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Yahya Mahayni in "The Man Who Sold His Skin" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

The value of "The Man Who Sold His Skin"

Gary M. Kramer
Kong in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (Warner Bros. Pictures/ Legendary Pictures)

Godzilla vs. Kong recalls colonial fears

Priscilla Jolly - The Conversation
A woman poses for photos during the sakura, cherry blossom, bloom in Tokyo, Japan (Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

Chasing the fleeting beauty of sakura

Nozomi Uematsu - The Conversation
John Roberts (Alexander Thompson)

John Roberts never tires of the Beatles

Nicole Michael
Natalie Portman in "Léon: The Professional" | Danielle Bregoli (aka Bhad Bhabie) | Emma Watson in the Harry Potter movie franchise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Warner Brothers/Gaumont/Columbia Pictures)

A shift in the sexualization of starlets

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Concrete Cowboy (Netflix)

Black cowboys and urban riding clubs

Nick Lehr - The Conversation
Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, John Oliver and Kate McKinnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Comedy Central/NBC/TBS/Warner Media Group)

Is political comedy dead now?

Sophia A. McClennen
Them (Amazon)

Scare goes the neighborhood in "Them"

Melanie McFarland
US First Lady Jill Biden deplanes upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on April 1, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sexism, hypocrisy & Jill Biden's tights

Ashlie D. Stevens
Kayla Cromer and Josh Thomas in "Everything's Gonna Be Okay" (Ser Baffo/Freeform)

The best comedy on TV is "Everything"

Matthew Rozsa
The Washington Post headquarters building, on K Street in Washington, D.C. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Who should cover sexual assault stories?

Kylie Cheung - DAME
Fans celebrate Pride Night before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Sports still hostile for LGBTQ Americans

Rachel Allison, Chris Knoester - The Conversation
NFT CryptoArt display in an art gallery (Gremlin/Getty stock photo)

Why would anyone buy crypto art?

Aaron Hertzmann - The Conversation
FBI photograph of the crime scene after the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery. (Netflix)

The art of a brazen, unsolved art heist

Ashlie D. Stevens
Caisa Ankarsparre in "Exterminate All the Brutes" (Velvet Film/David Koskas/HBO)

When was America great – and for whom?

Gary M. Kramer
Justice League: Snyder Cut (Photo is courtesy of HBO Max)

Whedon's Justice League abuses detailed

Ashlie D. Stevens
Nasim Pedrad attends the 2019 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards at Alice Tully Hall on November 11, 2019 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour)

Nasim Pedrad finds her inner boy "Chad"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Meghan McCain on The View (ABC)

McCain rails against MLB and Joe Biden

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Movie producer Harvey Weinstein (R) enters New York City Criminal Court on February 24, 2020 in New York City. Jury deliberations in the high-profile trial are believed to be nearing a close, with a verdict on Weinstein's numerous rape and sexual misconduct charges expected in the coming days. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Weinstein appeals sex crimes conviction

Ashlie D. Stevens
Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Charlottesville Robert E Lee coming down

Ashlie D. Stevens
Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

German nostalgia for US antebellum South

Sanders Isaac Bernstein - The Conversation
New York Yankees' Aroldis Chapman in action against the Miami Marlins (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Humans are the best throwers on earth

Michael P. Lombardo, Robert Deaner - The Conversation
Pete Davidson as Matt Gaetz, Kate McKinnon as Pepé Le Pew, and Chris Redd as Lil Nas X during the "Britney Spears" cold open for April 3, 2021 with Daniel Kaluuya as host (Will Heath/NBC)

SNL spoofs Matt Gaetz & GOP culture war

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Waffles + Mochi (Netflix)

"Waffles + Mochi" is helping my anorexia

Bethany Kaylor
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