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15 Best AAPI Month Titles to Stream

As harmful narratives spread around the country, it’s important to amplify the voices, stories, and work of the AAPI community

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in BEEF

via Netflix

When is AAPI Heritage Month?

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrating the culture and diversity within the AAPI community.

Why do we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month?

According to Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate the month is a time to speak out, share stories, and debunk myths about Asian communities.

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Women's History Month Streaming List

Having women behind the camera makes all the difference

via A24

There’s a scene in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women that goes down in history as one of my favorites in all of cinema.

In it, Saoirse Ronan, who plays the spirited and independent Jo March, gives a monologue about how women are expected to be one dimensional — either opinionated or loved, smart or pretty, dedicated to her career or to her husband.

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10 Movie Protagonists Who Just Needed Therapy

From revenge fantasy epics to romantic comedies, we're tired of trauma as a personality trait. It's time for therapy besties!

Like most NYU students, Christine from Lady Bird needed therapy

It's a tale as old as time: the search for catharsis.

And since movies are the form of storytelling most apt for mindless escapism, film tropes have emerged to give us the satisfying feeling of catharsis through well-worn story structure and character formulations.

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5 Best New Movies and TV to Stream on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+, Disney+ July 2021

From "Black Widow" to "Gossip Girl" and "Never Have I Ever," find an excuse to stay home this July

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Summer is in full swing and we're feeling it.

All the events clogging up our calendars and "wanna grab dinner?" texts waiting to be answered, we're feeling a little overwhelmed. And even though theaters are open and we're happy to support all our favorite local cinema spots, sometimes you just want to sit in the sweatpants that held you through quarantine and stream something from home.

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9 Best Nostalgic Deep Cuts to Watch On Disney+

What to Watch When You're Not Waiting for the Next Episode of "Loki"

So you finally caved and got a Disney+ account. Or maybe you finally convinced your roommate/friend/parent to give you their password.

Whether you needed access to the exclusive content to watch Beyonce's Black Is King, Taylor Swift's Long Pond Sessions, Marvel's WandaVision (no, there will not be a Season Two unfortunately), or even High School Musical: The Musical: The Series because you're regrettably into that "drivers license" song (this is a safe space, you can admit it), you have it now, and it can be overwhelming to figure out what to watch when your series binge is over.

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7 New Queer Titles to Stream on HBO for Pride Month 2021

Welcome to June 2021, where we're still in the worst timeline, but with this month with a rainbow logo

from "Veneno"

Happy Pride to everyone who is still going to sit inside and rot while watching TV all month (read: us)!

But what to watch?

HBO has established themselves as always on the cutting edge of television, always pushing the boundaries of representation and chronicling the lives of underrepresented groups — not always, however, but where else would we get our fix of terrible rich white people if not for Succession?

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