Netflix’s 1899 is a peace-offering to an audience formerly known as “disgruntled OA fans”, once dismissed by the streaming giant on the alledged basis of niche taste, but who now seem to represent a growing demand for an emerging genre with a business case. The latest from duo Baran bo…

We bought tickets to Tár for the obvious reasons. Obvious to women in relationships with other women. For those not in the know, Cate Blanchett’s Oscar nominated performance in 2015’s lesbian period piece, Carol, solidified her status as a, if not the queer icon, to the extent that her presence…

When I was 11, a childhood friend convinced me and my brother to watch The Ring with her and her sister. I sat petrified throughout the whole movie, which I probably viewed through spread fingers, my small hands covering my face. It was perhaps the first experience I had with…

This essay started out as a Facebook post. When I learn things, when I obtain information I am excited about or surprised by that moves me, my first instinct is to share it, to say to someone or everyone, “Hey, I found this thing that is meaningful to me, maybe…

There’s one of two ways this can go - The first is to drown in it. Oversaturated with information, statistics and studies, advisories, warnings, predictions, projections, and people talking just to sound, just to feel, important… The public voices I’m connecting with most are the Italian mayors my coworker sent…

When it comes to identity, the best we can do is ask questions — I recently read a writing prompt that stated that every seven years, all of the cells in our bodies shed and replace themselves, suggesting that every seven years we essentially become a new person. One of my high school teachers used to say there were two kinds of people in…

Start by greeting your love life - Get down into a kneeling position and close your eyes. Place your face directly on the floor and start to cry. Just a nice little sob fest to express how unsatisfied you are romantically. …