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[Image Description: Enola, in a red dress looks at the camera against a purple background. Via Netflix.

Forget Sherlock, his little sister Enola Holmes can solve the case faster in new Netflix film

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[A young woman sitting down having her head shaved] Via Anika Molnar on Netflix.

The Emmy-winning miniseries “Unorthodox” taught me that sometimes prisons can be invisible

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From left to right, Xiomara, Jane, and Alba standing together and smiling.

Watching “Jane the Virgin” in Spanish brought me closer to my mom

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A person forms a heart symbol with their hands.

21 things live music fans are missing right now

Carol Wright
[Image description: a young man and woman dance in a street full of people dancing as well. ] via Warner Bros.

Yes, “Hamilton” is good, but “In the Heights” is more important

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[Image Description: Lady Gaga eating pasta] Via byItaly

Lady Gaga’s The Fame songs as food are guaranteed to make your mouth water right now

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[Image Description: The cast of Sense8. Eight people look off into the distance.] via Sense8.

Why “Sense8” was the most beautiful Netflix show: a lesson in human connection and intimacy

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[Image Description: A young woman with a purple pixie cut sits down her arms crossed. A green background and red couch.] via David Needleman

Happy Bisexual+ Awareness Week, here are 17 songs to celebrate bi-visibility

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Bellamy Blake, stranded on Etherea, stares cautiously ahead.

Bellamy Blake deserved better in Season 7 of “The 100”

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[Image description: promotional image for Guilty] Via Netflix

‘Guilty’ on Netflix is one of the best films tackling rape culture

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Mulan, a black-haired Asian woman, is dressed in a red ensemble, holding a a thin sword, a jian, over her head.

“Mulan” delivers an uninspired and weak retelling of its 1998 classic

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[Image Description: a music group of six women singing against a purple background each wearing a different color.] via The Marlowe Theatre.

Have you heard of ‘SIX’, the musical where women take ownership of History?

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