Hannah Giorgis

The Dangerous Naïveté of Coastal Elites

HBO’s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn’t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020.

• Hannah Giorgis
• September 12, 2020

The Southern-Gothic Stripper Drama That TV Deserves

Give into the lush, neo-noir pleasures of the new Starz show P-Valley.

• Hannah Giorgis
• September 5, 2020

What Incarcerated Rappers Can Teach America

This year’s national reckoning over policing means that more people could stand to seriously listen to the music of young artists who have firsthand experience with the system.

• Hannah Giorgis
• September 1, 2020

What Lovecraft Country Gets Wrong About Racial Horror

The fantastical HBO series imagines white supremacists as literal monsters but fails to make its Black heroes as compelling.

• Hannah Giorgis
• August 14, 2020

How Poetry Can Guide Us Through Trauma

A former U.S. poet laureate’s new memoir reflects on the power of storytelling to help us grieve—and offers lessons for surviving the cataclysms of the present.

• Hannah Giorgis
• August 1, 2020

Netflix’s ‘Most Popular’ List Is a Wasteland

The ranking reveals a sad reality: People are really bored right now, and that leaves a lot of room for mediocre content to flourish.

• Hannah Giorgis
• July 31, 2020

A Deeply Provincial View of Free Speech

Many prominent writers and thinkers seem invested in the notion that simply facing strong public criticism is a threat to free speech.

• Hannah Giorgis
• July 13, 2020

Pop Smoke Made the Soundtrack of a Lost Summer

The posthumous debut album of the Brooklyn rapper reverberates with the tragedy of his untimely death.

• Hannah Giorgis
• July 7, 2020

Hip-Hop Won’t Stop Protecting Alleged Abusers

The industry has been proclaiming the importance of Black lives while continuing to ignore Black women.

• Hannah Giorgis
• July 2, 2020

Why People Are Obsessed With a Terrible Polish Erotic Thriller

Thanks to the pandemic, Netflix’s first summer hit is a shallow movie full of sun, sex, and spit.

• Hannah Giorgis
• June 26, 2020

Insecure Is Finally Growing Up

Four seasons in, Issa Rae’s HBO show is becoming the friendship study it was always trying to be.

• Hannah Giorgis
• June 18, 2020

The Table Stays White

A national discussion has erupted, again, over racism in food media. But that discussion is one part of the problem.

• Hannah Giorgis
• June 16, 2020

Why It Matters That So Many People Are Donating to Bail Funds

The popularity of these donations signals a quietly radical shift in many people’s attitudes toward American policing.

• Hannah Giorgis
• June 6, 2020

What One Woman’s Shattered Career Reveals About the Music Industry

HBO Max’s On the Record details sexual-assault allegations against the rap mogul Russell Simmons—and homes in on the lives derailed by sexism.

• Hannah Giorgis
• June 1, 2020

The Secret Lives of Teenage Sidekicks

Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever joins a handful of new coming-of-age films that break with history to put young women of color at the center of the story.

• Hannah Giorgis
• May 26, 2020

Hip-Hop and R&B Were Once Disparate. Andre Harrell Changed That.

The industry icon, dead at 59, ushered in a new sound by bridging two musical worlds.

• Hannah Giorgis
• May 10, 2020

Foodie Culture as We Know It Is Over

A wave of culinary experts is responding to the pandemic with an accessible and empathetic approach to home cooking—and audiences can’t get enough.

• Hannah Giorgis
• May 5, 2020

Quarantine Could Change How Americans Think of Incarceration

Nationwide forced isolation, along with media coverage of the pandemic’s toll in U.S. jails and prisons, could shift public perceptions of carceral punishment.

• Hannah Giorgis
• April 28, 2020

The Problem With Celebrities Urging Fans to Donate During a Pandemic

As millions of people struggle with layoffs and lost wages, now is not the time for wealthy stars to be asking ordinary Americans to give money.

• Hannah Giorgis
• April 24, 2020

The Strange Pleasure of Planning a Post-Pandemic Vacation

For people hoping to travel after the crisis passes, Pinterest helps them envision a future that feels impossible to imagine right now.

• Hannah Giorgis
• April 14, 2020