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Warner Bros. Her and the Complex Legacy of the Female Robot
Spike Jonze's film isn't the first portrayal of a servile, seemingly caring artificial-intelligence program. Robots have taken on traditionally feminine human roles since the 1960s.
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Sony Pictures What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation
A new crop of films portrays their lifestyle as rebellious, adolescent fun. But what made the Beats so influential in the first place was that they were radical, free-thinking adults.
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Woman/Boy Relationships in Pop Culture: No Big Deal
The Lifeguard, Adore, and A Teacher treat the women who commit or nearly commit statutory rape as less threatening than their male counterparts.
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Selling Feminism: A History
For decades, writers have been publishing guides to make the movement seem appealing to young women. How convincing are they?
