Category: Entertainment

The Most Garbage People In “Making A Murderer,” Ranked In Order Of Their Loathsomeness

I spent the holidays as many people across this great nation did — binge-watching the epically addictive and totally depressing Netflix docu-series, Making A Murderer. Twice. The 10-part documentary takes a hard look at the case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who was falsely convicted in 1985 for rape and attempted murder — thanks, in part, […]

Brown Sugar wants to be the black Netflix, offering mostly ’70s blaxploitation films

Just like Netflix, only blacker,” Pam Grier says in the promotional trailer for Brown Sugar. Brown Sugar, a new online streaming service with a focus on black films, is the hub for ‘70s blaxploitation j oints and oldie classics. So maybe the tagline “the black Netflix” is quite ambitious. But it does offer something Netflix doesn’t. An Atlanta-based network for […]

Just Some Deliciously Dirty Songs by Female Artists

In case there was any doubt about it, I’m a big-time feminist. I will rant and rave for hours about feminist theory, problematic “feminist” celebs (looking at you, Meghan Trainor), and how the patriarchy has wronged every single one of us. One actually kind of controversial view that I hold (and will defend until the […]

Why I Believe Conor Oberst’s Anonymous Rape Accuser

UPDATE, 7/14/14: Conor Oberst’s accuser, Joanie Faircloth, released a statement today admitting her accusations were “100 percent false.”  The recent rape allegations against Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes hit really, uncomfortably close to home for me. In the past few weeks, it’s come to light that an anonymous xoJane commenter confessed in a comment […]