xIn January I had the pleasure of attending the truly unique DocPoint Helsinki as this year’s Critic’s Choice critic. (And I mean truly unique. How many documentary film festivals feature a sauna...
A web series about a couple of Los Angelenas discovering love when they least expect it sounds less “groundbreaking” than stereotypical indie pitch. Yet “Her Story,” which debuts its first...
Feminist media darling Amy Schumer is in the news again this week for her feature in 2016’s Pirelli Calendar — the world-famous borderline pornographic calendar distributed to distinguished...
In a media landscape where calls for diversity are growing exponentially in the US and overseas, and where networks, publishers, and others are starting to slowly respond, one mediamaker is being...
Shadi Petosky is a visual artist from Los Angeles who has worked on several graphic novels and animation projects—currently, she’s a member of Puny Entertainment, a Minneapolis and LA-based...
Going on hormone replacement therapy, some of us like to say, is like enduring a ‘second puberty’ as you finally start bringing your body into alignment with your identity…with a few bumps...
Aylan Kurdi, along with his mother Rehen and brother Galip, died in an attempt to escape the horrors of war-torn Syria and reach Europe. They were among the tens of thousands of refugees who have...
Alex Gino’s George is hitting the shelves of US bookstores at a time when transgender issues are everywhere — high-profile trans women are occupying an important part of the media conversation,...
The countdown to a new season of Doctor Who has begun with the announcement of a 19 September premiere, and while we’ll be seeing the usual suspects, Moffat has once again recruited some famous...
This weekend, the New York Times opted to publish a transphobic and hateful opinion editorial piece by Elinor Burkett, who apparently considers herself the judge of ‘what makes a woman’—and...