'Don't Breathe 2,' the Horror Sequel That Offers a Rapist an Undeserving Redemption Arc
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True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.
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Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.