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Episodes
Writings on culture, identity, and a bunch of other things from Emily St. James.

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Oct
14

Submit your October mailbag questions!

Oct
11
Bandleader Lawrence Welk spreads his arms out wide to celebrate the end of another number.

Liked Saturday Night? Here are more backstage TV stories that should be movies.

9 min read
Oct
09
Laura Palmer's dead body, blue lips, wrapped in plastic, lays on a beach. We can only see her face.

Twin Peaks asks us to look at horrors. And then we forget.

Do you know who killed Laura Palmer? No. Really. Do you?
8 min read
Oct
04
Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Syd (Ayo Edibiri) on The Bear get things out of their lockers. He's looking back at her.

Why The Bear is a comedy

8 min read
Sep
27
Our present-day Demi Moore sits on a couch right in front of a picture depicting her in the '80s.

The transness inherent to The Substance

8 min read
Sep
25
Donald Trump stands in front of a large crowd of supporters, speaking at a podium.

Sanewashing and the abusive cycle of Donald Trump campaign coverage

Endlessly parroting whatever Donald Trump says is helping no one but him.
8 min read
Sep
20
The many actors and people involved in Shogun stand on the purple-hued Emmy stage in their finery.

September mailbag

11 min read
Sep
16

Submit your September mailbag questions!

Sep
16

The September sale is here!

Happy fall TV season, everyone!
2 min read
Sep
15
Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force talks on the phone.

20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 2)

8 min read