Aug
16
Episodes: The "can you top that?!" season
You remember 24, season six, right? (Bear with me; I've been thinking about 24 a lot today.)
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Emily St. James
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
Jul
29
Episodes: The women
It's 1987.
I'm in Sunday School. The instructor is talking about fruits of the Holy Spirit,
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Jul
26
Episodes: The cat
(As always, all names have been changed and various details obscured to hide real identities, etc.)
The first time Bill
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Jul
20
Episodes: Liking things
I saw a movie tonight that I'm convinced is a near-masterpiece, held back by a couple of dumb
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Jul
16
Episodes: The Emmys are just fine
Every July brings one of my least favorite TV rituals: complaining about the Emmy awards.
Now, to be sure, there
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Jul
12
Episodes: The very human Mr. Robot
(I posted this to Facebook in August of 2015. Its length made me think maybe I should have an email
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Jul
09
Episodes: The mirror structure
So as I said a few days ago (before the plane's descent so rudely interrupted me), sitting down
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Jul
08
Episodes: I want my country back
(I had been planning a version of this essay to run on July 4, but couldn't find time
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Jul
07
Episodes: Structure pants
The most common mistake I find in thinkpieces around this great internet of ours is that they repeat themselves over
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Jun
30
Episodes: Clicked bait
(I would absolutely read that one about the 1875 mansion, fwiw.)
It is, for some, the gravest insult that can
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