After having sex for the first time, Sunny (Kuhoo Verma) realizes that she needs the morning-after pill.
Continue reading “ Plan B Is a Funny Film About the Patriarchal Horrors of the American Healthcare System”Lady Bird Is About Learning to Let Go of What Should Be
While watching Lady Bird (2017), I realized that the titular protagonist reminded me a lot of one of my favorite literary characters, Nao Yasutani.
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April 2021: The Art of Trying Not to Get Washed Away
Continue reading “Letter to the Reader – April”Nomadland Is a Conversation With The Grief We Carry
In Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, she describes the moment between twilight and night, the in-between of a long summer day when the air turns blue.
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March 2021: The Art of Looking At the Stars
Continue reading “Letter to the Reader – March”Some Like It Hot Is a 1950s Classic That Subverts Gender Norms and That’s Hawt
One night, my mom pulled out an ancient VHS tape, the cover faded and worn, and popped it into the VCR.
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In film, historical narratives often receive scrutiny for their adherence to—or lack of—historical accuracy.
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TW: This essay contains discussions of violence and rape.
Continue reading “Sexual Assault in Documentary Film Before and After #MeToo”Pixar’s Soul Is a Love Letter to Those of Us Who Feel Lost
Many years ago, my mother planned a trip to San Francisco with my grandfather, who was visiting from Brazil.
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In 1975, philosopher Michel Foucault compared the design of Jeremy Bentham’s penitentiary, the Panopticon, to Western society.
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