Judy Blume is here to save us
It’s a dark time to be a young reader in this country – so it couldn’t be a better time for a Blume renaissance.
Opinion
The backlash against ‘The Whale’ is telling us all something important
CNN — As Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” – which has been in select theaters – opens in theaters around the country this week, the film could become a powerful…
What the Marxist gospel of Woody Harrelson can teach us
CNN — How to explain the spate of anti-billionaire sentiment that’s percolated in movies and TV over the past few years? A remarkable number of titles are…
‘Sexiest man alive’? Not so much
CNN — People magazine recently announced this year’s Sexiest Man Alive, which makes it a great time to ask: Can we get rid of the whole tradition of People’s…
Opinion: Rest is indeed resistance. For me and others, so is being childfree
We rarely talk about the positive possibilities that open up when women make the informed choice not to be mothers – or choose not to do…
‘Dahmer’ debate is finally saying the quiet part about true crime out loud
CNN — Has true crime jumped the shark? The heated debate over Netflix’s new “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” suggests an evolution is in order for the…
Why ‘G.I. Jane’ and Demi Moore deserve to be more than a bad Oscars joke
On Oscars night, “G.I. Jane” was the punchline of a throwaway joke that instigated the slap heard ’round the world.
Emma Thompson’s new film captures the truth about sex
(CNN) If you wrote up a list of buzzwords to infuriate the cult of online misogyny, you’d likely find all of them in the delightful “Good…
Why it matters that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is so much better than the original
“Top Gun: Maverick” may well be the box-office hit of the year, thanks to a perfect storm of circumstance. It’s Memorial Day weekend; people are…
This swashbuckling comedy is a resounding clap back to our toxic politics
(CNN) It ought to be hard to imagine a gang of fictional 18th-century pirates being more progressive than a group of modern-day American politicians. But…