Season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience—which premiers today!—dives into the lives of two very different women with ties to the sex industry. Michel Ghanem discusses intimacy, vulnerability and sex work in the show’s second (and most polarizing) season.
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In TV and film, sex workers are almost always portrayed as victims, with no control over their lives, their work, or their future. Hulu’s new period drama Harlots finally breaks the trend. Here’s why you should watch it. By Michel Ghanem. Continue reading “Harlots: Finally, a TV Show about Sex Workers that isn’t Tragic”
Today, our laptops are graced with more complex, leading female TV characters than ever before. Here’s 10 shows you can’t miss. By Michel Ghanem.
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In films and on TV, it’s extremely rare to see a brown guy portrayed as sexy, or playing the love interest. Instead, he’s usually nerdy AF or blowing something up. Myisha Soraya discusses why this is fucking annoying. Continue reading ““I’m SO Into Brown Boys. I Know… Weird!””
A bunch of people on the internet are arguing that, on the new Netflix show Love, the conventionally pretty Mickey is “too hot” to be dating nerdy Gus. But that argument just feels so… basic. Continue reading “In Relationships, is it Possible to be “Too Hot” For Someone Else? I Think Not…”
