gender equality

What Mattel's Gender-Neutral Barbie Gets Wrong

Generation Alpha (born in 2010 to present) walks among us. They’ve been wired into the Internet for all their lives, they’ll be the most formally educated generation in history, and, if climate activism proves effective, they may avoid the ravages of climate change. And at 9 years old, the young generation already understands gender and […]

"Stranger Things 3": Flawed Feminism, Haunting Symbolism, and Monstrous Growing Pains

[This review contains spoilers.] Stranger Things made its name with its noirish, neon-lit aesthetic and its ability to dramatize ’80s nostalgia with the threat of impending doom. Now, in season 3, that impending doom has arrived, in two separate but interconnected forms: the Mind-Flayer has officially moved into Hawkins, and the kids have grown up. […]