Retribution, restoration, and Batman
The 2022 film and the 1990s animated series about the character ask what justice truly looks like.
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What's the matter with trans panic media?
Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Episode 5, "In the Name of the Mother"
"What if this is the best there is?"
Episodes Monday Rundown June 15–21 2026
This week: The Death of Robin Hood, The Furious, and two different takes on Anne Rice's Immortal Universe.
Olivia Rodrigo, theater kid
Or: Why Olivia Rodrigo was voted most likely pop star to write a musical in her 40s.