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Women of Jenji Kohan : Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW: A Collection of Essays

Women of Jenji Kohan : Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, and GLOW: A Collection of Essays

The latest in Fayetteville Mafia Press's pioneering series examining the female characters of legendary creators of television and film.

2022

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2023 Was the Return of Fun Cinema.

In 2023, cinema was back, baby! Barbenheimer saved the movie theaters, along with additions to many of the franchises that have dominated…

Dec 22, 2023

2023 Was the Return of Fun Cinema.

Dec 22, 2023

Britney Spears’ The Woman In Me is About Control.

To paraphrase another doyenne of pop who preceded Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, The Woman in Me is a story about control.

Oct 31, 2023

Britney Spears’ The Woman In Me is About Control.

Oct 31, 2023

The Parent Trap 25th Anniversary—Deeply Problematic.

Watching The Parent Trap through a modern lens highlights how deeply disturbed it is.

Jul 28, 2023

The Parent Trap 25th Anniversary—Deeply Problematic.

Jul 28, 2023

This Barbie Didn’t Like the Barbie Movie

I’m a Barbie girl. I grew up playing with them, a bit longer than was acceptable, like director of the big screen imagining, Greta Gerwig…

Jul 22, 2023

This Barbie Didn’t Like the Barbie Movie

Jul 22, 2023

Groundhog Day Showed Us Who Bill Murray Is.

Groundhog Day shows us who Bill Murray is, and that cancel culture isn’t real

Feb 9, 2023

Feb 9, 2023

Heather Radke: A Profile.

“This is a book about the cheeks, not the hole!” exclaims Heather Radke, author of a book on that very topic, Butts: A Backstory, released…

Jan 3, 2023

Jan 3, 2023

The Best “Reboot”s Are Still the Cancelled Ones.

We’re in the era of peak reboots.

Sep 27, 2022

The Best “Reboot”s Are Still the Cancelled Ones.

Sep 27, 2022

Tracy Flick Still Can’t Win.

Of all of Tom Perrotta’s characters, Tracy Flick is perhaps the most enduring. Played by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 film adaptation of…

Sep 5, 2022

Tracy Flick Still Can’t Win.

Sep 5, 2022

Bad Art Friends in Two Novels.

Two novels — Last Resort & A Novel Obsession — that came out this year take the “Bad Art Friend” premise to the extreme.

Sep 3, 2022

Bad Art Friends in Two Novels.

Sep 3, 2022

The Real Estate Crisis of For a Good Time, Call… Holds Up 10 Years Later.

For a Good Time, Call… is a surprisingly prescient commentary on work and living.

Sep 3, 2022

The Real Estate Crisis of For a Good Time, Call… Holds Up 10 Years Later.

Sep 3, 2022

Scarlett Harris

Scarlett Harris

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Culture critic and author of the book A Diva Was a Female Version of a Wrestler: An Abbreviated Herstory of World Wrestling Entertainment

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