Imagining a Fuller Spectrum of Autism on TV
Someday, TV will give us autistic characters who aren't all awkward savants. In the meantime, we'll keep claiming characters for our own.
Star Trek
'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.
Ted Cruz's Nerd-Whistle Campaign
It's a niche campaign meant to reach nativists and fans of Star Trek and the Simpsons. Will it work?
The Highest-Impact Examples of Hubble Space Telescope Images in Pop Culture
Hubble's free-for-the-public images offer a big bang for zero bucks.
Television vs. the Movies: Which Does Better by Women?
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media did a content analysis of 11,927 speaking characters in “family films” and prime-time and children’s TV shows. This is what they found.