Hannah Giorgis

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
• 12:59 PM ET

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

The Spanish Sci-Fi Thriller Putting a Brutal Spin on Inequality

Netflix’s The Platform, a film about a vertical prison filled with gluttony and cannibalism, is striking a chord with American viewers now.

• Hannah Giorgis
• April 4, 2020

The Atlantic Daily: Our Quarantine Cooking Guide

As the coronavirus forces people to shop less and stay at home more, it’s time to rethink food consumption altogether.

• Hannah Giorgis
• March 26, 2020

The Best Kind of Food to Cook During a Pandemic

I chose risotto, but any recipe that requires your full, constant attention is a good distraction from anxiety.

• Hannah Giorgis
• March 18, 2020

Megan Thee Stallion’s Sweet Defiance

The 25-year-old rapper’s new EP, Suga, makes it easy to root for her—and for her potentially industry-shifting lawsuit against her label.

• Hannah Giorgis
• March 15, 2020

An Epic Novel Haunted by the Ghosts of Colonialism

In Maisy Card’s vivid debut, These Ghosts Are Family, spirits expose long-held secrets within fractured families and nations alike.

• Hannah Giorgis
• March 11, 2020

Lena Waithe and When Black Artists Make Mediocre Art

The writer’s new series, Twenties, makes fun of entertainment that is diverse but middling—a criticism her own work has faced.

• Hannah Giorgis
• March 6, 2020

Love Is Blind Was the Ultimate Reality-TV Paradox

Netflix’s viral dating series didn’t need a flimsy moral imperative to attract audiences. But it tried to have one anyway.

• Hannah Giorgis
• February 28, 2020

Diane Keaton’s Very Different Kind of Memoir

For her new book, Brother & Sister, the Oscar-winning actor pored over hundreds of journals, letters, and scrapbooks to tell a difficult family story.

• Hannah Giorgis
• February 28, 2020