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This is the Take. It's where you come to understand more about your favorite movies, shows and culture. Our video essays make the story worlds you enter richer and deeper. Think: Endings Explained, Character Studies, Hidden Messages and Symbols Revealed, Actor and Director Profiles, and more. We want to share our love of visual culture with the world. So here's our Take.

Episode Date
Desperate Housewives: How Susan Became The Show's Accidental Villain... | Explained
Nov 19, 2024
Gilmore Girls & The Truth About Emily - Old Money, New Problems
Nov 15, 2024
The Penguin's Sofia: Saving Gotham or Becoming What She Hated Most? 💥 Season 1 Story Arc Analysis
Nov 13, 2024
Movies Every Teen Girl Should Watch 🍿🤩
Nov 10, 2024
Gen Z Are The New Millennials (But That Isn't A Bad Thing!) | Explained
Nov 03, 2024
Weeds' Nancy, Explained: What Actually Drove Her To Ruin Everything... 🤨
Oct 31, 2024
The X Files, Dana Scully & Skeptics Who Secretly Want To Believe 🛸
Oct 30, 2024
Gone Girl - Why Amy's Fury Still Resonates 10 Years Later
Oct 29, 2024
Why Modern Teen Girls On Screen Are *So* Terrifying (& Powerful!) | Trope Explained
Oct 28, 2024
Scary Teen Girls: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclaim Control In The 2000s & 2010s🔥🖤
Oct 27, 2024
Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem with the Trope, Explained
Oct 26, 2024
Fight Club Explained - Surprising Things It Still Gets Right About Modern Life
Oct 25, 2024
Modern Family: Haley Was Secretly Way Smarter Than She Got Credit For
Oct 23, 2024
Joker Folie a Deux’s Biggest Problem (*Isn’t* The Songs…) 🤔 Explained
Oct 08, 2024
Why Everyone Is So Afraid Of Teen Girls, Explained 🔥🐈‍⬛
Sep 29, 2024
Agatha All Along Explained: Analyzing Every Major Witchy Detail So Far 🔮🖤 Episodes 1 - 3 Breakdown
Sep 27, 2024
Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything (Unfortunately...)
Sep 24, 2024
KAOS: How It Updated Ancient Myths for Our Modern Times & Ending Explained
Sep 20, 2024
The Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (For Better & Worse...) | Analysis
Sep 17, 2024
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
Sep 16, 2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Weird Girl Struggle | Movie Analysis & Ending Explained
Sep 10, 2024
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Introverts | Explained
Sep 04, 2024
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Cosplaying Poverty, or Just… Normal?? | Explained
Aug 27, 2024
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | Sex and the City vs Emily in Paris, Explained
Aug 20, 2024
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul To Win (When You're An Outsider)
Aug 09, 2024
Second Chance at Stardom: Actors' Biggest Comebacks Explained 🌟🏆
Aug 06, 2024
Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Youthful | Explained
Aug 02, 2024
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than She Gets Credit For)
Jul 31, 2024
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie & TV Characters Run from Love 💔🏃
Jul 23, 2024
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &... A Little Hateable 🤨❤️ | Trope Explained
Jul 22, 2024
The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained | Friends, HIMYM, & Beyond
Jul 19, 2024
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& How It's Changing) | Trope Explained
Jul 17, 2024
Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Almost) Everything
Jul 15, 2024
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confidence 💅💁‍♀️
Jul 14, 2024
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs | Explained
Jul 13, 2024
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbolism, Ending, & Meaning
Jul 11, 2024
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Story, Love Triangle, Ending & Symbolism, Accents & More
Jul 10, 2024
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forced To Settle | Explained
Jul 09, 2024
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong About Love
Jul 01, 2024
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to Relatable Trips | Family Vacays, Solo Travel, & More
Jun 29, 2024
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surprising Similarities (Are So Important) | Explained
Jun 27, 2024
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story, the Ending, Those Accents & More
Jun 25, 2024
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Everything
Jun 16, 2024
House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their Deeper Battle & Their Destined Doom | Explained
Jun 14, 2024
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everything (Unfortunately...)
Jun 12, 2024
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Explained
Jun 10, 2024
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated | From Yoko to The Idea of You & More
Jun 08, 2024
Euphoria: How Maddy Was Right About Everything
Jun 06, 2024
Hit Man & The Forced Flop Problem: Why Streamers Sabotage Their Own Films | Explained
Jun 04, 2024
Gilmore Girls: How Rory Was Wrong About Everything
May 26, 2024
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance: Expectations vs Reality | SATC, New Girl & More
May 24, 2024
Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work | Explained
May 21, 2024
Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Face Now | Explained
May 11, 2024
The O.C. - Seth Cohen Was Wrong About Everything (& That's Okay) | Explained
May 09, 2024
The Hot One Trope, Explained: Why She's Chosen | Friends & Beyond
May 07, 2024
Seinfeld's Elaine Benes: Morally Grey, Majorly Hilarious | Explained
Apr 23, 2024
How Toxic Productivity Took Over Our Entire Lives
Apr 09, 2024
Analyzing 3 Body Problem's Deeper Symbolism
Mar 28, 2024
"Content Creator" Finances Onscreen v Real Life, and the Real Costs of the Career
Mar 24, 2024
Movies & TV's Most Unrealistic Job Salaries: Writers, Teachers, Lawyers, & more
Mar 17, 2024
Movies & TV's Most Unrealistic Grand Gestures: Dates, Proposals, $$$ Gifts, & more
Mar 15, 2024
The Horse Girl Trend, Explained
Mar 13, 2024
Bradley Cooper's Failed Oscar Run & The Reason For Awards "Desperation"
Mar 11, 2024
Why Rich Kids On Screen Are Always Miserable
Mar 10, 2024
Movies & TV’s Most Unrealistic Personal Finances: Friends, SATC, Emily in Paris, & more
Mar 08, 2024
Capote vs The Swans: Scandal, Lies, And Secrets... But What Was True? | Feud, Explained
Mar 06, 2024
Dune: Part 2 and Paul's Dark Turn, Explained
Mar 05, 2024
The Office: Review Every Amazing, Ordinary Season With Us | Extended Take
Feb 27, 2024
30 Rock Why Jenna Is An Unhinged, Relatable Icon
Feb 24, 2024
The Mean, Hot Mom Problem On Screen, Explained
Feb 22, 2024
Big Bang Theory: Why Bernadette Was The Meanest *And* Nicest Character
Feb 20, 2024
Paris Geller: from Villain to Smart Girl Icon | Gilmore Girls
Feb 11, 2024
The O.C.'s Marissa Cooper: The Darkness Behind The Beauty
Feb 09, 2024
The Love Bomber Trope: Rom-Com Dream to Total Nightmare
Feb 08, 2024
The Curse: That Crazy Ending Explained, and Nathan Fielder's Version of "Reality" TV
Feb 07, 2024
Boy Meets World's Angela: The Sad Story of the 90s Teen Icon
Feb 05, 2024
Annoying Overachiever Trope: Obnoxious, Ambitious Perfectionists (& Why We Love Them)
Feb 03, 2024
Gilmore Girls: A Coffee-Fueled Recap of Every Season
Feb 01, 2024
Poor Things, Explained: Empowering or Exploitative?
Jan 30, 2024
How Sheldon Became The Heart Of Big Bang Theory
Jan 09, 2024
Best of 2023: Our Favorite Films & Shows, Performances, Underrated Releases, & More!
Dec 23, 2023
Modern Family’s Alex: The Dark Side of Being the Smart Girl
Dec 12, 2023
Inside The Hollywood Method Acting Backlash
Dec 09, 2023
Niles Crane: The Moments That Prove He Was The Funniest (& Best) Character
Dec 07, 2023
Netflix vs Carl Rinsch: The Mystery of the Missing Show | Controversy Explained
Dec 02, 2023
The Gilded Age: Yes It’s Boring, Yes We Love It Anyways
Nov 30, 2023
Saltburn, Explained: Does The Ending Ruin The Film?
Nov 28, 2023
How A24 Built Its Own Fandom & Saved Indie Film
Nov 26, 2023
The Crown on Diana's Final Weeks & Her Tragic End | Season 6 Part 1
Nov 24, 2023
May December: Analyzing A Shocking True Story & Problematic Trope | Controversy Explained
Nov 21, 2023
Sex and The City, A Total Analysis | Total Take
Nov 18, 2023
The Blue-Eyed Girl Trope: What Blue Eyes Really Symbolize
Nov 16, 2023
Our Flag Means Death Season 2, Unpacked: Why It Resonates Deeply
Nov 14, 2023
How Indie Films Are Fixing Hollywood’s Intimacy Problem
Nov 11, 2023
Justin Timberlake: What Britney Revealed + The Era That Shaped Him
Nov 09, 2023
Gen V Recap: Character Arcs, Story Breakdown & The Boys Connections
Nov 07, 2023
The Actor-preneur: Why It’s The New Actor Career Path
Nov 04, 2023
Matthew Perry: Friends, His Brutally Honest Memoir & True Legacy
Nov 02, 2023
Female Horror Victim Tropes: The 5 Types We Can’t Escape
Oct 31, 2023
The Momager & Almond Mom Evolved From This Dark Trope
Oct 26, 2023
Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Explained + What Was Really True
Oct 24, 2023
Frasier: Why The Sequel Is Dividing Viewers (Is it Any Good?)
Oct 21, 2023
Succession’s Logan Roy: Inside A Media Mogul’s Psyche
Oct 19, 2023
The Difficult Woman Trope: How The Label Evolved & Why It Sticks
Oct 17, 2023
The Full Time Child Trend: A Strange New Career Path for Millennials & Gen Z
Oct 15, 2023
Weird Girl Takeover: Why Everyone’s Embracing Their Kooky Side
Oct 13, 2023
The Sopranos’ Carmela: How The Anti-Hero Wife Hides Her True Self
Oct 07, 2023
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A Total Analysis | Total Take
Oct 05, 2023
Mean Girls, A Total Analysis | Total Take
Oct 03, 2023
Trinity’s Motherly Dilemma: The Most Radical Plot in The Matrix Resurrections
Sep 28, 2023
The Bridezilla Trope: Why Brides Get Labeled “Difficult”
Sep 26, 2023
The Boho Woman Trope: From Quirky Sidekick To Beloved Icon
Sep 23, 2023
The Wire’s Bunny Colvin & His Quest to Disrupt The System
Sep 21, 2023
Jimmy Fallon & The Downfall of Toxic Media Workplaces | Controversy Explained
Sep 19, 2023
Parks and Recreation’s Jerry: The Most Disrespected Sitcom Character... Ever?
Sep 17, 2023
The Cult of Greta Gerwig: Barbie, Little Women & More | Director Profile
Sep 16, 2023
How Barbie Found Power in Being “Ordinary” | FEMINISM
Sep 14, 2023
The Sopranos’ Adriana: Why Her Story is The Darkest In The Show
Sep 12, 2023
The Secret To Elemental's Major Comeback
Sep 09, 2023
The Bear: Creating Chaos & Building Tension Through Sound
Sep 07, 2023
Every Reason Friends’ Phoebe Would Have Made an Awesome Mom
Sep 05, 2023
Selena Gomez & Mabel Mora: Their Secret Connection | Only Murders In The Building
Sep 02, 2023
The Real Princess Diana: Parts Of Her Story You Didn’t Know
Aug 31, 2023
And Just Like That: Season 2 Finale, Samantha’s Return, & Finding Sex and the City’s Magic
Aug 29, 2023
The Suits Resurgence: Analyzing Meghan Markle’s Paralegal Bombshell Rachel Zane
Aug 26, 2023
The Blind Side v. Reality: How the Film Twisted the Narrative | Controversy Explained
Aug 24, 2023
And Just Like That's 'New Samantha' - Why It Does & Doesn't Work
Aug 22, 2023
Rihanna’s Hybrid Working Mom Model: New Era, New Goals
Aug 20, 2023
Depp v Heard, Today: How Opinions Majorly Shifted Since The Trial
Aug 19, 2023
Mickey’s Zany History & Disney’s Crucial Copyright Battle, Explained
Aug 17, 2023
The Wizard of Oz’s Bizarre History & Crazy Adaptations
Aug 15, 2023
Dead Reckoning: Why Beating Sequel Fatigue Was An Impossible Mission
Aug 13, 2023
The B**** Incognito Trope: Mean Girls Who Fake Nice
Aug 12, 2023
Did Friends Ever Jump The Shark? - Most Controversial Plotlines
Aug 10, 2023
And Just Like That Finally Understands What It Should Be
Aug 08, 2023
Online Generations: How When We First Logged On Shaped Us
Aug 06, 2023
How The Graduate’s Quarter-Life Crisis Lasted Decades Onscreen
Aug 05, 2023
Barbie's Hidden Easter Eggs & Margot Robbie's Best Barbie Looks
Aug 03, 2023
Bromances Are Back On Top: Behind The Trope's Resurgence
Aug 03, 2023
The Amnesia Trope: When Hollywood Gets It Right and SO Wrong
Jul 30, 2023
The Snow White Controversy, Explained: How Hollywood Gets In Its Own Way
Jul 29, 2023
Barbie: How Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie & Co. Saved Barbie From Being Boxed In
Jul 27, 2023
Oppenheimer, Explained: The Devastating Ending + What Was Really True
Jul 26, 2023
Jayne Mansfield’s True Story: More Than Just a Tragic Bombshell
Jul 23, 2023
Policing Women’s Clothing Needs To Stop | FEMINISM
Jul 22, 2023
The Idol’s Original Version We Never Got To See
Jul 19, 2023
How "And Just Like That" Lost Sex and the City's Magic
Jul 17, 2023
Stranger Things' Queer Themes: Chosen Family, Community and Shame
Jul 16, 2023
Why Grey’s Anatomy’s George Isn’t The “Nice Guy” You Remember
Jul 15, 2023
Dark Truths of Reality TV Controversies: Exploitation for Entertainment
Jul 13, 2023
Better Call Saul's Kim Wexler: Always Good, Even When She's Bad
Jul 11, 2023
The Feminism of Hyper Femininity - More Than a Style
Jul 09, 2023
How Hollywood Got Less Sexy and More Violent
Jul 08, 2023
The Idol: Why HBO's Scandalous Show was Shockingly... Boring
Jul 06, 2023
The Ingenue Trope: Innocent, Naive and On Her Way Out
Jul 05, 2023
The Rise of Content House Cults: YouTube's Dangerous Influencers
Jul 02, 2023
The Older Woman-Younger Man Pairing: An Acceptable Age Gap Relationship?
Jul 01, 2023
Black Mirror Season 6, Explained: What Worked, What Didn't and What's Next
Jun 28, 2023
And Just Like That’s Fashion-Forward Season 2 - Returning To Its Roots
Jun 27, 2023
How Sitcom Wives Shook Up Family Dynamics In Every Era
Jun 25, 2023
Inside Rita Hayworth’s Tumultuous Rise to Fame: What You Didn't Know
Jun 24, 2023
Sex and the City: If Samantha Was the Star…
Jun 22, 2023
Essential Reality TV Tropes: Analyzing How TV Built Its Own "Reality"
Jun 20, 2023
How Modern Family’s Phil Made The “Uncool Dad” Trope Pretty Cool
Jun 18, 2023
Black Mirror, Joan Is Awful Explained - Did Netflix Just Admit It Sucks?
Jun 16, 2023
Goodbye "Friend Zone," Hello Platonic BFFS
Jun 15, 2023
The Most Unrealistic Things About Portrayals of Work Onscreen
Jun 13, 2023
Succession’s Real Inspirations: What’s the Same and Different
Jun 12, 2023
Euphoria’s Jules: More Than a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Jun 10, 2023
Ted Lasso’s Disappointing Downfall: How The Series Jumped The Shark
Jun 08, 2023
Barry, Ending Explained: The Misguided Quest for a Legacy
Jun 06, 2023
The Wide-Eyed Girl Trope: How Baby Faces Lure Us In
Jun 04, 2023
The Wire’s Marlo: An Iconic Villain with a Terrifying Message
May 30, 2023
Anna Nicole Smith’s True Story & Why The Netflix Doc Failed Her
May 27, 2023
Queen Charlotte: What's Fiction & What's Surprisingly True
May 25, 2023
Succession’s Pre-Finale Recap: Kendall v. Shiv and Roman’s Fall
May 23, 2023
The Little Mermaid Remake vs Classic: Most Important Differences, Explained
May 22, 2023
TV and Movies Are Too DARK - Why Is this Happening?
May 20, 2023
Nepo Boyfriends and Girlfriends: The Latest Hollywood Rage Trend
May 18, 2023
Unforgiven’s Legacy and the Evolution Of The Western | CINEMA CLASSICS
May 17, 2023
Why Rich People Dress Broke And Broke People Dress Rich
May 16, 2023
Why Everyone's So Obsessed With #Scandoval | CONTROVERSIES
May 14, 2023
Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra: Conspiracy Docuseries and The Decline of “Truth”
May 13, 2023
How Daniel Radcliffe Grew Out of Harry Potter And Into A Weird, Engaging Star
May 11, 2023
Harry & Meghan: From Heroes to Villains - What’s Next?
May 09, 2023
The MCU’s Dark Truths: Have Marvel’s Secrets Caused Its Downfall?
May 06, 2023
Celebrities Are Trying to Get More Private, Here's How
May 04, 2023
Dune: Part Two’s Trailer Reveals Paul Atreides’ Tragic Turn
May 03, 2023
Succession’s Kendall - How The “Tribute Band” Bro is So Close To Winning
May 02, 2023
Twilight's Suckiest Messages: This romance is worse than you remember | TOXIC TAKEAWAYS
Apr 29, 2023
Emily Ratajkowski’s Radical Evolution: The Struggle To Be Taken Seriously
Apr 27, 2023
Celebrity Dinner Party: What Food Reveals About These Stars
Apr 25, 2023
Do WAGs Take Up Too Much Space In Sports? (Why Some People Hate Them)
Apr 23, 2023
Catherine, Princess of Wales: From Public Enemy To Queen-In-Waiting
Apr 22, 2023
Romy & Michelle: Why We *Still* Relate To Them Today
Apr 20, 2023
How Society Invented the AGING CRISIS (& How To Break Free)
Apr 19, 2023
Succession’s Endgame: The Winner is...
Apr 18, 2023
AI Actors: The Ethical Dilemma of Bringing Dead Stars Back
Apr 16, 2023
Royal Wombs: The Obsession With Royal Fertility
Apr 15, 2023
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn: The End Of One Era, The Start Of Another?
Apr 13, 2023
What ruined the concert experience (And can we fix it?)
Apr 11, 2023
Body Typing: Why We’re Still So Obsessed With Labels
Apr 10, 2023
How Today’s Onscreen Elites Prove Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness
Apr 08, 2023
Princesscore: The Fun Aesthetic vs. The Dark Reality
Apr 06, 2023
Anya Taylor Joy - How She Keeps Us Guessing | SCREEN ICONS
Apr 05, 2023
Social Media Dysmorphia: Beauty Filters Are Rewiring Our Brains
Apr 04, 2023
The Modern “FEMCEL”: Who She Really Is and What She Desires
Apr 02, 2023
Why Handsome Hollywood Clones Are Taking Over Cinema
Apr 01, 2023
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Trial: The Wackiest Moments from Rich People Court
Mar 31, 2023
Hailey Bieber: The Face of Gen Z’s Anti-Aging Crisis
Mar 30, 2023
How I Met Your Mother's Marshall - The Truth About Being The "Good One"
Mar 29, 2023
Why Hollywood Can’t Ignore Its Consent Problem Any Longer
Mar 28, 2023
How Olivia Wilde Became the Internet’s Dream Villain
Mar 26, 2023
What Chris Rock’s “Selective Outrage” Says About Today’s Rage Culture
Mar 25, 2023
Plastic Surgery Regrets: How Stars Shape Dangerous Fads
Mar 23, 2023
The Royal Family’s “Other Women”: A Brief History of Affairs
Mar 21, 2023
Endless Summer Vacation: Miley Cyrus’ “Personal” Era, Explained
Mar 20, 2023
Selena Gomez: The Queen of Kindness… And Drama
Mar 20, 2023
Succession’s Shiv - The Real “Woman Problem" in Business
Mar 16, 2023
Yellowjackets Ending Explained: S1 Character Arcs + S2 Teasers
Mar 14, 2023
Elvis: What Baz Luhrmann Left Out… and Why
Mar 12, 2023
The Banshees of Inisherin, Explained - What Those Fingers Really Mean
Mar 11, 2023
Friends' Rachel & Her Sisters: What’s Really Driving Their Problems
Mar 09, 2023
Andrew Tate’s Empire Proves the Toxic Male is Thriving
Mar 07, 2023
Leonardo DiCaprio & The Decline of The ’90s Heartthrob
Mar 05, 2023
Why Today’s Content Creators Get So Much Hate
Mar 04, 2023
The Stay-at-Home vs Working Mom Binary Has Stopped Making Sense
Mar 03, 2023
Austin Butler and Why Women Don't Get to be "Method" Actors
Feb 28, 2023
How We Fail to Count Women: The Female Information Gap | FEMINISM
Feb 27, 2023
Why Sex No Longer Sells in Hollywood
Feb 27, 2023
Why Your Favorite Show is Getting Canceled Soon
Feb 23, 2023
The Toxic Male: Why We’ll Never Really Escape Him
Feb 21, 2023
The “Industry Plant” Problem: Harry Styles is not the only one | SCREEN ICONS
Feb 21, 2023
Prince Harry’s Spare: What He’s Really Looking For | ROYALS
Feb 21, 2023
You S4, Explained: Everything you need to know... so far
Feb 17, 2023
Couples Therapy's Growing Problem: Weaponized Therapy-Speak
Feb 15, 2023
Star-Crossed Lovers: Why Their Stories Must End Tragically
Feb 12, 2023
How Magic Mike Complicated the Male Bombshell | Last Dance
Feb 11, 2023
Why Young Celebs Look Old and Old Celebs Look Young
Feb 09, 2023
Sex Work Onscreen: Old Tropes & Stigmas That Are Dying
Feb 07, 2023
How Millennials Outgrew These Tired Tropes
Feb 07, 2023
Wakanda Forever: Shuri's Amazing Transformation
Feb 07, 2023
Prince Harry’s Spare: The Conflicting Way He Paints Meghan
Feb 02, 2023
The Nepo Baby Rage Trend: It's All Worse Than You Thought
Jan 31, 2023
Infidelity Onscreen: Why We Just Love Watching Cheaters
Jan 29, 2023
The Modern Feminist is a GIRL'S GIRL | FEMINISM
Jan 28, 2023
Why Megan Thee Stallion’s Win is Huge For Hip-Hop
Jan 26, 2023
The Fashionista Trope - Why She’s So Perfectly Terrible
Jan 24, 2023
Why "Perfect-on-Paper" Love Interests Always Come Second
Jan 22, 2023
The Last of Us Ep 1: Does It Live Up to the Game?
Jan 20, 2023
The Dangers of Making Infamous People TV Antiheroes
Jan 19, 2023
The White Lotus Symbolism & Ending: What You Missed
Jan 17, 2023
The "Good" Ol' Days: Romanticizing an Era That Didn’t Exist
Jan 15, 2023
Revenge Stories: Satisfying or Problematic?
Jan 14, 2023
Why People Are Turning Away From Harry and Meghan | ROYALS
Jan 12, 2023
Your Honor, Season 1 Explained & What To Expect in S2 | SHOWTIME
Jan 10, 2023
Tarot, Astrology, Crystals - Spirituality is replacing religion
Jan 08, 2023
The Hot Mess - Why we love a chaotic heroine | TROPES
Jan 07, 2023
Women Everywhere Are Reaching Their Breaking Point
Jan 05, 2023
How "Toxic" Discourse Can Do More Harm Than Good
Jan 03, 2023
The Dirtbag is the New Sex Symbol - And We’re Here for It
Dec 29, 2022
Death of the Movie Star - What It Means for Hollywood’s Future
Dec 28, 2022
The Fab 4: Why 4-Person Shows Work So Well
Dec 27, 2022
You’ve Got Mail - In Defense of Joe's "Toxic" Traits
Dec 24, 2022
How Prince Charming Became a One-Note Joke | TROPES
Dec 22, 2022
The Ugly Pretty Girl: It’s the Stories That Need a Makeover | TROPES
Dec 20, 2022
Gen Z Brought Twee Back and It’s Here to Stay
Dec 20, 2022
How Kristen Stewart Became an Icon of Authenticity
Dec 18, 2022
Disappearing Content: Media is still getting wiped today
Dec 15, 2022
The Millennial Mom - A New Brand of Anxious Parenting
Dec 13, 2022
House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra, Her Own Worst Enemy
Dec 11, 2022
Gen Z Dating: Not the Puriteens They're Made Out to Be
Dec 10, 2022
The Crown S5 Explained, The Institution vs It’s People | ROYALS
Dec 08, 2022
Drew Barrymore - Troubled Child Star to Memeable Queen
Dec 06, 2022
The Childfree Woman Trope Needs a SERIOUS Update
Dec 04, 2022
Female Friendship Stories Are FINALLY Taking Over
Dec 03, 2022
Why “Female Entertainment” Still Gets Written Off
Dec 01, 2022
Why Today’s Content is Suffering a Quality Crisis
Nov 29, 2022
What’s Really Behind Elon Musk’s Twitter Chaos
Nov 28, 2022
How the Boomer Myth Shaped the World, and Then Fell Apart
Nov 26, 2022
What Makes the Trophy Wife Such a Prize
Nov 22, 2022
The “End” of Cancel Culture - Why We Need a Better System
Nov 20, 2022
Will These Controversies Finally Bring The Royals Down?
Nov 19, 2022
Derry Girls’ Michelle - Rise of a Brash & Rowdy Alpha
Nov 17, 2022
Doomerism Isn’t Helping Us Cope. So Why Can’t We Stop?
Nov 15, 2022
The Notebook - Madly In Love, But Toxic As Hell | Mixed Messages
Nov 13, 2022
"Coastal Grandma" - Why Gen Z wants to skip adulthood
Nov 12, 2022
TikTok is the new Gen Z search engine. Are they in trouble?
Nov 10, 2022
There Are Too Many "Annoying Liberals" Onscreen
Nov 08, 2022
Why The Crown Season 5 REALLY has the Royals so angry
Nov 06, 2022
The “Wife Guy” Downfall - He Was Too Good to Be True
Nov 05, 2022
Daddy Issues Onscreen - Why Our Culture Mocks Abandonment
Nov 03, 2022
Female Body Horror - Today's Terror of Not Owning Your Body
Oct 31, 2022
Rings of Power, Ending Explained - The Deeper Meaning of Those Reveals
Oct 31, 2022
The Vamp Trope - Everything a Woman "Shouldn't" Be
Oct 31, 2022
How Wednesday Addams Became a Modern Weird Icon
Oct 27, 2022
Why Passing The Bechdel Test Isn't Enough
Oct 25, 2022
How House of the Dragon “Fixed” Game of Thrones
Oct 23, 2022
Euphoria's Maddy - A New Kind of "Mean Girl"
Oct 20, 2022
Bridget Jones's Insecurity - Why Women Hate Themselves
Oct 18, 2022
Why Quiet Quitting is a Good Sign - The Future of American Work Culture
Oct 16, 2022
How Glee’s Santana Went From Villain to Icon
Oct 15, 2022
Elizabeth Olsen’s Mixed Feelings on Marvel - Has it Blessed or Cursed Her?
Oct 11, 2022
How This Became the Sad Girl Era
Oct 08, 2022
The Royals’ Future Is Looking Messy
Oct 06, 2022
The "Death" of Feminism - Why We Need a New Vision
Oct 04, 2022
Mean Girls' Cady - What Peer Pressure Does to a Girl
Oct 03, 2022
The Socialite - A "Heroine" We Love to Hate-Watch
Oct 01, 2022
The Dangers of Making Everyone Too Pretty for Screen
Sep 30, 2022
How Modern Family Ruined Haley’s Story Arc
Sep 29, 2022
The Devil Wears Prada - How Andy Predicted the Girlboss Era
Sep 27, 2022
Red Herring Male Love Interests - He's Not The One!
Sep 24, 2022
Who Will Gen Alpha Be? - How They'll Become Empowered
Sep 22, 2022
Gossip Girl - Serena and the Nice Rich Girl Fantasy
Sep 20, 2022
Marilyn Monroe's Mythic Femininity - Why The Blonde Was Always More Than An Icon
Sep 17, 2022
The Con Artist Trope - Why Lying Doesn’t Matter Today
Sep 15, 2022
The Biggest Hollywood Clichés - What’s Really Behind Them
Sep 13, 2022
Succession - The Strange Tragedy of Roman Roy
Sep 10, 2022
Sydney Sweeney - The Serious Sex Symbol for Gen Z
Sep 08, 2022
How We Overcorrected the Damsel in Distress Trope
Sep 06, 2022
The Bad Female Leader - Why Film and TV are Obsessed With Her
Sep 03, 2022
Nepo Babies are the symbol of our broken meritocracy
Sep 01, 2022
Girls' Hannah - Why the millennial antihero was so hated
Aug 30, 2022
The "Dead Girl" Story - Why It's Dangerous to Simplify Her
Aug 27, 2022
Beyoncé v Kelis - Who's Right, and The Bigger Problem with The Music Industry
Aug 25, 2022
How Freaks and Geeks gets youth culture right then - and now
Aug 23, 2022
How Barbiecore Turned Feminism Hot Pink
Aug 20, 2022
The "Rich Guy" Lie - Why Tinder Swindlers and Romance Cons Work
Aug 18, 2022
The Manifesting Trend - When it's a lie and when it can work
Aug 16, 2022
How Clueless's iconic fashion actually told the story
Aug 13, 2022
The Daddy’s Girl Trope - Why Our Culture Fetishizes Her
Aug 11, 2022
Rebel Wilson and the Dark History of Forced Outings
Aug 09, 2022
Cassie’s Euphoria Season 2 looks and their hidden meanings
Aug 06, 2022
Why Gen Z is already burning out (and how to cope)
Aug 04, 2022
Stars' Second Chapters - Why They Give Us Hope
Aug 02, 2022
How Fight Club Predicted Today
Jul 30, 2022
How the Manipulative Victim Trope Shaped the Depp-Heard Trial
Jul 28, 2022
The It Girl - What Makes Her "It" In Every Era
Jul 26, 2022
House of The Dragon - A Targaryen Deep Dive and What We Know So Far
Jul 26, 2022
The Cougar Trope - Why this joke is outdated
Jul 21, 2022
Donnie Darko - What's the Meaning of Life?
Jul 19, 2022
The Handmaid's Tale - What's Come True and What Hasn't (Yet)
Jul 16, 2022
Euphoria Rue - A modern portrait of the addict
Jul 14, 2022
The Elder Millennial - A generation lost in time
Jul 12, 2022
Stranger Things Season 4’s deeper meaning, explained - Why it’s better than ever
Jul 11, 2022
Celebs don't age anymore. Is that bad for the rest of us?
Jul 07, 2022
Teen stories onscreen are all so risqué. How true are they?
Jul 05, 2022
The Single Lady - Why single life is in fashion
Jul 02, 2022
How Millie Bobby Brown overcame the child star curse in Stranger Things’ digital age
Jun 30, 2022
Fifty Shades’ Toxic Takeaways - What’s Not Hot About The Trilogy
Jun 28, 2022
How Workplace Dystopias Represent Our Toxic Jobs Onscreen
Jun 25, 2022
Margot Robbie’s Barbie - How The Doll Became Feminist
Jun 23, 2022
What Daria says about the 90s (and today)
Jun 21, 2022
How the "Diva" label went from insulting to iconic
Jun 18, 2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once - Every Symbol Explained
Jun 16, 2022
Who's the real Jennifer Aniston?
Jun 14, 2022
The Brainy Brunette Trope - Why people think she’s smarter
Jun 11, 2022
Riverdale's Jughead is the ultimate indie jerkboy
Jun 09, 2022
Sex and The City - What each lady tells you about yourself
Jun 07, 2022
Closeted Bullies are all over our screens. How real is this trope?
Jun 04, 2022
What's So Great About Abbott Elementary
Jun 02, 2022
Bridgerton Season 3 - Big Theories and Predictions
May 31, 2022
The Depp-Heard Trial is an ugly, scary trial by social media
May 28, 2022
Dune, Ending Explained - Why Paul is a Tragic Hero
May 24, 2022
Romantic stories are full of red flags. Why do we love them?
May 21, 2022
How the Tech Villain Became Today’s Most Hated Bad Guy
May 19, 2022
Modern Family’s Claire is the Perfect "Husband-Wife"
May 17, 2022
Age Gap Relationships Onscreen - Why They Bother Us
May 14, 2022
The Bookworm Princess Hero - Beauty and The Beast's Belle
May 12, 2022
The Tragedy of Will Smith - What Made Him Snap
May 10, 2022
The Quarter-Life Crisis Is More Stressful Than Ever
May 07, 2022
Parks and Recreation - Why Everyone Loves Ron Swanson
May 05, 2022
How Pamela Anderson is Reclaiming Her Bombshell Narrative
May 03, 2022
Why Bruce Willis (And His Career) Deserve Respect
Apr 30, 2022
The Antihero Problem - What They All Fear
Apr 28, 2022
Bridgerton Season 2 - Why We Love Enemies-to-Lovers Arcs
Apr 26, 2022
The Other Woman Trope - Demystifying The Villain
Apr 23, 2022
The “Real” Jennifer Lawrence - Cool Girl or Serious Star?
Apr 21, 2022
The Kanye-Kim-Pete Feud - How It Mirrors Back to Us
Apr 19, 2022
The Heather Trope - Why We’re So Obsessed with Her
Apr 16, 2022
The Buff Clown Trope - A New Masculine Ideal
Apr 14, 2022
How I Met Your Mother - Lily, The Perfect Family Woman
Apr 12, 2022
Cruel Intentions - Kathryn, A Misunderstood Villain
Apr 09, 2022
The Special Girl Trope - Moving Beyond a Male Creation
Apr 07, 2022
Euphoria's Cassie - Why Women Like Her Are Still Judged
Apr 05, 2022
Everything That Went Wrong with the Oscars 2022
Apr 02, 2022
The Tall Girlfriend and Short Boyfriend - Ending The Bias
Mar 31, 2022
The 30 Crisis - Adulting When Adulthood's Unattainable
Mar 29, 2022
The Power of The Dog, Ending Explained - The Meaning of The Dog
Mar 28, 2022
West Side Story - All The Differences Between The Films
Mar 23, 2022
How I Met Your Mother - Why Dating Rules Don't Work
Mar 22, 2022
Modern Family’s Gloria - A New Second Wife Playbook
Mar 21, 2022
The Celebrity + “Normo” Romance Boom - Normal is the New Fairytale
Mar 17, 2022
Why Game of Thrones Already Feels Dated
Mar 15, 2022
The “Cheugy” Problem - Why No One Can Keep Up with Trends
Mar 12, 2022
Licorice Pizza and Love in Paul Thomas Anderson's Films
Mar 10, 2022
The Disposable Black Love Interest - A Tokenistic Cliché
Mar 08, 2022
How Euphoria Visualizes Feelings
Mar 07, 2022
The Material Girl Trend - Buying Your Way to Empowerment
Mar 03, 2022
Unreliable Narrators - Why We Love To Be Lied To
Mar 01, 2022
How Margot Robbie Escaped The “Bombshell Trap”
Feb 26, 2022
Inventing Anna - American Dream Gone Haywire
Feb 24, 2022
That Girl: Turning Self-Care Into a Job
Feb 22, 2022
The Imperfect Mom Onscreen - Why She Deserves to Have a Self
Feb 19, 2022
Bennifer - The One Who Didn't Get Away
Feb 17, 2022
Pam & Tommy - Our Obsession with the Barbie-Bad Boy Romance
Feb 16, 2022
How I Met Your Father - Why We Crave Comfort TV
Feb 15, 2022
The Matrix Ending Explained: A Guide to Freeing Your Mind
Feb 11, 2022
And Just Like That - What It Got Wrong (And What It Did Right)
Feb 10, 2022
Pam Beesly - The Perils of Being Normal
Feb 09, 2022
How I Met Your Mother - The Mother Deserved Better
Feb 08, 2022
The Little Mermaid as a Queer Allegory, Explained
Feb 05, 2022
The Smart Girl Trope, Explained
Feb 04, 2022
The Rise of The “Cool Mom” 2.0 Today
Feb 03, 2022
Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument
Feb 02, 2022
The "Disabled Villain" Trope Is Medieval - Why Is It Still Here?
Feb 01, 2022
Sex and the City - Why Carrie Should Have Chosen Aiden
Jan 29, 2022
The "Dyed Hair" Girl - How She Stopped Being Edgy
Jan 28, 2022
Don't Look Up's Real Message and Ending, Explained
Jan 26, 2022
The Pretty Girl Trope - The Pitfalls of "Pretty Privilege"
Jan 22, 2022
Gossip Girl - Why Chuck and Blair Deserve Each Other
Jan 21, 2022
Tangled - How Girls Get Gaslit
Jan 20, 2022
Friends’ Emily - The Tragedy of the Runner-Up Love Interest
Jan 17, 2022
The Pandemic Onscreen - How Film & TV Does Covid
Jan 15, 2022
How the Madonna-Whore Complex Still Reigns
Jan 12, 2022
Why Ted is the Villain of How I Met Your Mother
Jan 10, 2022
Bridesmaids: Why Helen Has No Friends
Jan 09, 2022
The Matrix 4, Ending Explained - "Fixing" Trinity Syndrome
Jan 08, 2022
The Pick Me Girl - Reflecting Our Insecurities Back to Us
Jan 07, 2022
Janet Jackson, Taking Back Control
Jan 06, 2022
The Girlboss Villain Is Everywhere - It's Enough Now
Dec 30, 2021
Grey’s Anatomy - Why McDreamy Isn’t That Dreamy
Dec 28, 2021
Why We Need Classic Movies (And How To Save Them)
Dec 26, 2021
How Phoebe and Mike Redefined "Settling"
Dec 24, 2021
Succession Season 3 - The Secret to Winning ‘the Game’
Dec 23, 2021
And Just Like That - How Sex and the City Changed
Dec 19, 2021
The Office - In Defense of Toby
Dec 18, 2021
Legally Blonde and the History of the “Dumb Blonde”
Dec 17, 2021
Forrest Gump: The Myth of America
Dec 15, 2021
The Good Girl Trope - Why Women Can't Win
Dec 14, 2021
Pete Davidson, Heartthrob - Why the “Hotness Gap” is BS
Dec 11, 2021
The "Mean Girl" Trio - Three Types of Bad Female Rulers
Dec 10, 2021
The Dragon Lady Trope - Reclaiming Her Power
Dec 09, 2021
The Weird Girl Trope, Explained
Dec 08, 2021
The Office's Andy - Privilege Can't Buy Happiness
Dec 07, 2021
The Housewife Onscreen, Start Valuing Her More
Dec 04, 2021
How I Met Your Mother's Controversial Ending, Explained
Dec 03, 2021
All the Metaphors in The Matrix, Explained
Dec 02, 2021
Stop Talking About If Female Characters Are “Likable”
Nov 30, 2021
The “Victim” Onscreen and How She’s Been Misrepresented
Nov 27, 2021
The Nice Guy Trope, Explained
Nov 26, 2021
The Devil Wears Prada: Miranda Priestly - A Defense of Perfectionism
Nov 24, 2021
Clickbait’s Crazy Ending, Explained - The Clickbaiting of Film & TV
Nov 23, 2021
The Antihero’s Wife - Home Is Where The Crime Is
Nov 20, 2021
The Office: Why Michael Scott is Actually the World’s Best Boss
Nov 19, 2021
The "Quirky Black Character" - How Black Creators Challenge Stereotypes
Nov 18, 2021
Mean Girls: Regina George, The Psychology of a Dictator
Nov 17, 2021
Ted Lasso on Today's Toxic Positivity - Season 2 Ending Explained
Nov 16, 2021
The Cool Girl Trope, Explained
Nov 15, 2021