Waiting a Lifetime for ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic children’s book isn’t about budgets, creative license, or even Oprah. It’s a film by and for awkward Black girls. Finally.
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“Having Herpes Has Made My Sex Life Better”
DAME talks with blogger and herpes activist Ella Dawson.
Best Weekend: ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,’ ‘Girls’ Finale, + More
What we'll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
The Price I Pay to Write
Neither “sponsored” by a spouse nor parents, the writer, like so many women artists, creates her work on stolen time. So why do we only hear about those who can be kept, or afford to drop out?
How to Have the Best Weekend Ever: From ‘Girls’ to the Globes
What we’ll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Gillian Jacobs: “I’ve Always Kind of Been a Grandma”
The Community star talks with DAME about her leading role in a post-DOMA gal-pal film, and what keeps her grounded in La-La Land.
Remember When Snark Was Funny?
Sitcom veteran Justine Bateman does. And in her brief, irreverent history of TV comedy, she pinpoints the one person who can save the overused comic convention from itself: Lena Dunham.
Best Friends Forever? Psssh. TV Finally Discovers the Dark Side of Female Friendship
Blowout fights, unfiltered judgment, and scandalous hook-ups make gripping television, and expose the true complexities of our closest connections.
Is That Shocking ‘Good Wife’ Death for the Best?
Maybe fraught romantic situations don’t serve our TV heroines well in the long run.
‘Looking’ Is the Real Gay ‘Sex and the City.’ And It’s So Much Better
ICYMI, hit rewind: This is the definitive series about being young and single amid a great metropolis.