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Trevor Noah, James Gunn, and the problem with outrage culture
The outrage cycle has struck again this week — this time targeting two big stars in Hollywood and the late night circuit.
The troubles with challenging identity
Last week I shared a very controversial article from Rebecca Reilly Cooper about gender identity. To summarise the article Reilly Cooper argues that making gender a ‘spectrum’ (with all the new identities that come with it) ends up just creating more restrictive gendered boxes, when what we need to be doing is tear down the idea of gender itself.
Three Billboards, I, Tonya, and the value of a complex narrative
In the past few weeks I saw two of the best movies I’ve probably seen in many years. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, and I, Tonya (both movies with commas in their names) are both frontrunners for a number of Oscars and have been big hits this summer.