A Fan?
• This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Saga of Keaton Jones
• British Teacher Uses Religion To Justify His Transphobic Attitude, Wonders Why He Faces Disciplinary Action
• 'You Should Be Friends With Your Political Enemies!' No.
• Hi, Excuse Me, But Has Any Human Ever Aged Better Than Marisa Tomei?
• Lady Gaga's Bikini Pictures Spur Idiots To Blame Her For Men Assaulting Women
• White People, F--king Stop It
• Nostalgia: A Powerful Force for Good, or an Evil and Sneaky Manipulator?
• With 'Mudbound,' Carey Mulligan Makes Playing the Achingly Unhappy Wife Her Niche
• The Failed Sexual Tension in 'Justice League' is One of Its Most Glaring Missteps
• On Believing Women vs. Believing Your Friend Dave Who Is Just, Like, Such a Good Guy
• What Did We Do to Trump Voters to Make Them Hate Us So Much?
• Why Don't You Just Tell Me How You'd Like Me To Talk About My Sexual Assault?
• Why Do We Enjoy Watching Dr. Pimple Popper and Other Videos Like It?
• Yes, All Men
• Why Does Wal-Mart Sell Photos of Japanese Internment?
• An Explainer: When 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty' Does and Does Not Apply
• 2017: The Year When Women Said 'No More'
• Louis C.K. and How Predators Victimize Themselves by Making Women Feel Sorry for Them
• The Face Behind The Brand: Life As A Social Media Intern
• About November 8
• The Hypocrisy of 'Goodbye Christopher Robin' Will Ruin Your Childhood Memories
• That Time I Got Hit By A Firework And It Totally Ruined Bonfire Night For Me
• Shakespeare's Real Identity: The Stupid Conspiracy Theory That Just Won't Die
• 'That's Pretty Cool': Being a Tourist at a War Memorial
• The Character Development of 'Only the Brave' is Excellent, Unless You're a Woman
• An Open Letter To David Cross Because Goddammit, Dude
• Why Reporting a Sex Crime Is Often As Difficult as Enduring a Sex Crime
• 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', Tim Meadows, And How To Do Guest Stars Right
• Me Too: Two Complicated, Loaded Little Words
• Why the Netflix Strategy Is Great for Netflix But Terrifying for Subscribers
• The Joys of Being Alone
• Did McDonald's F*ck Up 'Rick And Morty' Szchezuan Sauce Promotion, Or Are They Evil Geniuses?
• 'Gerald's Game' and the Differences Between Female and Male Protagonists In Film
• 'Clear The Dead Libyan Bodies Away': Boris Johnson, Trump, Clinton and the Western Imperial Consensus
• Re-Reading 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in Trump's America
• We Need To Talk About Sex Robots
• We Are Forever Merely Bodies, Eternally Just Things
• Politics, Periods and Social Media Don't Mix, Apparently. Who Knew?
• Uber's London License Didn't Get Renewed. Good. Stop Whining.
• Technicolour Dreams: Why We Love the Mermaid and Unicorn Trend
• Whatever, Emmys: 'Supernatural' Is Actually The Best Show On TV
• Donald Glover, Or: Is It Possible To Admire Someone So Much You Actually Hate Them?
• How Do You Solve a Problem Like PewDiePie?
• How the Body Positivity Movement Went Skinny
• Get Over Yourself, Maria Sharapova
• The Daily Mail Still Thinks Fat-Shaming Is OK And I'm Mad As Hell
• Just What the Hell is a 'Taylor Swift'? One Writer's Dive Into the Unknown
• The Scandal You Probably Haven't Heard About: It's Time To Improve Thyroid Treatment
• The Enduring Power of 'My Immortal', The Worst Fan Fiction Ever Written
• Is This The Quickest Honk, Or The Shortest Traffic Light?
• Another Famous Man Turns Out to Be Disappointing. Consider Us Unsurprised
• Let's Pivot Away From 'Pivot To Video'
• Hypocrites, Personal Life, and Political Leanings
• I've Watched Six 'Saw' Movies in Three Days and This Is Why
• Taylor Swift's Feminist Awakening
• No One Wants to F*ck You, Nazis
• Charlottesville: Privilege, Identity, and Why We Fight
• Charlottesville, 'Broadchurch', And The Value Of Oxygen
• This Is What Happens When You Catcall A Woman
• If Michael Mando isn't a Superstar in a Few Years Then the Industry is Broken
• I Love My Short Boyfriend Even Though He Is Predisposed By His Gender To Be A Bad Writer
• On Friendship and Fantasy Sports
• 'Preacher' And The Problem With Jesse & Tulip
• Wes Anderson: White Purveyor of Twee Uber-White Whiteness, or Genius Visionary Craftsman
• Why It's So Hard to Watch the Dog Die in Movies
• The Case Of Charlie Gard: A Tragedy Exploited For Political Reasons
• Old Doctor Has Thoughts On New Doctor, Should Maybe Keep Them To Himself
• Building Code Regulations Are Boring, But They Are Also Vital
• Chester Bennington and the Unfortunately Frequent Reminder that Suicide Isn't Selfish
• 5 Reasons Why Weiss and Benioff's 'Game of Thrones' Follow-Up 'Confederate' Is Such a Terrible Idea
• The Surging, Thrilling Power of Women on 'Game of Thrones'
• Marin ?ili? and the Merits of Crying in Public
• How Many Jumpsuits Is Too Many Jumpsuits? Uh... Asking For A Friend.
• There's a Very Credible Case To Be Made For Samuel L. Jackson Being the Greatest Actor of His Generation
• Tips For Marvel: We Have Some Ideas...
• Freelance Hell: I Turned Down My Dream Job Because I Couldn't Afford To Live
• Jog On, MRA; Intersectional Meninism Is Not A Thing
• How Much Spoiler Is Too Much Spoiler? Spoilers Ahead...
• I Don't Want to Get Married or Have Kids So Leave Me Alone
• Why Do People Talk To Me? An Examination
• Dear America: A Letter From Your Ex
• I Got a Backstreet Boys Song Stuck in my Head This Morning. God Help Me.
• Open Mike: What Is the Difference Between a Mixtape and a Playlist?
• Is There Even Such A Thing As Good Or Bad TV Anymore?
• I Wish I Was Stanley Tucci
• Under the Trump Administration, Housing for the Poor is Terrifyingly F*cked
• To Billie Lourd, Debbie Reynolds and All of Us Who've Loved an Addict
• 'Twin Peaks' and the Art of the Episodic Review (Or Lack Thereof)
• Roxane Gay and Mia Freedman: When Feminism Becomes Narcissism
• The Violent Toxicity of Social Media is Relatively New to Republicans, But It's Not New to Politics
• On Art, Ignorance, and the Fight Against Fascism
• The 'Shadow of the Colossus' Trailer Made Me Weep
• It's OK, Meme Kids: You Didn't Need To Go To Harvard Anyway
• Do We Want 'Freedom To' or 'Freedom From'?
• Is It OK To Kill Fundamentalists in Video Games And Other Musings On Religion
• Remembering The Breakneck, Beautiful Genius that is 'Mad Max: Fury Road's' Pre-Title Scene
• Grit Your Teeth and Prepare for the Inevitable Backlash: One Day, We Will Probably Hate Dwayne Johnson
• Exploring The Barely-There Gender Politics Of 'Alien: Covenant'
• Film Twitter Needs More Female Voices. So Does Everything Else
• What The F**k Are Fidget Spinners And Do They Mean That I'm Now An Old?
• The Trump Women: Feminism, Sympathy and Doing Their Damn Jobs
• Just So We're Clear, Suing Your Date for Texting During a Movie Is a Real Dick Move
• 'Don't Tread On Me And Shit': Fraternizing with the Political Enemy
• Is It Time for Studios to Give Up on the White Male Directors Gamble?
• Donald Trump is Henry VIII
• Jared Leto's Voice is Not a Thing
• Emmanuel Macron's Victory in France May Well Mean That Next Time it's Le Pen
• Backfire Effect
• On Sporting, Irish War Cries And The Current Epicenter Of Human Hotness
• Warner Bros. Fails Wonder Woman Again With This Awful Product Placement
• Blackness isn't a Fashion Statement, Miley
• Dispatches from the Tribeca Games Festival
• 'The Handmaid's Tale' And the Number of Episodes a TV Series Should Run
• A Brief History of Political Censorship of Art & Pop Culture in Modern America
• 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' Looks at a Dark Legacy of Deceit, Ignorance, and Grief
• Eat the Rich: The Schadenfreude Joys and Sad Realities of Fyre Festival
• Louise Mensch, The Palmer Blog, and the Dangers of Fake News on the Left
• Why Johnny Depp Remains Disney's Most Beloved Celebrity Asset
• Nature Documentaries Are The World's Greatest Hangover Cure. No One Denies This
• I Think There's a Wonder Woman Movie Coming Out Soon?
• Do We Still Need a Black Widow Movie?
• Remembering Portugal's Remarkable Carnation Revolution
• Reading Scottish Romances as an Actual Scottish Person
• Can TV Stop Making Weird Guys So Damn Attractive?
• Captain America Hydra Agent Thinkpiece
• Eighteen Years Later And There Still Isn't Any Sense to Be Made Out of Columbine
• When Will Hollywood Trust Women to Tell Superhero Stories?
• No, Rihanna Doesn't Need to Lose Weight
• We're All Sick of Knowing Everything All of the Time, Right?
• 'SNL' Has Never Been More Relevant, And Its Cast Never Less So
• Riverdale Report: Will The Finale Fold In Witches And Zombies?
• 20 Years On 'Grosse Pointe Blank' Remains a Goddamn Masterpiece
• '13 Reasons Why' That's Not What Suicide Looks Like To Me
• Let's Talk The Surprise Twist Of Anne Hathaway's 'Colossal'
• Digital Strip Searches and a Massive Wall: Welcome To America
• A Hero Stands in Defiance Of Hate: Witness The Most Powerful Photo From The Weekend
• Conservative Publication The Federalist Asks Why Men and Women Can Never Be 'Just Friends'
• If You're A Bigot, You Don't Get To Like 'Star Trek'
• 'Civil War', 'Logan', 'Apes' or: How I Learned To Not Watch Movie Trailers Anymore
• Possible Justifications For 'Justice League' Being 2 Hours, 50 Minutes Long
• A Completely Transparent Explanation of the Economics Behind Running a Pop-Culture Website
• Television Isn't Film, Damnit
• Remembering The Greatest Action Scene In The History Of Cinema
• Should Democrats Stop Being the Party of Abortion Rights?
• A Decade On, David Fincher's 'Zodiac' Remains a Near-Perfect Masterpiece
• 'This Precious Stone Set in the Silver Sea': A Tribute to the British Spirit
• Why Television Shows Should Have Term Limits
• Pride & Prejudice & Nazis: The Alt-Right Need To Step Away From Our National Treasure
• Where Did the 90-Minute Movie Go?
• Let's Speculate Wildly On What Tom Cruise's Next Insane 'Mission Impossible' Stunt Will Be
• It's Time To Change The Narrative: The Case of Michael Brown is Straight Out Of 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
• Don't Forget, Mystique's Been Bisexual Since 1981
• A Valentine's Day Miracle - Tale Of Monoamniotic Twins and Averted Heartbreak
• Is Eddie Redmayne Behind You Right Now?
• Lord, Give Me The Confidence Of The 'Avatar' Franchise
• A Day Without A Woman
• Still Think Women Are Treated Better Than Men And Have Nothing To Strike About?
• Michael Shannon: A Rare And Versatile Talent To Be Treasured
• To Pee, or Not to Be: That Is the Question for Trans Youth
• The Lessons We Must Learn From the 2017 Academy Awards
• 'Girls' Tackles Being Not Being an American Bitch
• When There's 'Something Rotten in the State of Denmark,' It's Time To Be Horatio, Not Hamlet
• Probably The Single Greatest Scene In Modern Cinema
• Jimmy Fallon's Fall Is Proof Of the Damaging Affects of Donald Trump
• We Need to Talk About the Virulent Racism of "The Great Wall"
• Trump Shouted Down A Jewish Reporter For Pressing Him on Anti-Semitic Attacks Against Preschools
• Was There Ever a Better Time for a TV Adaptation of 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
• Fried Chicken Is The New Bread, Because Darkest Timeline
• A Reminder that Free the Nipple Isn't About Porn
• Why the Patriot's Victory Over the Falcons Is a Ridiculous Metaphor for the Election
• The Wheels Are Coming Off The Trump Administration
• The Muslim Ban Has Sullied Oscars 2017
• Remembering John Hurt: The Pajiba Staff Pick Their Favorite Performances
• White People, Here's Some Tough Love
• An Ode To The Greatest Hero Yet To Appear In Any Superhero Movie
• A Desperate Plea In A Time Of Great Anxiety and Anger
• Is It OK To Punch A Nazi? Why We're Asking All The Wrong Questions
• 45 Pop Culture Facts that NO ONE DENIES
• Today, the World Will Change, But How Much?
• Stop Demonizing Poor People Who Use Government Assistance
• Why Media Representation Matters: As Told By A Straight White Man
• Presidential Equilibrium
• No, John Carpenter's 'They Live' Is Not About Jewish Control Of The World
• How to Approach Peak TV in a Post-Trump Era
• Sorry, ScarJo Is Not The Highest Grossing Actor Of 2016
• The Best Brand In Human History Was One Lightsaber Away From Destruction
• Rape Culture Is the Director of 'Passengers' Believing Most Would Do What Chris Pratt's Character Did
• Science Says People Who Swear Are F**king Wicked Smart!
• Beware The Self-Righteous Media When They Speak Of 'Fake News'
• Madonna's Speech at Billboard's 'Women in Music' Event
• When A Movie Poster Contains Multitudes: An Existential Investigation
• What The F*ck Are You Trying To Pull: Aerie Henley Romper Edition
• Of Movie Tickets, Changing Jobs and Legacies
• Why The Fu*k Hasn't Brendan Gleeson Won An Oscar Yet?
• Probably The Most Powerful Thing I've Seen On Television This Year
• Gaslighted By A Gilmore
• Johnny Depp Need Not Ruin 'Fantastic Beasts 2'
• One Thing We Can Do to Stand Up for What's Right (And No, It's Not a Safety Pin)
• The Best Thing You Can Teach Your Kids About The Election
• Take Care of Yourself Today--Tomorrow Needs You
• That The Cubs Would Win in 2016 Is Nothing Short of Poetry
• Disgust from 'Inside Out' Can Go Straight to Hell
• Making Literature Accessible Through 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
• Facebook Has a Serious Donald Trump Problem
• Celebrating 'Bad Boys II' on Its F*ck You I Want to Write About This Awesome Movie Anniversary
• Quit It with the Idea That Sexual Assault Has Anything to do with Appearance
• Dear White People (Halloween Edition)
• Why Lip Gallagher's Heartbreaking Fate on 'Shameless' Was Inevitable
• Fake Police Officers and Other Things Men Don't Realize Women Fear
• 5 Kid's Cartoons That Won't Make You Fly Into A Stabby Rage: They're Like Waffles For My Dumptruck
• Nate Parker on Rape Allegations: 'I Don't Feel Guilty'
• Tim Burton and the Pernicious Racial Bias of "Realism"
• 'You're the Worst' and the Biggest Myth About Grief
• On The Inimitable Wonder Of Physical Books
• A Stitch Fix Skeptic Reviews The Subscription Fashion Service
• Yes Men, All Women Really Have Been Taught to Politely Tolerate Your Bullsh*t
• This Stopped Being an Election Months Ago. This Is a War
• Patton Oswalt and the Place Where Grief and Humor Meet
• JonBenét Ramsey and the Blurred Line Between Entertainment and Murder
• 30 Practical Tips About the Horrors of Raising a Baby That You Will Never Learn from Movies and TV
• Mike Ditka Is The Spokesperson For A Generation That Can't Handle Complexity
• On Loss, Grief, and the Impact of Others In Our Lives
• What Is a Stop and Frisk, and Why It's So Goddamn Dangerous?
• Unboxing Is the Most Inexplicably Popular Fad On YouTube
• While You Were Outraged about Peaceful Kneeling, Police Killed More Black People
• Behind Every Supermom Is An Incompetent Dad: This Dad Is Sick Of The Condescension
• Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Reveals the True Threat of a Trump Administration
• Mind Your Own Business: Infertility Isn't A Conversation Starter
• The Bad Guy Rarely Thinks He's the Bad Guy: Of Celebrity Enemies and Mea Culpas
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