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Adolescence is a technical masterpiece that exposes the darkest corners of incel culture and male rage

At the centre of the new Netflix show is a devastating truth: the most dangerous place in the world for a teenager is alone in their bedroom.

19.03.2025 60

Kate Cantrell

She was 15. He was 26. Sonia Orchard’s Groomed proves her abuser was wrong: age isn’t ‘just a number’

In Groomed, Sonia Orchard reappraises the social and cultural factors that allow sexual exploitation to persist.

05.02.2025 8

Kate Cantrell

We now know ‘troubled teen’ memoirs like Go Ask Alice were a Mormon wife’s fiction – so why are we still treating them as truth?

In 1971, an extraordinary book appeared. Published by an “anonymous” author, Go Ask Alice documented the story of an ordinary American girl and her...

16.12.2024 4

Kate Cantrell

Woman of the Hour: Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut reframes true crime for a post-#MeToo era

At first glance, Netflix’s Woman of the Hour is yet another true crime fictionalisation that plays to our preoccupation with American serial...

04.11.2024 3

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Adolescence is a technical masterpiece that exposes the darkest corners of incel culture and male rage

Kate Cantrell

She was 15. He was 26. Sonia Orchard’s Groomed proves her abuser was wrong: age isn’t ‘just a number’

Kate Cantrell

We now know ‘troubled teen’ memoirs like Go Ask Alice were a Mormon wife’s fiction – so why are we still treating them as truth?

Kate Cantrell

Woman of the Hour: Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut reframes true crime for a post-#MeToo era

Kate Cantrell