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House of Cards is an overhyped, overrated, patriarchal nightmare of a show (and I’m obsessed with it)

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DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! This post contains spoilers. Enter at your own risk. Before I watched it, it seemed like everything I saw and heard about the Netflix remake of House of Cards came… Read More

The Closer and The Killing: Two different female detectives, two different disappointing downfalls

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Caveat reader: Contains huge spoilers for the last season of The Closer and the whole of Forbrydelsen/The Killing. As I’ve written before, from the first moment I saw Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson… Read More

In defence of intersectionality (and “privilege”, and trigger warnings…)

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As you have to know if you’ve spent any time on the internet in the last three weeks, journalist Suzanne Moore recently stirred up a huge controversy around transphobia, intersectionality, and freedom of… Read More

Bitches Be Cray: The Good, The Bad, and The Pretty Little Liars of Mental Health on TV. (Or: why I thought everyone had it wrong about Carrie on Homeland but now I’m not so sure)

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Danger, Will Robinson: this post contains spoilers for season one/early season two of Homeland, plus mild spoilers for season three of Pretty Little Liars and season two of Revenge. Good news, fellow crazies!… Read More

Mindy Kaling’s new show, what I love and hate about rom-coms, and why single —> married isn’t a redemption story

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Not that Mindy Kaling needs my approval, but I’ve seen the pilot episode of the new sitcom she created and stars in, The Mindy Project, which premieres in the US tonight, and I… Read More

Frankie v. Debra, Roe v. Wade: Patricia Heaton’s two famous moms, and can you still be a feminist if you’re anti-abortion?

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For some reason (boredom, chronic illness, and an under-appreciation of how short life is) I’ve seen every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond at least once. Contrary to the title, I was not a… Read More

Talk about a “Scandal”: Bunheads, the whitey-whiteness of TV, and why Shonda Rhimes is a goddamn hero

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I love Scandal. The first season was only seven episodes, but they’re some of the most sharp, fast-paced, thrilling hours of TV I’ve ever sat through. Sure, it was improbable at times and… Read More

How do you feel about “girls”? Plus bitches, liars, housewives, and TV’s other names for women, by Diane Shipley

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Girls are everywhere on TV these days, comprising the title of Lena Denham’s much-hyped HBO show: popping up in the names of new and returning programmes like New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, and… Read More

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