Oct
14
This newsletter is not about television, except when it is.
Welcome to Episodes by me, Emily VanDerWerff. Emily VanDerWerff is the critic at large at Vox and the former TV
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Jun
11
Is that all there is?
Mad Men, one of my favorite TV shows ever made, begins its final stretch of episodes with a melancholy reflection
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Jun
06
Full time
I didn't mean to go full time. I just did.
This is the opposite of almost everything else
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May
13
Threshold of revelation (with apologies to Tony Kushner)
When people ask me, "When did you know you were a woman?" my answer tends to come in
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Apr
22
So who were you?
There's been some small degree of debate on trans Twitter (which, really, why would you go there?) about
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Apr
15
Undergoing renovation
A couple of weeks ago, I had to lay down on my bathroom floor and cry for about 15 minutes.
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Apr
01
The Voice
Today, I called a doctor and made an appointment for a consultation on vocal feminization surgery. It's the
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Mar
26
Cardinal
It felt a little like the bird was following me around the upper floor of my parents' home. I
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Mar
14
You maybe don't know how to do this
Every so often, on main, I'll tweet something that sparks an energetic response from the many, many energetic
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Mar
04
Why do we build the wall
When I was 4, I loved to play dress-up. My mom had a bunch of weird old clothes she had
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