PS Picks: 'Ocean's 8' and Other Upcoming Female-Led Films
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
Pacific Standard Picks
PS Picks: The American Black Film Festival
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: Kaitlin Prest's Radiotopia Podcast 'The Heart'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: Michelle Dean's 'Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: Katie Watson's 'Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: The 'Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today' Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: The Conversation Around the Gun-Toting Christian Extremists of Ubisoft's 'Far Cry 5'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: Black Panther's Hollywood Breakout
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
'A Fantastic Woman' Sets a Fantastic Example for Transgender Casting
Pacific Standard recommends Sebastián Lelio's new film, which features a remarkable performance by transgender actress Daniela Vega.
Morgan Jerkins on Intergenerational Trauma in 'This Will Be My Undoing'
Pacific Standard recommends the writer's new collection of essays, which takes an in-depth look at the social, cultural, and historical story of black female oppression.
The Radical Evolution of the Pirelli Calendar
What was once a medium for sexually exploitative imagery has been re-born into a progressive place for empowerment.
Spike Lee's Promising and Modern Netflix Reboot of 'She's Gotta Have It'
Pacific Standard recommends this television reboot, which promises to join others in a new wave of entertainment that shows black women negotiating their romantic lives on their own terms.
TV Series 'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Explores the Need for More Diverse Police Departments
Pacific Standard recommends this tense exploration of how a female officer can affect the course and outcome of a case involving another woman.
Taking Stock of Thurgood Marshall's Civil Rights Legacy
Pacific Standard recommends Marshall, a new movie about a pivotal character in the civil rights movement.
Toni Morrison's New Book Explores Society's Tendency to Construct Otherness
Pacific Standard recommends The Origin of Others, which looks to spark discussion about the written word's role in perpetuating and complicating black-and-white binaries.
A New Netflix Documentary Addresses Police Brutality With Personal and Political Force
Pacific Standard recommends Strong Island, more cinematic memoir than true-crime investigation.
Jenny Zhang Tackles the Complexity of Asian-American Identity Through Her Fiction
Pacific Standard recommends Sour Heart, a book of short stories exploring race, class, and identity through the voices of young Chinese-American girls growing up in New York City.
This Documentary Upends Stereotypes, Profiling Land-Owning Americans and Their Conservation Work
Pacific Standard recommends Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman.
How Vlogging Sells Women a False Promise of Entrepreneurship Online
Pacific Standard recommends (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, a new book that depicts vlogging as aspirational labor.
'Star Trek: Discovery' and a More Optimistic Vision of the Future
Pacific Standard recommends the new Star Trek, which will include the television series' first black female lead, its first Asian captain, and the first-ever Star Trek character to be conceived of and announced as gay.
The Buried Aggression in Lady Macbeth
Pacific Standard recommends Lady Macbeth, a film adaptation that reminds viewers in 2017 that women aren't just consumers of romantic comedies.
Exploring Mass Incarceration as a Societal Problem
Pacific Standard recommends The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, a new PBS documentary that skips the statistics to demonstrate prison culture's effects outside of the bars.
Does Social Media Help Protest Movements?
Pacific Standard recommends Zeynep Tufekci's Twitter and Tear Gas, which outlines how new networked protests form and how they compare to movements of the past.
Is Poetry Poised for a Renaissance?
Pacific Standard recommends The Poetry of Pop and Simulacra, two new books that challenge the outdated way doomsayers define poetry.