This completely different person I’ve become since I gave birth is someone virtually no one knows.

With Camille Preaker, Zoe Barnes, and Rory Gilmore, Hollywood’s depictions of women reporters have never been further from reality.

For articles that bring clarity and insight to questions concerning gender norms, feminism, and popular culture.

In the wake of Charlottesville, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon delivered damning critiques of Donald Trump.

The famous writer’s rape accusation against the president fell victim to the familiar workings of attention fatigue.

The more vulnerable she became, the greater the public’s interest was in watching her disintegrate.

In an inordinately stressful moment, the Barefoot Contessa’s Instagram page has become one of the most soothing and wholesome places on the internet.

Ten years after the hit series debuted, television’s reliance on rape culture still feels exploitative.

How a hashtag got its power

At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, not one male award winner used their platform to mention the biggest story of the night.

With her new book—the much-awaited sequel to 'The Handmaid’s Tale'—the Canadian author is leading a resistance. But it’s not the one you might think.

The discovery of more than 1,500 artworks in a flat in Munich serves as an inconvenient reminder of one of the unresolved wrongs of the Third Reich.

Two docuseries about NXIVM present a question: Are the people who have escaped a controlling organization the most reliable sources on what happened to them?

Netflix’s 'Tiger King' is the apotheosis of extreme storytelling: The more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better.

Netflix’s "Eurovision Song Contest" succeeds because it’s both sincere and satirical. Also, it has invisible elves.

The new Netflix series by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler is a brilliant mix of satire, sci-fi, and sincerity.

Peering into the secrets of Louisa May Alcott’s real life sheds light on her treasured coming-of-age tale.

The miniseries "Expecting Amy" captures the comedian’s complicated pregnancy with extreme honesty.

Critics of the movement against sexual harassment and assault charge that it’s going too far, but their arguments take very little stock of what women are actually saying.

SpongeBob, Travis Scott, and Big Boi joined for a pageant of doing the least.

The new Netflix documentary is timely, to say the least.

“Taste the Nation” is breezy in tone, but it exposes the betrayals at the heart of “American” cuisine.

In "Home Work," the legendary actor comes to terms with an acting career she couldn’t always control.

Over the course of her writing career, she has explored the power and limits of personal testimony in times of crisis.

The new and returning series that stood out the most

The Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s hit novel ushers an addictive, messily human portrayal of young love to the small screen.

Insights into the little-studied realm of last words

Its technical challenges, designed as a basic skill assessment, have evolved into a meandering tour through Europe’s most arcane pastries.

The author recognized that humiliation is a kind of trauma—and that gentle humor could help neutralize it.

The British HBO series "Years and Years" imagines a near-future defined by two phenomena: catastrophe and resilience.

On the psychology of comfort TV

An episode chock-full of emotional violence may have ended with real tragedy.

The scourge of the streaming era is 13 hours of stretched-out drama.

The new BBC America show is stylish, irreverent, and hard to categorize.

Drinking moderately might still be affecting your brain, even if you never black out.

In "Agent Running in the Field," the celebrated spy novelist takes on a chaotic international landscape.

This completely different person I’ve become since I gave birth is someone virtually no one knows.

In the HBO show’s finale, the impulses to care and to crime-solve collide. But the miniseries has thoughtfully explored how the two aren’t always mutually exclusive.

Why Scarlett Johansson’s superhero can’t escape her origins from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s early days