What Motherland gets wrong about breast cancer and why it matters

Alexandra Cocksworth2 September 2021

Alexandra Cocksworth draws from her life experience to discuss media representation of breast cancer...

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Sex/Life: a problem that has no name

Charlotte Barnes27 August 2021

Charlotte Barnes finds similarities between Netflix’s latest show and the seminal Feminine Mystique...

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Wandavision and the shape of grief

Mary Blackburn3 April 2021

Mary Blackburn ties the power of Wanda Maximoff’s pain to her own experience of loss...

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Sweet Home: horror, desire and the action woman trope

Amber Wisteria21 March 2021

The latest Netflix release subverts the impossible beauty standards of K-dramas...

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Jill and the female carer

Pippa Sterk8 February 2021

It’s a Sin doesn’t offer a recognition of care work but rather an idealisation of it ...

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The Duke of Hastings was raped

Alexandra Cocksworth30 January 2021

Let’s unpack the strange sexual dynamics of Bridgerton ...

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The Wilds is a brave new world

Alessia Galatini14 January 2021

Have you ever wondered what society would be like without men? ...

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The unapologetic queerness of She-Ra

Sophie Perry19 June 2020

Sophie Perry appreciates season five’s spotlight on queer creativity ...

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The Great paints an eerie picture of modern Britain

Sojourner McKenzie17 June 2020

Sojourner McKenzie spots some uncanny familiarities in the latest HBO show ...

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“Hollywood” is not for straight white people: deal with it

Alessia Galatini21 May 2020

Alessia Galatini pushes for Netflix’s latest release to get the recognition it deserves...

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Normal people: there is a piece of all of us in here

Iona Westlake18 May 2020

Iona Westlake is deeply moved by the TV adaption of Sally Rooney’s novel...

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The implosion of the perfect mother

Claudia Hampton28 April 2020

Claudia Hampton unpacks the themes of abuse in season two of Big Little Lies...

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The burning questions of Little Fires Everywhere

Sojourner McKenzie26 March 2020

Sojourner McKenzie discusses the often-uncomfortable intersectional feminism of Hulu’s latest release...

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Where is Blanche when we need her?

Imogen Core8 February 2020

Imogen Core discusses the lack of representation for older women in popular television and looks at the impact of The Golden Girls...

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Born to kill children and men: the resurrection of Lilith

Leanne Hall23 January 2020

Leanne Hall explores the cultural relevance of the character of Lilith in Netflix's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina...

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A decade of the female gaze: TV edition

Alessia Galatini31 December 2019

Alessia Galatini rounds up the feminist binge-worthy shows of the last ten years...

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The Cry: modern parenting with a twist

Caitlin Warren28 November 2018

Caitlin Warren is gripped by short BBC series The Cry, a thriller that transforms into something much more nuanced...

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Forget Insatiable, watch Dietland instead

Becky Kukla4 September 2018

Becky Kukla nominates AMC’s Dietland with Joy Nash in the leading role as the (almost) perfect antidote to fat-shaming TV shows ...

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