“As a woman of color who never felt included in the Christmas movies I’d seen growing up, The Holiday Calendar clicked for me.”
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“It’s life-affirming to watch a trans woman direct a movie about whatever the hell she wants.”
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“Disability gets treated as a plot device, conceived solely to further Adonis’ story.”
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“Although marketed as a lighthearted rom-com with positive messages, Sierra Burgess crosses too many ethical lines to fully enjoy.”
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“While Rotten Tomatoes pegs The Darkest Minds at a depressing 17%, its audience score of 74% tells a different story.”
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“I’m not quite sure if A Star is Born is supposed to be a tragic love story or an examination of an abusive relationship.”
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“A couple instances of queerness sneak into A Simple Favor.”
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“For those who say To All the Boys is trodden territory, I ask: Trodden territory for who?”
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“Usually, the missing or abducted girl is a flat character who gets just a handful of lines, at best. Thankfully, Searching has other ideas.”
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“Radicalizing Kwame Ture more than he was, just to create a false equivalence to the KKK, is troublesome.”
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“Crazy Rich Asians has been burdened with a great deal of responsibility.”
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"The clear lack of interest in non-white perspectives makes The Spy Who Dumped Me a little hard to root for."
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“Ant-Man and the Wasp feeds into a longstanding trope about disability and doesn’t even seem to realize it’s doing it.”
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“The only fully non-white character is Dr. Wu, who falls straight into the Asian American stereotype as a deferential doctor-scientist.”
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“Cate Blanchett’s Lou blatantly telegraphs as queer. Unfortunately, it’s never made explicit.”
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“The character deaths in Solo: A Star Wars Story are unearned and disproportionately affect women.”
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“Avengers: Infinity War is an exercise in extreme toxic masculinity.”
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“Krasinski lifts up not just himself, but others in the creation of A Quiet Place.”
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“The Hitman’s Bodyguard seems to think that by making Hayek homicidal and capable of defending herself, that she’s somehow empowered. She isn’t.”
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“The only characters with any power in Ready Player One are exclusively straight white men.”
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