Smita M
Smita M has a Masters in Cultural Studies. She has worked in print and digital newsrooms in India and Nepal, writing on culture, politics, social trends, health, and lifestyle.
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When will 'Supernatural' Season 15 Episode 14 return? 'Last Holiday' will see Sam and Dean celebrate all hols
The first episode to air after the hiatus, titled 'Last Holiday', will allow viewers to see Sam and Dean celebrate every holiday thanks to a wood nymph they find in the bunker
When will 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Season 12 return? Caleb Castille as FBI agent Roundtree will be series regular
Daniela Ruah, who plays Special Agent Kensi Blye, broke the news about how the cast and crew were back on set by posting behind-the-scenes images on her Instagram in early September
When will 'NCIS' Season 18 return? Show's 400th episode part of multi-episode arc linked to premiere
While Season 18's premiere episode will be the 399th episode, the long-awaited 400th episode milestone will be breached with the season's second episode, featuring Gibbs' mysterious mission
'Enola Holmes' Ending Explained: Why did Lord Tewksbury's grandmother want to kill him before the vote?
The young viscount, Lord Tewksbury, and his late father before him had more progressive views, which the Dowager thought was a threat to the country
'Enola Holmes' Review: Fourth wall breaks, forced romance mar Millie Bobby Brown's turn as Sherlock's sister
There are plenty of cringe moments with Bobby Brown frequently breaking the fourth wall in the course of this film, which serve to distract us rather than immerse us in her POV and the plot
'Enola Holmes': Meet Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter and rest of the cast of Netflix film on Sherlock's sister
As Enola Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown not only makes her debut as the lead in a feature film but also as a first-time producer, who loves her character's ability to 'fight back'
'We Are Who We Are' Episode 2 flips the POV to Caitlin as she goes about her day with Fraser on the periphery
Caitlin has a gangly charm to her like a baby giraffe that is quickly reaching its adult height. While her body is changing into a woman's figure, her smile is that of a child
'Enslaved' Episode 2: 'Rationalization' shows origins of racism in Europe and how Africa's 'unfree' were sold
The Pope himself gave his blessings to the slave trade by saying that 'pagans' could be enslaved
'We are Who we Are' Preview: Episode 2 will focus on other families and teens at the base, especially Caitlin
In the trailer, we see Sarah call Richard and Jenny, Caitlin's parents, "basic" people who can't provide what Caitlin a "complicated child" needs
'Lovecraft Country' Episode 6 takes unexpected risk by showing Tic's monstrosity and kumiho Ji-ah's humanity
From victim, Tic becomes a killer in Korea while Ji-ah, the kumiho, occupies the body of a daughter and kills a rapist husband with her nine tails
Emmys 2020: 'Watchmen' favorite to win Best Limited Series, real horrors of 'Unbelievable' will be obscured
Somehow, the narrative of rape is centered around women crying wolf, but shouldn't this issue be highlighted with an Emmy win?
'Enslaved' Episode 2 Preview: Africa’s dungeons and European barbarity explored for slavery 'rationalizations'
Samuel L. Jackson recruits two award-winning journalists to go on a mission to understand the process that led Europeans to see slavery as profitable, rational and justified
Emmys 2020: 'Circus of Books' writer Kathryn Robson hopes film can fuel talks about 'sexual openness and honesty'
From being developed in Kathryn Robson's dining room, to attracting Ryan Murphy as an executive producer, securing a Netflix deal, and being nominated for an Emmy, 'Circus of Books' has come a long way
'Noughts + Crosses' star Bonnie Mbuli says show coming to US in wake of Black Lives Matter was 'serendipitous'
Mbuli hopes the race reversal in the series will help start conversations about microaggressions, she tells MEA WorldWide (MEAWW) in this exclusive interview
‘Noughts + Crosses’ star Bonnie Mbuli says filming series in post-apartheid South Africa was ‘very cathartic’
Mbuli revealed to MEA WorldWide (MEAWW) that she has an affinity to playing "troubled characters" like Jasmine Hadley, especially after she wrote a best seller on generational depression in families
'We Are Who We Are' Episode 1 offers stream of consciousness treatment to story of adolescent dislocation
Fraser, the precocious, eccentric teen, is not the most comfortable audience surrogate -- and yet it is through his eyes we see most of the base -- a little America bound in strict conformity surrounded by relaxed European culture (and values) of an Italian seaside town
Netflix 'Cuties' scandal: The troubling film of tween sexuality has been shaped by the media and internet
Girls first learn to objectify their own bodies after they understand how female bodies are regarded in the world around them -- from TV, films, music videos, and now, easily accessible porn.
'Enslaved' Episode 1: Samuel L Jackson's Gabon visit shows fascinating history of oral story traditions
Storytelling and songs have always been tools of resistance and healing and thus doubly important for African-Americans who go searching for their roots
'Enslaved' Episode 1: Powerful account of slave ships lost in sea, but hobbled by needless reenactments
Reenactments of slaves being force-fed or drowning doesn't really serve a purpose because it feels demeaning to the memory of the people who actually lived through it
‘Lovecraft Country’ Episode 5: Body horror, drag and mixed messages deliver the most uncomfortable episode yet
As Ruby is corrupted by Christina, her authentic experience as a sensuous Black woman with an ample figure, depicted onscreen, is now suddenly diluted and in a strange way distorted