Culture and Society

Natalia Santa's film, which is making its world premiere at SXSW, is an absorbing character study.

A prideful captain leads the first all-female U.S. Navy submarine patrol in a gripping new play about strengths, weaknesses, and gender roles.

In 'Fancy Dance,' an Indigenous women (Lily Gladstone) deals with the disappearance of her sister and caring for her niece who is traumatized by her mother's disappearance. She is only comforted by the hope of seeing her mother at the state powwow where the two will be together in the mother-daughter ritual dance.

A modern-day genderqueer teen tracks down the ghost of silent film star Theda Bara in this whirlwind gothic-noir-camp solo show.

It grieves me to see how much it costs to use these potentially life-changing medicines...but the lowest dose restored my willpower over food.

Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's musical drag extravaganza honors millennia of queer history.

In her new book 'Daughters of Eve,' Sally Weiner Grotta mines the lives of Biblical women to give us insight into our own.

Elisha Kent Kane's memoir of his 1850s Arctic expedition forms the basis for a new folk opera.

Part 'Our Town,' part 'Big River,' this energetic show tells a slice of the American story through classic folk music and a slant-eyed view of the American dream.

I just finished my first week on my GLP-1 weight loss journey. I'll be updating weekly on Blogcritics, so be sure to follow along!