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Writing
fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

Lena Dunham on Falling in Love with the Movies

A young filmmaker's journey begins with a short film, leading to acceptance at Slamdance and a memorable festival experience.
fromJezebel
10 hours ago

"It Feels Like It Was All a Dream": The Making of Girls' "The Panic In Central Park"

'In a way, it feels a little bit like it was all a dream-just like it must have felt for Marnie,' Williams reflects on the filming of the episode, emphasizing the surreal quality of Marnie's journey.
NYC LGBT
fromBustle
14 hours ago

Emma Straub's New Novel Is For Grown Women Who Once Fangirled Over Boy Bands

"I've never seen anything like it. It was just middle-aged women drinking so heavily, dancing, and screaming until 3 o'clock in the morning every day."
NYC music
Books
fromThe Atlantic
13 hours ago

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
16 hours ago

HBO's "The Last of Us" isn't just a trans representation failure. It's a huge step backwards. - LGBTQ Nation

Casting a cis woman as Lev in The Last of Us undermines trans representation and authenticity in media.
Film
fromBustle
14 hours ago

Is Alana Haim's Character The True Villain In 'The Drama'?

Emma's past revelation spirals the wedding into chaos, with bridesmaid Rachel as the comedic yet irritating villain of the story.
#fashion
fromBustle
2 days ago
Fashion & style

Anne Hathaway Actually Found A Way To Wear Fashion's Fave Lingerie At The Office

Bras have become central to fashion, with daring styles and layering techniques redefining their role in outfits.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago
Film

Sofia Coppola Stays in the Shallow End with the New Marc Jacobs Documentary

Marc Jacobs's Fall/Winter 2026 presentation showcases a cultural collage of influences, emphasizing the designer's unique approach to fashion.
Fashion & style
fromBustle
2 days ago

Anne Hathaway Actually Found A Way To Wear Fashion's Fave Lingerie At The Office

Bras have become central to fashion, with daring styles and layering techniques redefining their role in outfits.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Sofia Coppola Stays in the Shallow End with the New Marc Jacobs Documentary

Marc Jacobs's Fall/Winter 2026 presentation showcases a cultural collage of influences, emphasizing the designer's unique approach to fashion.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Woman With Her Back to the Viewer in Gallery Photos Speaks Out

The Woman With Her Back to the Viewer embodies a modern-day Rückenfigur, revealing her unique role in the art world and personal routine.
#jeffrey-epstein
Film
fromSFGATE
2 days ago

The controversy around Zendaya's new film explained

The film 'The Drama' transitions from a romantic comedy to a dark narrative with a shocking revelation about a character's past involvement in a school shooting.
#documentary
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago
Independent films

Directors of HBO Max's Neighbors': Doing whatever you want whenever you want to is the epitome of the conservative ideal'

Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Directors of HBO Max's Neighbors': Doing whatever you want whenever you want to is the epitome of the conservative ideal'

Neighbors showcases absurd neighborhood conflicts in the U.S., highlighting individual interests versus community ideals post-Covid.
Women
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Feminism in Film and the Impact on Women's Self-Perception

Feminist films enhance self-perception by portraying women as complex and human, challenging stereotypes and expanding possibilities for identity and ambition.
Django
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Lizzo Meets Her Past Self in Video for New Song

Lizzo released a new song titled 'Don't Make Me Love U' in 2026, accompanied by a music video.
#lgbtq-representation
Photography
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

"A dyke is not a singular thing": Emily Lipson's new monograph resists queer stereotypes

A photobook documents diverse self-identified dykes through portraiture and fashion photography, challenging conventional representation and centering community self-definition over external narratives.
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

If Mean Girls Was Set at a Free People in 2026, You'd Get Forbidden Fruits

It's also, notably, Lola Tung's first major role since The Summer I Turned Pretty. During a Q&A after the film, she talked about the contrast between the two roles. Dressed in a black lingerie top with a black skirt and a black cape, like she was ready to go into the woods and conduct a sacrifice, she quipped, 'I mean, I don't know, Cousins is pretty dangerous.'
DC food
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

At the Every Woman Biennial, Joy Becomes a Form of Resistance | Artnet News

Founded in 2014 as a tongue-in-cheek alternative to the esteemed Whitney Biennial, the Every Woman Biennial has evolved into an intergenerational showcase that mixes emerging talent with established feminist art stars while maintaining the scrappy, activist energy that inspired it in the first place.
Arts
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Death of Millennial Feminism

Lindy West's memoir, Adult Braces, reflects on her life and the complexities of Millennial Feminism, revealing a more nuanced truth behind her public persona.
Film
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week ago

Laura Dern, 59, says getting older changed what she finds 'sexy'

Aging has empowered Laura Dern to embrace her identity and sexuality, challenging Hollywood's narrow portrayal of beauty and vulnerability.
Podcast
fromQueerty
3 weeks ago

Tig Notaro on Cheryl Hines no longer talking to her: "Things shifted very severely" - Queerty

Tig Notaro ended her podcast with Cheryl Hines and their friendship after Hines' husband Robert Kennedy Jr. announced his presidential run and his views gained mainstream attention.
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The Fictitious Capital of HBO's Industry

In the fourth season of Industry, everyone has a story to sell: a neutered fund or loveless marriage, shamed husbands, a life aimless after retirement, a payment-processing firm hampered by its ties to porn and sex work. These labels seem to indicate mistaken priorities or misplaced trust. But they are just narratives to be refined or redefined. Everything is up for grabs if you tell the right story.
Television
Women
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

The Feminist Visionary Who Lost the Plot

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's experience of discrimination at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention catalyzed her feminist activism, though her sense of intellectual superiority later contributed to bigoted views.
Fashion & style
fromAnOther
3 weeks ago

What Marc Jacobs Always Understood About Girlhood in Fashion

Marc Jacobs' design career demonstrates how clothing enables women to inhabit and explore girlhood through transformation and reinvention across different life stages.
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

Lena Dunham's Designer on Championing Your Inner Child

Designer Ariel Okin's debut book features bold, colorful, family-friendly interiors that reject internet design trends, while turned wood emerges as the next dominant decorative arts trend replacing ceramics.
Podcast
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Tig Notaro Calls Former Friend Cheryl Hines MAGA Turn 'Very Strange'

Tig Notaro ended her podcast and friendship with Cheryl Hines due to irreconcilable political differences stemming from Hines' husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s right-wing political career and MAGA alignment.
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Fame is the worst thing for us as human beings': Naomi Scott on scream queens, Disney princesses and finding her own voice

Naomi Scott redirected her career from acting to music after a quarter-life crisis at 27, releasing her debut album F.I.G. as a return to her first creative love.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago

Supermodel says only women can be bisexual: "Double standards exist for us all" - LGBTQ Nation

Jessica White's statement that bisexuality is acceptable for women but not men sparked controversy and amplified biphobic attitudes, with experts attributing such stigma to toxic masculinity and rigid gender expectations.
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Natasha Lyonne Is 'Proud to Report This Kid Is Is Doing a Whole Lot Better'

Proud to report this kid is doing a whole lot better & back on her feet. Want to thank our recovery communities & the fans who stood by & were so supportive. Aiming to keep the journey somehow private, but look forward to sharing my experience, strength & hope as makes sense.
Film
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Please, No More Disaffected White Girls

Anika Jade Levy's 'Flat Earth' presents a shallow protagonist and detached narrative style that prioritizes surface-level weirdness over genuine character development or emotional depth.
fromVulture
4 weeks ago

Daryl Hannah Defends Herself From Love Story Portrayal

A recent tragedy-exploiting television series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette features a character using my name and presents her as me. The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident. But a real, living person is not a narrative device. Isn't it textbook misogyny to tear down one woman in order to build up another?
Television
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago

Park Slope's Shandi Sullivan reclaims her story in Netflix's 'Reality Check' docuseries * Brooklyn Paper

Shandi Sullivan, featured in Netflix's 'Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model' docuseries, receives overwhelming support decades after experiencing sexual assault on the original 2004 show, raising nearly $20,000 for displacement assistance and animal sanctuary dreams.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Queer actress Sophia Bush lauded for comments on white allyship: "She's f**king awesome" - LGBTQ Nation

Sophia Bush advocates for white allyship by urging white people to support Black communities with the same enthusiasm they show for Black culture.
Books
fromVulture
1 month ago

How Should a White Woman Writer Be?

White women writers from the Dimes Square literary scene are receiving major book launches and media attention, sparking both acclaim and online criticism about nepotism and industry favoritism.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop's newest megastar

Olivia Dean's second album The Art of Loving and its hit single Man I Need have established her as one of the UK's biggest music breakouts, with five Brit Award nominations positioning her for major recognition.
fromCbsnews
4 weeks ago

Actress Daryl Hannah slams "Love Story" portrayal in New York Times op-ed

The character 'Daryl Hannah' portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John. A lot of people are being introduced to the story for the first time, and I think it's fair if they're assuming that the information they're being presented is to be taken at face value.
NYC LGBT
Photography
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Brianna Capozzi's New Photo Book Unlocks the Eroticism of the Female Body

Brianna Capozzi's photo book Womanizer celebrates women's sexuality and confidence through glamorous portraits spanning 15 years of her photographic work.
LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Dylan Mulvaney schools Monica Lewinsky on the twink-to-doll pipeline & class is in session - Queerty

Dylan Mulvaney and Monica Lewinsky discuss reclaiming their public images and navigating identity, including LGBTQ+ terminology and cultural concepts unfamiliar to Lewinsky.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Barbra Streisand accused of making tribute to Alysa Liu about herself

We were so happy to see Alysa Liu win the gold medal in Milan yesterday. My husband just showed me that in 2019 she skated to my song Don't Rain on My Parade. I'm so proud of her. Don't Rain on my Parade is the song Streisand made famous in the Broadway musical, Funny Girl, and in its 1968 film adaptation, for which she won the Academy Award for best actress.
San Francisco Giants
Film
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Chloe Zhao on "Hamnet," Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards

Chloé Zhao discusses her Oscar-nominated film 'Hamnet,' which explores Shakespeare's grief over his son's death through nature imagery and literary adaptation techniques.
Music
fromVulture
1 month ago

Mitski Keeps Her Spiciest Music Criticism Private

Mitski uses hydroxyzine for sleep, questions the viability of creating personal religions due to inevitable corruption, and expresses concerns about cancer costs in America while maintaining privacy about recent life events.
fromBustle
4 weeks ago

Hilary Duff Reflected On *That* 'Gossip Girl' Threesome Scene

Probably the threesome was the most standout moment. I remember being like, 'Oh, my mom's going to call me after this one.' The scene was teased in racy promotional ads and immediately sparked protests, with the Parents Television Council expressing concerns about the content.
NYC LGBT
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

For filmmaker Chloe Zhao, creative life was never linear

Director Chloe Zhao brings a sensitive, ritualistic approach to filmmaking, using meditation, breathing exercises, and dance to create intentional moods during production and premieres of her Oscar-nominated film Hamnet.
Relationships
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Mary Gaitskill on Damage and Defiance

Economic necessity, urban conditions, and contradictory cultural messages pushed many women into sex work, with choice constrained by coercion or gradual entrapment.
New York City
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Something Familiar," by Mary Gaitskill

A woman returns to New York after years to attend a memorial, carrying deep grief while observing the city's raggedness and a taxi driver's worn humanity.
fromBustle
1 month ago

Naomi Watts Doesn't Want To Fight To Look 25

I just thought, 'This woman feels underserved, under recognized, and needs to be reflected.' Watts created Stripes Beauty to address the gap in menopause-specific beauty products, emphasizing that her mission extends beyond vanity to providing genuine support and recognition for women navigating perimenopause and menopause symptoms.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Sydney Sweeney threw bras around the Hollywood sign. I totally get it | Dave Schilling

Imagine a scenario where you've developed some ingenious new widget that costs millions of dollars to design, produce and bring to market. You could have quit numerous times. You probably wanted to, because there's a new season of The Traitors and you have to catch up. But you never surrendered. You persevered, and your brilliant invention is ready for the world. All you have to do now is convince a society besieged by a nonstop cavalcade of crises to care.
Marketing
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago

Teaser for Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder's new queer horror lands

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
Film
Film
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies

This year's Oscar contenders feature nonprofessional actors alongside established performers, creating authentic performances that distinguish these films in the new casting achievement category.
Music
fromconsequence.net
2 months ago

Jenny Lewis Roasts Sean Penn in Poem: "why wouldn't hollywood men/ date their daughter's friends"

Jenny Lewis publicly mocked Sean Penn’s 34-year age-gap relationship with Valeria Nicova in a social-media poem.
Television
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Tina Fey's keys to a good joke: Snark, confidence, surprise - Harvard Gazette

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock credit mutual respect, competitive drive, and a blend of snark and confidence for their sustained success in comedy.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Gospel According to Emily Henry

Emily Henry channels rom-com sensibility and religious upbringing to create a fresh, cinematic-influenced romance novel blending humor, nostalgia, and emotional depth.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Emily Nussbaum on Jane Kramer's "Founding Cadre"

Kramer followed up, notebook in hand. The New Yorker, then led by William Shawn, was averse to polemical swashbuckling; it would never print a phone number as a kicker. But its writers could take their time. Kramer embedded with the Stanton-Anthony Brigade, the "founding cadre" of a set of revolutionary cells devoted to consciousness-raising, or C.R. She sat in as members shared intimate stories, seeking patterns of oppression and strategizing methods of resistance; she watched sisterhood blossom, then break down.
Television
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

12 Movie & TV Moms Who Deserved So Much Better

Many TV and film moms are unfairly labeled 'bad' despite managing exhaustion, grief, and unsupportive partners while carrying household and narrative burdens.
Books
fromVulture
1 month ago

What Melanie Lynskey Watches (and Reads) With Her Daughter

Melanie Lynskey was an avid childhood reader who now fosters a strong love of reading and storytelling in her young daughter.
LGBT
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

12 Powerful LGBTQ+ Celebrity Coming Out Stories That Helped Me Find My Voice

Black LGBTQ+ celebrities' public coming-out experiences provide crucial visibility that helps queer youth embrace their identities and live authentically.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why can't women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt? | Zoe Williams

Fandom around Heated Rivalry exposes sexist stereotypes about female viewers, nationality-based closeting, and generational assumptions shaping reactions to male-male romantic tension.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

In "Riot Women," the Punks Are All Grown Up

burdened by loneliness, depression, and the incessant needs of others, pours herself a stiff drink and steps up to the noose she's hung from the rafters of her airy farmhouse. Then the phone rings: her ungrateful brother, making demands. She tries again-another ring, another request, this time from a friend. She plays the piano, doesn't she? Will she join a group of fellow-amateurs for a charity gig? Twice thwarted, Beth sighs, says yes, and gets on with the business of living.
Television
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Remembering Lucia Di Luciano, Rosa von Praunheim, and Kathleen Goncharov

Prominent figures across painting, film, curation, collecting, and archaeology passed away, leaving significant contributions to modern art, queer cinema, museums, and Maya research.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

"This Is How It Happens," by Molly Aitken

You are leaving work, your suit still damp from the morning's downpour, the skin on your palms peeling. You are clutching two supermarket bags, tins of cream soup and tuna knocking against one another. The rain is hard and your anorak is cheap. You are on your way to Stockbridge, to your parents' house, which only your father inhabits now that your mother is gone.
Books
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Kristen Stewart calls out those who told her not to come out: "You want me to live a partial life" - LGBTQ Nation

I've had conversations with people who I've known, loved, and trusted, and still do, who thought, you know, your career would do better if you didn't go outside holding your girlfriend's hand. And I was like, 'So, you want me to live a partial life. And you want me to uphold and perpetuate and sustain a system that excludes people.' And I just can't do that.
LGBT
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

The Beauty uses lurid, campy body-horror and grotesque transformations to examine beauty, sexuality, and gendered spectacle through an infectious serum premise.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Chloe Zhao says feminine consciousness' incompatible with current Hollywood model

The US film industry currently fails to support gender-diverse leadership, with female directors comprising a declining share of top-grossing films.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Was Jenna Jameson the Ultimate Female Anti-hero?

Now, Lambert is back with JennaWorld, which aired its final episode on Monday, January 26. It traces businesswoman and "Queen of Porn" Jenna Jameson's life - from growing up in Las Vegas and finding stability working in porn to going all the way to the industry's financial climax and her eventual awkward, messy comedown. Jameson typifies what Lambert calls the female anti-hero.
Film
Film
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Jennifer Lawrence shares why on-screen sex scenes are easier' with strangers

Jennifer Lawrence prefers filming intimate scenes with unfamiliar co-stars because it reduces awkwardness and eases her pre-movie anxiety.
Film
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Mona Fastvold's New Short Film Is an Ode to Teenage Transformation

Discipline follows a young girl's surreal coming-of-age at a rural boarding school, blending 35mm cinematography, dance, puppetry, and an experimental soundtrack to depict teenage transformation.
Film
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

These 10 essential movies about Black people with HIV will open your heart & mind - LGBTQ Nation

On-screen representation of people living with HIV remains extremely limited across platforms, with especially poor representation of Black people and few meaningful portrayals.
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Michelle Obama's Netflix documentary surges after Melania' hits theaters

Becoming's Netflix viewership surged over 13,000% during Melania Trump's opening weekend, driven by social-media campaigns and renewed audience interest in catalog content.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Ksenia Samotiy: Why we shouldn't demand political opinions from the likes of Sydney Sweeney

In an age of misinformation, we should be more careful about who we listen to
Film
Film
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Thank U So Much, Jameela Jamil, for Defining Feminism for Us

Hundreds of unsealed exhibits reveal hostile celebrity texts and emails, including Jameela Jamil calling Blake Lively “a suicide bomber” and later defending her feminism.
fromQueerty
2 months ago

Asia Kate Dillon dishes on taking the lead in Outerlands, cinema's hottest sex scene & their most challenging role - Queerty

Tattooed on Asia Kate Dillon's neck is "einfühlung," the German word for empathy. Not only is it a pretty bad*ss tattoo, it's also a guiding principal for an actor who strives to be a conduit for empathy in all their work, whether they're playing an inmate on Orange Is The New Black, a high-powered enforcer in John Wick: Chapter 3, or a financial analyst in the Showtime drama Billions, where they made history as the first non-binary main character an a mainstream American TV show.
Film
Film
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

'There's a lot of truth and pain in comedy': Alia Shawkat on war satire 'Atropia'

Atropia portrays U.S. military-built, Hollywood-adjacent simulated war zones where actors play civilians, blending comedy and critique.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Amanda Seyfried's Epiphanies

Amanda Seyfried relinquishes judgment, embraces nonhierarchical collaboration, and fully inhabits intense roles, including a woman consumed by religious faith.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Melania Documentary Is "Exceedingly Mid"

The new Melania Trump documentary, which was executive-produced by Melania Trump, is-try not to be too shocked-basically an advertisement for Melania Trump. It is also a bad one. Or, at least, in the words of our staff writer Lauren Collins, "exceedingly mid," visually slick but also "strangely self-defeating." In the film, the First Lady comes across as brittle and materialistic; her interactions with her son and husband are stiff.
Film
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