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Queery and Brooklyn Nine-Nine are two positive notches in the entertainment industry’s evolution toward accurate representation of LGBTQ lives.
Plus: YouTube’s Hot Ones is revitalizing the talk show format – with hot wings.
The way we consume media is changing, and prestige events and big personalities are trying to keep up.
Netflix's reboot Queer Eye is surprisingly moving, and Freeform's Alone Together could use a consistent third wheel.
Rose McGowan amplifies her voice as the most visible figure in the #metoo movement on a new E! docuseries, and Tom Segura continues his run of observational comedy in his most confident special to date.
The second season of American Crime Story is, just two episodes in, already better than the first. Plus: The Bachelor’s latest villain is an all-time great.
Slate's new podcast Slow Burn, about the downfall of Richard Nixon, is an excellent new addition to the ocean of podcasts about Trump, in large part because it stays away from direct comparisons. Plus: SNL parodies fashion shows in the age of #metoo, and a speedrun of Titenic (yes, Titenic) will make your day.
Tune-Yards, Black Mirror, Lil Pump, and Trump’s tweets headline a year that’s sure to surprise us, challenge us, and exhaust us, just as much as 2017.
2017 was a watershed year for many reasons, but one thing stands out above all others: the massive cultural transformation in society's treatment and understanding of, and attitudes toward, women. This trend has been driven, in large part, by female voices and characters in pop culture.
Democrats' willingness to clean house gives them the moral high ground, but it leaves them crippled, politically. Plus: The Girlfriend Experience nails down our current political moment, and Daniel Shaver's execution by police in Arizona underscores the need for police reform.
Spike Lee gives us the show we need with his remake of his 1986 classic, She's Gotta Have It.
Sarah Silverman has a powerful, and difficult, response to Louis C.K.'s sexual misconduct, and Harry Potter fans protest against Johnny Depp's new role in the franchise.
In this ghoulish edition of the work, our culture editor offers up a brief list of of the spookiest things you can watch, listen to, and read to help get in the Halloween spirit.
Patton Oswalt transmutes his grief over his wife's death in Annihilation, Shark Tank's the perfect show for the Trump era, and: did you know Tom Hanks wrote a book?
The show, despite good intentions and a few good moves, ends up making the same mistake that most journalism about mass shootings makes: by fixating on the perpetrators, it misses the opportunity to dig into more substantive examinations about gun crimes in America.
