skeezy, period drama, “The Queen’s Gambit” , figurehead, how fame can both help and hinder activism

“I Am Greta” and “David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet” show how fame can both help and hinder activism

ECONOMIST.COM

New documentaries follow two figureheads of the environmental movement

“The Queen’s Gambit” has no women in peril, and no skeezy men, writes columnist Monica Hesse.



WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Perspective | ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year

skeezy

adjective

 US informal

UK 

 /ˈskiː.zi/ US 

 /ˈskiː.zi/

 

used to describe someone, especially a man, who is strange and unpleasant :

I saw a skeezy man trying to pick up young girls in a bar.