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Squid Game (Netflix)

Squid Game trans role a "net positive"

Coleman Spilde
Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes in "Blue Beetle" (Warner Bros.)

It takes more than one superhero

Monica Castillo - Capital & Main
Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma and Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Rating Bridgerton's Indian authenticity

Joy Saha
British actress Helen Mirren (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Helen Mirren on Golda Meir role backlash

Joy Saha
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Actor Peter Dinklage (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

Peter Dinklage vs. "Snow White" remake

Joy Saha
Ji-Young, Simu Liu and Big Bird on "Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together" (Sesame Workshop/WarnerMedia)

16 Muppets who moved to Sesame Street

Joy Saha
Julianna Margulies as Laura Peterson in “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)

Who gets to play who on screen?

Kylie Cheung
Lee Yoo-mi as Ji-yeong and Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok in "Squid Game" (YOUNGKYU PARK/Netflix)

The women in "Squid Game" deserve better

Kylie Cheung
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Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine in "Cowboy Bebop" (GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX)

Cowboy Bebop's horny male rage problem

Kylie Cheung
Bowen Yang and Colin Jost in "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

This year's history-making Emmy noms

Kylie Cheung
Thomas Doherty and Evan Mock in "Gossip Girl" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

Finally, casual bisexuality on TV

Kylie Cheung
Tom Hiddleston in "Loki" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

Loki opens door for trans representation

Kylie Cheung
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Hayley Kiyoko as Velma Dinkley in "Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins" (2009) (Warner Bros.)

In defense of an Asian "Velma"

Kylie Cheung
Kim's Convenience cast (CBC)

The racist downfall of Kim's Convenience

Kylie Cheung
Simu Liu in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios)

Asian representation just isn't enough

Kylie Cheung
David Oyelowo behind the scenes on "The Water Man" (Karen Ballard/RLJE Films)

Oyelowo won't "shut up, make movies"

D. Watkins
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland punches Zhang Weili of China in their UFC strawweight championship fight (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Exploitation & gender inequality in UFC

Jennifer McClearen - The Conversation
Lewis Tan in "Mortal Kombat" (Warner Bros.)

What martial arts means to Asian America

Paula Young Lee
Meghan McCain from The View (ABC)

McCain roasted for AAPI host comments

Kaity Assaf
Lou Diamond Phillips in "Prodigal Son" (Phil Caruso/FOX)

Phillips fought labels his whole career

Gary M. Kramer
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Teyonah Parris in "WandaVision" (Disney+ / Marvel)

A super start to Black women visibility

Chanelle Tyson
Married couple Meagan and Jeremiah Douberly, childhood sweethearts who are asexual (Adam Gray / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

What's so "unsexy" about asexuality?

Michele Kirichanskaya
Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/ Black Panther in "Black Panter" (Marvel Studios)

Boseman's lasting impact on STEM

Karl Zelik - The Conversation
Blake Lee and Ben Lewis in "The Christmas Setup" (Lifetime)

Grading 2020's queer Christmas movies

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
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