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2 weeks ago | 
theatlantic.com | Sophie Gilbert
The beach-read vibes are strong with Sirens, a Netflix miniseries set on a moneyed northeastern island compound that, at first glance, seems awfully familiar. The hydrangeas bloom with manicured abandon. The dramatic tension is stoked with top-shelf liquor and minor acts of class warfare. Absolutely everyone has secrets.
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2 weeks ago | 
piper.de | Sophie Gilbert
Einleitung„Re-Vision – der Akt des Zurückschauens, eines Schauens mit neuen Augen, das Angehen eines Textes aus einer neuen kritischen Sichtweise – ist den Frauen mehr als nur ein Kapitel Kulturgeschichte: Es ist ein Akt des Überlebens. Solange wir die Voraussetzungen nicht kennen, in die wir verstrickt sind, können wir uns selbst nicht kennen.“Adrienne Rich (1972)„Frau wird nicht geboren, sie wird gemacht.“Andrea Dworkin (1981Im Jahr 1999, im Jahr meines 16.
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1 month ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Sophie Gilbert
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1 month ago | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sophie Gilbert
How the last three decades of movies, music, and media have written the story for women. In a carefully buttressed and sharply written analysis that takes into account a dizzying number of cultural products and characters, Gilbert tries to understand how we got where we are today, a moment when the undeniable increase in women’s power meets the repeal of Roe v. Wade and the reelection of Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
theatlantic.com | Sophie Gilbert
In 1999, the year I turned 16, there were three cultural events that seemed to define what it meant to be a young woman—a girl—facing down the new millennium. In April, Britney Spears appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone lying on a pink bed wearing polka-dot panties and a black push‐up bra, clutching a Teletubby doll with one hand and a phone with the other.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Sophie Gilbert
10 hours agoChristina Hendricks is taking her fans for a trip down memory lane. In her latest social media photo dump, the Good Girls alum looked back at some fond memories from her "early days" in Los Angeles, including some snapshots with other stars in the industry. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to …
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Sophie Gilbert
11 hours agoChristina Hendricks is taking her fans for a trip down memory lane. In her latest social media photo dump, the Good Girls alum looked back at some fond memories from her "early days" in Los Angeles, including some snapshots with other stars in the industry. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to …
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1 month ago | 
theatlantic.com | Sophie Gilbert
This article contains spoilers through the Season 3 finale of The White Lotus. The guests at White Lotus resorts arrive and leave by boat, a fact I’ve come to believe has some kind of mythological significance. These guests are never simply going on vacation. Rather, they’re entering some kind of magical-realist hinterland where they’re tormented by different iterations of fate, pride, vanity, and greed, a ritualistic evisceration accompanied by pool drinks and a spectacular breakfast buffet.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Sophie Gilbert
'The White Lotus' Season 3's Sam Nivola explains why Lochlan didn't clean out the blenderThat makes more sense. The White Lotus Season 3 finale dealt out plenty of death, but there was one character who got very lucky to escape it: Lochalan (Sam Nivola), who almost died from poison fruit seeds after he failed to clean out the blender that Timothy had nearly used to murder his family the …
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2 months ago | 
theatlantic.com | Sophie Gilbert
After a few months of shivering through Severance’s blank white corridors and icy exterior shots, I’ve appreciated the sultry visual texture of The White Lotus’s third season: the vivid prints of high-end resort wear; the ominous blue of the ocean; the verdant setting (as wild and seething as anything manicured into luxury-hotel perfection can be). The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.
