The Catch critiques Canadian news media coverage from an anti-capitalist perspective, mixing written media criticism with podcast interviews of journalists and authors. Issues include sourced analysis of coverage of Palestine activism, Alberta politics and social media's role in news.
Website: https://readthecatch.ca/
Fansplaining publishes essays and cultural criticism about fandom, covering fan communities, fanfiction, and how media companies treat fans. Readers get historically grounded, well-researched pieces on subjects such as danmei translation disputes, Jane Austen fanfic, and Fortnite crossovers.
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with literary and pop-culture analysis, including a long-running serialized humorous reading of the TV show Lost. Issues take a pointed progressive stance on US politics, media ownership and culture.
A personal culture newsletter of essays and opinion on films, books, shows, music and the politics of beauty, identity and pop culture. Readers get a distinctive first-person voice, with one piece republished from Harper's Bazaar.
A writer-owned cooperative newsletter that publishes essays, criticism and first-person reporting from different contributors in each issue. Recent issues covered Nathan Fielder's documentary work and a reporter's account of infiltrating a white supremacist gathering in Kentucky in 2017.
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