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At Gamespot, Veerender Jubal writes about Venba, a new game about a South Asian immigrant woman’s experience in 1980s Canada–with cooking mechanics! “Venba does not just make me feel seen, Venba makes me feel acknowledged and reassured in ways video games have never explored so profoundly.” Read more […]
At Jacobin, Alex Press breaks down what the writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood as all about. ‘“There used to be people running these companies who thought of themselves as stewards of the industry,” said the WGA’s Mike Schur, reflecting on what led to the strikes. “They’d think, […]
At The Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace catch up with what they’ve been watching and more! “Werewolves! Malls! Soul survivors! We’ve got lots of it and more on this very special catchup. On the docket: Riverdale, Class of ‘07, V.C. Andrews’ […]
At The Derelict Historian, Chad Denton writes about Doctor Who‘s Missy and the appeal of Queer villains. “I feel some confidence in saying it’s not just gay and trans people who at least occasionally find catharsis in stories about those who flaunt our ideas of everything that is […]
At the Criterion blog, Imogen Sara Smith writes about Noir Westerns. “Westerns cover a lot of territory. Dramatizing the most romantic of American myths, they also give form to the darkest inversions of those myths. The genre that celebrated rugged pioneer values and civilization’s conquest of the wilderness […]
Lagueria Davis’ Black Barbie: A Documentary (USA, 2023) explores “Black female respresentation through the history of Black Barbie. Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, Black Barbie delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women struggle to elevate their own […]
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