Things Fall Apart to Come Together: Joan Didion and the Power of Grief

Ramna SafeerDecember 22, 2018

In my head, she’s just Joan. Having underlined and highlighted until my copies of her books grew unrecognizable, and now having seen her speak to the camera wit...

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Waking the Witch: The Magic of Harnessing Feminine Power in ‘The Craft’

Liz HewDecember 20, 2018

“Now is the time, this is the hour. Ours is the magic, ours is the power.” Surrounded by the steady hum of crickets and the trill of birdsong, four teenaged gi...

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“Christ, It’s a Movement”: Art and Power in ‘Big Eyes,’ ‘Colette,’ and ‘The Wife’

Mary BoltonDecember 18, 2018

Something that gets de-emphasized in discussions about Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon’s first wife, is that she was an artist. (Perhaps the only charming thing lef...

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Tenderness Amidst Chaos: How ‘Mandy’ Rejects Violent Masculine Power

Kat MildnerDecember 17, 2018

“The girl burst out laughing. She knew she was nobody’s meat.” – Angela Carter, ‘The Company of Wolves’ A meditation on grief disguised as a revenge thriller-c...

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“We must be strong, and we must be brave”: Power and Young Women in ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’

Ellie BerryDecember 15, 2018

“When did you get so weak?” snarls Catra, punching She-Ra in the gut. She-Ra falters, trembling as she struggles to fix the crumbling, magical sea gate – under ...

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“It’s All Frightfully Romantic”: ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and the Dark Power of Imagination

Laura VenningDecember 11, 2018

Like most teenage girls, Pauline Parker (Melanie Lynskey) feels powerless. Suffocated by the tedium of her prim and proper girls' school, all she wants to do is...

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Power in Subtlety: Exploring the Queer Life-World of ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’

Emily BartonDecember 9, 2018

Marielle Heller’s 2018 film, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, chronicles a short time in the life of best-selling literary biographer, Lee Israel, as she adopts and em...

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“To Whom It May Concern, I Am a Ghost”: Conquering the Self in ‘The Double’

Brianna ZiglerDecember 6, 2018

“You’re in my place,” asserts the faceless man looming over Simon James. Simon stares up at him, submissive and shadowed beneath the man’s towering presence and...

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Always and Forever: Alyssa Edwards, ‘Dancing Queen,’ and the Power of Drag

Angela MorrisonDecember 4, 2018

“To me, is the most memorable creature to ever walk through those doors.” – Katya, 'RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars' Alyssa Edwards (Justin Johnson’s drag perso...

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Editor’s Note: Power

Sydney UrbanekDecember 4, 2018

Last time you heard from me, I was asking you all for money! And despite my incessant annoying posts on the subject for two whole months, you ended up donating ...

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