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michaela coel

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Women Understand That Rape Culture Is Sexual Terrorism

Oct 1, 2026

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9 min read

Women Understand That Rape Culture Is Sexual Terrorism

Promising Young Woman, I May Destroy You and Sorry, Baby connect sexual assault to an inescapable culture of violence

dylan o'brien

+17

Cut/Print Vol. Two

Sep 29, 2026

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5 min read

Cut/Print Vol. Two

Michael, Send Help, They Will Kill You, You Me & Tuscany and Disclosure Day

brett goldstein

+18

Cut/Print Vol. One

Sep 15, 2026

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5 min read

Cut/Print Vol. One

The Invite, Office Romance, Maddie's Secret, The Moment and The Last House

hulu

+4

Furious Makes Black Women's Bitterness A Badge Of Honor

Sep 8, 2026

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7 min read

Furious Makes Black Women's Bitterness A Badge Of Honor

Nora Washington subverts the stereotype of the bitter Black woman

magnum opus

+6

Everyone Is Wrong About Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"

Sep 1, 2026

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9 min read

Everyone Is Wrong About Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"

It's well past time we stopped approaching her films in bad faith

admin + announcements

Damn Them (with faint praise*)

Sep 1, 2026

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4 min read

Damn Them (with faint praise*)

What else can a chronic yapper do?



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