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01/06/201706/11/2018

Disney/Film

The One Stereotype “Moana” Doesn’t Break

Disney has a few long-standing traditions for its princess movies, and Moana breaks nearly all of them. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) isn’t white, isn’t getting married, and isn’t even really a princess. Moana comes

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08/21/202008/21/2020

Did Taylor Swift admit she’s queer? And does it even matter?

In July of this year, Taylor Swift surprise-dropped her eighth studio album folklore, which featured hidden queer references abound. The most obvious is the album’s fourteenth track, “betty,” in which Swift’s classic teen love song is aimed at the titular

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08/21/202008/21/2020

Featured/Music

Did Taylor Swift admit she’s queer? And does it even matter?

In July of this year, Taylor Swift surprise-dropped her eighth studio album folklore, which featured hidden queer references abound. The most obvious

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01/06/201706/11/2018

Disney/Film

The One Stereotype “Moana” Doesn’t Break

Disney has a few long-standing traditions for its princess movies, and Moana breaks nearly all of them. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) isn’t white, isn’t

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Honesty and Love in “Midnight Cowboy”

This week, Movie Monday found me watching Midnight Cowboy, the 1969 film-that-couldn’t, pulled off miraculously by director John Schlesinger. Midnight Cowboy is a spectacular blip

The One Stereotype “Moana” Doesn’t Break

Disney has a few long-standing traditions for its princess movies, and Moana breaks nearly all of them. Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) isn’t white, isn’t

What Is It About The Godfather?: Reconciling The “Woman” in Old Movies

Even after 45 years, The Godfather is a movie that transcends criticism. Sure, back in the day, writers liked to pretend that

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