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Life After Detransition

Detransition activists make clear that there is life worth living after detransition, even though the consequences of transgender “treatments” last a lifetime. Continue Reading »

8 May 2023

Missouri Macbeths

by Peter J. Leithart

Lots of bad people get their deserts, but the world of Ozark is one where sinners cannot be laundered and aren’t judged. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2023

Philip Jeffery on Made-for-TV Politics

by R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Philip Jeffery to talk about his article, “Made-for-TV-Politics,” from the November 2022 issue. Continue Reading »

3 Nov 2022

Muddy Morals in The Rings of Power

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

The set-up of The Rings of Power might be good for Twitter engagement, but it makes the stakes of the story unclear, and the drama of the characters' individual choices uncompelling. Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2022

When the TV Turns Off

by Cassandra Nelson

To say that Don DeLillo dislikes television would be an understatement. He actually seems to think it’s imperiling our souls. DeLillo’s novel White Noise—which won the National Book Award in 1985 and secured his reputation as one of the best contemporary American writers—was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2021

Our Year in Film and Television: 2020

by Various

We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV shows they saw this year. Continue Reading »

25 Dec 2020

Brave New World Revisited

by Francis X. Maier

If today’s street violence and political extremism serve any good purpose, it’s this: They remind us that humans have a chronic appetite for destruction. Continue Reading »

30 Jul 2020

Love, Fear, and Fleabag

by Dan Hitchens

Fleabag is not a nice Catholic show. In many ways it’s grotesque. But one privilege of well-made art is the ability to tell the truth by mistake. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2020