The 2023 Barbie Movie was a wonderful overview of how a patriarchy works, something (as Pop Culture Detective brilliantly shows) is vanishingly rare in Hollywood. This refreshing take is why the film received such glowing reviews: However, Barbie is not a feminist masterpiece. On that front it’s awful. So here—finally—is commentary from a middle aged…

The Berlin Nonfiction Circle is a twice-a-month meet up of authors, journalists, essayists and hobbyists working on articles, books or any other nonfiction works (and sometimes fiction too). We meet every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Hasenheide 74 to discuss each others’ work. The rules are explained below, but the general format for the…