The Netflix show has created an alternative space for public and nuanced discussions about Orthodoxy, ultra-Orthodoxy, and gender.
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Michael K. Williams and ‘The Wire’: How the Show Redefined TV Watching
The Wire was a Greek tragedy, a novel and a bingeworthy social commentary.
Representation Matters: Watching ‘The Real O’Neals’ As a Queer Teen
It is essential to provide queer youth positive role models to identify with. The realisation that you're not alone is an immensely powerful feeling.
Kissing Mannequins: Watching ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ During A Pandemic
How do you make a soap opera without kissing?
40 Years of MTV: The Channel That Shaped Popular Culture as We Know It
Beyond just hosting some of the key pop moments of the last 40 years, it has had a huge effect on shaping the cultural landscape of today.
Militaries Plunder Science Fiction for Ideas, but Ignore the Genre’s Social Commentary
Science fiction doesn’t just introduce us to speculative technologies – the genre explores how they might affect society too.
‘Maajhi Preet’: A Stirring Story of Lifelong Romance and Rural Despair
'Maajhi Preet', an episode in the Netflix docuseries 'My Love', does something remarkable: it invites us to experience rural beauty on its own terms.