Forty Years Ago, Alien Gave Us the First Female Action Hero
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Forty Years Ago, Alien Gave Us the First Female Action Hero

Alien may have been the first of its kind in many ways — not least in terms of the sheer scope of its imagination — but the real victory here was the germination of Ellen Ripley. Her character serves as a beacon of possibility for women in science-fiction to never again to just be an afterthought in a male narrative.
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay After Watching OK Computer
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It’s Okay to Not Be Okay After Watching OK Computer

Anand Gandhi’s OK Computer is an example of a series that had too many good ideas on the table at the start to let go of any one. Is it a sci-fi drama, a parody, a satire on the present, or a vanity project, masquerading as concept-level induction for dummies like myself? To me, it felt like everything and eventually nothing.