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The term’s contradictory uses signal deeper worries about cultural fragmenting and algorithmic-induced flattening.
The idea of menstrual synchrony isn’t backed by science. So why does this myth still exist?
Elphaba’s insistence on correctness speaks to a broader challenge facing anyone positioned as an outsider: having to work that much harder to be accepted.
Women are routinely degraded for entertainment in popular culture, from rap to reality TV. It’s packaged and sold as empowering and ‘good for women’.
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
Creating psychological boundaries between work and home life is healthy – up to a point.
Celebrities have been sharing their personal experiences on social media and we are seeing more stories about menopause on television – helping fuel a wave of advocacy.
Voters may shake it off when celebrities endorse presidential candidates – but sometimes it makes the politicians look like they were born to run.
Like the Japanese atomic survivors who were awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Godzilla has a message to share.
Girls growing up in very different circumstances navigated the possibilities and pitfalls of the 1960s and early 1970s in very different ways.
Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
For Australians, it’s a love story, so baby just say “yeah-nah”.
The show has served as the nation’s laugh track for decades. Who will take over when he retires?
Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured customers in with low rates and promises of a better viewing experience. Now they’re cashing in.
Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
Most movies tend to minimise or exaggerate insomnia symptoms. Insomnia is also rarely depicted as an illness that can be treated.
What did Australians do online in the 1990s? Shared bioinformatics data, made cyberfeminist zines, cruised the information superhighway …
Language is adaptive, self-balancing and evolves with environmental change. Understanding this may be the key to developing more nuanced climate change discourse.
Though abortion is appearing in more plot lines, many programs still aren’t accurately depicting what the reality of abortion access looks like in America today.
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