Friday Things’ must-watch picks for Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney Plus and Netflix Canada in June 2022, including P-Valley, Fire Island, Ms. Marvel, season 2 of Only Murders in the Building and Jennifer Lopez’s mid-career documentary, Halftime.
Read MoreThe police in Uvalde, Texas had all the resources Republicans say they need to prevent a mass shooting—but 19 children and their teachers still died in a massacre at Robb Elementary School this week.
Read MoreLeaked footage of Jesse Williams performing a nude scene on Broadway was received *very* differently from Britney Spears’ latest photo dump of nude photos on Instagram—which perfectly illustrates the gendered ways we think about nudity, desirability and privacy.
Read MoreIt's not just misogynistic and inaccurate to believe people who care about 'superficial' things like fashion don't also care about reproductive rights. It's also short-sighted
Read MoreThere's no simple, tidy narrative here—but that's not stopping the internet from trying to create one.
Read MoreFriday Things’ must-watch picks for Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney Plus and Netflix Canada in May 2022, including Stranger Things 4: Volume 1, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, The Matrix Resurrections and Conversations With Friends.
Read MoreThe pop star recently posted photos where she literally looked Asian. It wasn't the first time she's taken aesthetic inspiration from another ethnicity’s physical features.
Read MoreFive years after Pepsi’s infamous Live for Now ad, companies have learned to be much savvier when incorporating social movements in their marketing strategies. But how much has really changed?
Read MoreThe historical romance appeals because it's aesthetically pleasing, deliciously subversive and both sex-obsessed and sexy. But its approach to race doesn't make sense.
Read MoreThis week, much of the valid analysis about Will Smith, Chris Rock and that slap was overshadowed by an increasingly racist discourse. We should probably talk about it, huh?
Read MorePrince William and Kate Middleton’s beleaguered Caribbean tour should be a sign that this era of the monarchy is over.
Read MoreIn the past several weeks, there have been two articles published in huge outlets decrying the next stage of cancel culture: self-censorship. Too bad they’re B.S.
Read MoreAccording to a recent review by CinemaBlend’s Sean O’Connell, "Turning Red" is limited, unrealistic and difficult to connect with. Not because of the panda thing, mind you. Because it's about a Chinese-Canadian girl.
Read MoreFrom “love is blurry” (🙄), to what the audience *didn’t* see during season 2, to what we’ll be watching next
Read MoreThe conflict in Ukraine has captured everyone's attention, but too many Western audiences are treating it like a dramatic story, not real life
Read MoreFriday Things’ must-watch picks for Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney Plus and Netflix Canada in March 2022, including Bridgerton, Pachinko, Turning Red and Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
Read MoreThis week, several reporters tweeted out stories of the trucker convoy's kindness or decency, including yes, one about Jake from Saskatoon who had seemingly been hoodwinked by the *real* villains, the organizers of the trucker convoy. Here's why that's a problem.
Read MoreAll week, entertainment publications have been downplaying, if not outright romanticizing, Kanye West’s abusive behaviour in the name of news. It needs to stop.
Read MoreWhen Awkwafina posted a Notes app statement about her use of a "blaccent," lots of non-Black POC jumped to her defence. That's... not great.
Read MoreProof: Last week, Angela Liddon of Oh She Glows posted an ‘emotional’ Instagram Story about how much she loves the trucker convoy protesters.
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