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Tag: pop culture criticism

Priscilla (2023) and Being Too Young

December 3, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

You are not really mature for your age, and that’s why he wants you. Your immaturity makes you pliant.

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All The Fictional Sociopaths I’ve Loved

June 14, 2021.Reading time 27 minutes.

The sociopath boyfriend isn’t looking for a perfect little wife. He wants an accomplice.

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Ryan From ‘Promising Young Woman’ Fucked Me Up

February 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Watching Promising Young Woman felt like taking a fork in my fist and then jabbing it into my right temple. The film left me bleeding for days.

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‘Happiest Season’ Breaks The Only Rom-Com Rule That Matters

November 27, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

If you’re making a romantic comedy, you need to write a relationship — and a love interest — worth rooting for.

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ASK ELLA: Are Herpes Jokes Ever Funny?

November 8, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Why is SNL still writing sketches about a nightmare ex-boyfriend who takes “fistfuls of Valtrex just to get out of bed in the morning”?

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What The Bold Type Gets Right — and Wrong — About Social Media Abuse

July 21, 2017.Reading time 13 minutes.

The Freeform series gave us a ground-breaking depiction of online abuse, but it’s far from perfect.

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Why Erotica Needs Feminism: a 127 Page Thesis in 3 Pages

November 30, 2014.Reading time 14 minutes.

I’m part of the next generation of erotica, and we want to raise the bar.

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