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TV critic & union woman @ TIME. Writer & catastrophist @ Brooklyn. Exhausted & bored @ Twitter. Guess I'm here now, too.

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Sorry, I wrote about it.

06.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

he really does seem to think in extremes (though to be fair, he doesn't have writing or directing credits on this particular show)

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love Story's depiction of Hannah isn't just arguably defamatory. It's also lazy writing. You don't have to frame someone's ex as a monster to suggest they're more compatible with someone else. But crafting 3 characters with nuance and specificity is certainly harder than doing 2 heroes and a villain

06.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

I guess what strains believability for me is the idea that her experience of perceived invisibility would be at all representative of what the typical 50-something woman has to contend with

05.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's ambiguity, and it isn't necessarily badβ€”the whole story is filtered through her perceptions, and we get a lot of clues that there's distance between her mind and reality. Nor are there many actors I would rather see instead of Weisz in anything. But the role doesn't require someone super hot

05.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems about as far-fetched as the idea of Rachel Weisz losing sex appeal, at this point

05.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can Sex on College Campuses Be Funny Again? Netflix's 'Vladimir' and HBO's 'Rooster' meet the post-post-#MeToo moment with levityβ€”but still feel a bit dated

Wrote about two new comedies trying to make sex on campus funny again: Vladimir (which I quite liked) and Rooster (which I prefer to most Bill Lawrence stuff, but that's not saying much). Both are likely to age rapidly now that the biggest threat to freedom in academia is coming from outside!

05.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson?

WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

04.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 23558 πŸ” 4392 πŸ’¬ 2155 πŸ“Œ 815

Ugh, same

04.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I might get there sooner, honestly

04.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A classic!

04.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seem to have unlocked a new level of hangover where you don't have to drink a drop, just get home after 11pm on a weeknight. Being in your 40s rules.

04.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lo and Behold, Harper Stern Has a Soul Out of a generally pessimistic show comes the surprising argument that people can changeβ€”and change for the better.

I actually... love this for her?

02.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Jason! And I agreeβ€”Ivlev was excellent in a role that, quite intentionally I think, both asked a lot of her and didn't give her many details to go on about her character.

02.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely! And I think the show has really done the work to develop both of them. You don't fundamentally change the first time something fucked up happens to you, maybe. But as your experiences pile up, how could you not?

02.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would've been so boring if they just made her a sociopath

02.03.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lo and Behold, Harper Stern Has a Soul Out of a generally pessimistic show comes the surprising argument that people can changeβ€”and change for the better.

I actually... love this for her?

02.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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01.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ll see if anyone sticks around long enough to get there, I guess.

28.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also: There *has* to be an Eimy episode coming, right?

28.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Either way, entirely appropriate that the show's structure would also resemble an uneven love triangle where someone ends up dead.

28.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I felt pretty similarly. Also wish that one of the two wolves didn't have to be the same murder-mystery wolf every other show has.

28.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

People should really consider this as an alternative to getting really into *being* a tool.

28.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best New TV Shows of February 2026 From 'The 'Burbs' to 'Can You Keep a Secret?' to 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins'

This was the best month for new TV comedies in a while. Don't sleep on PBS's Black and Jewish America doc, either, which navigates some very tricky topics with honesty and respect.

27.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yesterday Conde's biggest cover story of 2025 (I think it's safe to say) got nominated for an ASME: a cover story about a trans woman, produced by a team that i helped guide as a trans person. and in the 11 months since it came out, they got rid of almost all of us

27.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 379 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, in this case the show is taking some justified artistic license. The season is set on the 4th of July. There's a comment on how few on-call people are available on holidays. I think ultimately the only way to do this storyline was to make a key character a SANE and have her spend the time

27.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I get why that would be jarring!

27.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And to be clear, I do think shows should be held accountable for accuracy when they're clearly making a point of getting things right. But when you look at the storyline holistically, it inarguably leaves viewers who have not been through or witnessed a rape exam a better idea of the experience.

27.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That all makes sense. FWIW, I know the patient doesn't go far, and certainly doesn't leave the ER, and that she does have a nurse (not the examiner) accompanying her. We do see what a strain on the system it is to have the 1 SANE nurse confined to a room for an extended period in a busy hospital.

27.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0