David A. Bell In My Mother’s Archive Researching my mother’s friendships with Truman Capote and Elizabeth Bishop, her love affair with Dylan Thomas, and her own writing career, I discovered that she had led a courageous early life. February 20, 2024
Felicia Kornbluh Abortion Rights as Equal Rights A decision by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court suggests that equality-based arguments could be central to the next generation of struggle for reproductive rights. February 14, 2024
Lauren Michele Jackson Tired of Pink The original Mean Girls documented a widespread angst about the perils of “Girl World.” What happens when we keep bringing it back? February 10, 2024
Zoe Hu Child’s Play Sofia Coppola’s film about Priscilla Presley feels like a document less of romance than of the comforts and dangers of fantasy. November 18, 2023
Meg Weeks ‘The Base of the Labor Pyramid’ Long exploited and denied basic rights, Brazil’s domestic workers continue to organize against an entitled elite. September 17, 2023
Lauren Michele Jackson Humorless Barbie Greta Gerwig’s Barbie finds its comedy in the inflexibility both of plastic and of modern womanhood. August 27, 2023
Lucy Scholes A Riot of Color In the 1930s, the British photographer Yevonde made herself synonymous with the vibrant new color photography process Vivex. August 19, 2023
Anna Shechtman The Jargonauts In their films and writings, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen made a political project out of studying meanings and signs. July 15, 2023
Anna Shechtman Wages for Housewives The Real Housewives’ work is to produce drama, and to keep their jobs they must be prolific. May 14, 2023
Sam Huber Risk, Originality, Commitment For Andrea Dworkin, literature and social change were always entwined. January 26, 2023