The new Netflix show “Sex Education” feels so refreshing because for the longest time, there has been a dearth of cultural properties that specifically deal with the realities of sex. Sure, there’s sex in film and TV, but in recent history, there has been an absence of content that treats sex (and the complicated feelings that it can bring up) not as an aside, but as the main event. From “Fatal Attraction” to “Sex and the City” to “Knocked Up” to “Black Panther,” we trace the history — on screen and off — of how we went from lots of bad sex to no sex to hopefully some good sex moving forward.
Discussed this week:
"Sex Education" (created by Laurie Nunn, 2019)"Fatal Attraction" (directed by Adrian Lyne, 2019) "Basic Instinct" (directed by Paul Verhoeven, 1992)"Color of Night" (directed by Richard Rush, 1994)"The Witches of Eastwick" (directed by George Miller, 1987)"Sex and the City" (created by Darren Star, 1998-2004)Bill Clinton denying his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky (1998)"Knocked Up" (directed by Judd Apatow, 2007)"X-Men" (directed by Bryan Singer, 2000)"Black Panther" (directed by Ryan Coogler, 2018)We Back! (On Thursday)
We Are Tired of Sexual Harassment (and Sequels) | Season Finale
We Get Biracial
We Take a Knee
We Assess the Outrage over "Bodega" and Mother!
We Bow Down to Rihanna and Venus
We Debate NPR’s Greatest Albums by Women
We Have a Chappelle Show
We Care For Ourselves and Others in Trump’s America
We Grieve Charlottesville
We Discuss: Who Owns Stories About Blackness?
We’re Freaking Out About O.J. and Girls Trip
We Pick Science Fiction for Mitch McConnell
We Get Bodied Talking Jay-Z and Beyoncé
We Seek “Authentic” BBQ
We Revive Tupac and Side-Eye Sofia Coppola
We Celebrate Gay Pride — The Highs and Lows
We Said, He Said, She Said
We Watch 'Wonder Woman' and Do a Taxonomy of the Summer Jam
We Love the Beach, We Hate the Beach
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