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How Hollywood Sees Women Aging

The red carpets, magazine covers, the constant camera flashes… It is well known that Hollywood praises one thing at all times: beauty. Not only does…
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How Diversity, Disabilities, and Serial Killers are United in Netflix Show You

The highly anticipated new season of the Netflix hit series: You is available on the streaming platform. In the third season, we watch Joe Goldberg, our favorite…
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How the Media Views Domestic Terrorism

Many people hear the word “terrorism” and a few words might come to mind. One might think of danger, violence, or a threat from abroad.…
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How The Entertainment Industry Really Treats Diversity

Since the release of the new comedy special by Davehappelle called Closer, Netflix has found itself in an uncomfortable place. This event brings light to…
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The Power in Silence: How Only Murders in the Building portrays disabilities

Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building aired its final episode a couple of weeks ago. Already renewed for a second season, the show has become…
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I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot: How Diverse Have We Become In (over) 20 years?

I Know What You Did Last Summer was released in 1997. The image of the sea rocking against a cliff while a lonely person watches it…
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Does diversity Sell TV Shows? A Film Industry Analysis

In 2021 Netflix reached over 209 million subscribers globally. That is an increase of more than 16 million subscribers from last year. It is impossible…
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How Disability is Shown in TV & Movies

The 2020-2021 season of scripted series has shown an increase in the number of shows that have characters with disabilities. This season has in total…
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Tv Series ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ and LGBTQIA+ Representation

Contains spoilers! Mike Flanagan’s Netflix anthology series The Haunting has caught the enthusiastic audience’s attention since the first season aired in 2018, The Haunting of Hill House. The…
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Another Awards Show Issue: Unsettling Lack of Diversity at the Emmys

As the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards came to a close last Sunday, #EmmySoWhite erupted all over social media. The trending hashtag came after a discouraging…
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