As the United States grapples with its relationship to the police, Hollywood has tried to reflect that struggle through storytelling. Two texts, in particular ...
It’s a tale as old as time: Boy meets girl. Boy dumps girl. Girl follows boy to Harvard Law School and bests him at every turn. Such is the story of one Elle W...
Like a generation of millennial women, I deeply identify with Andrea Sachs. The plucky heroine of The Devil Wears Prada endured a journey many of us know well;...
This essay was originally published at The Muse on Jezebel on November 6, 2019. Republished with permission.
Global income inequality has been on a steady r...
This essay was originally published in NYLON on October 18, 2019
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine how a film about a young boy in the Nazi Youth could ...
Catchy melodies and the stigma of liking them: What does it mean to be embarrassed for your pop music pleasures? Cate Young talks to pop music experts, critics...
Sex work is work.
It’s an idea that needs reinforcing in the wake of Sarah Jones’ recent performance of her one-woman show -- Sell/Buy/Date--. Directed by Carolyn Cantor, the play was performed at USC’s Bing Theater on October 26. ...
Cate Young is a film and culture critic from Trinidad and Tobago focused on the intersection of race, gender and sexuality, with a specific emphasis on introducing an intersectional feminist analysis to discussions of film, television, music and critical commentary on media representation. Her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Jezebel, Nylon, Bitch Media and Vulture. Cate has a BA in photojournalism from Boston University and an MA in mass communication from the University of Leicester.
