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8 of the Strongest Feminist Role Models from TV History

In second grade, I was once mistaken for a kindergartener because I was ”just so short and delicate.” As a girl who cut the lace off her socks, who ran just as fast as the boys, and who spent most of...

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Outraged By The Bachelorette’s New Twist? The Producers Are Banking On It

Certain things make me believe we’re already living in more of a dystopia than any fiction could ever dream up for us. The Bachelor is one of those things. Oh, how I thought I was done writing about...

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This Broad City Keyboard Just Made Your Texts Way More Exciting

Have you been overwhelmed by the time it takes to track down all the gif-able moments from each week’s Broad City to use in your texts? Are you scared of that span of time after this coming Wednesday...

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Empire: How Far Can Shock Value Take The Show?

Have you had a taste of Cookie yet? If the answer is yes, then you know the gleeful delight that is Empire. If not, you’re missing out on one of the most entertaining and groundbreaking hours of...

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Post-9/11 TV: How Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, and The Wire Dealt with...

On September 11, 2001, a hole was torn in the fiction of eternal American promise, in the belief that, as a society, we’ve committed no sins. We’ve had 14 years to think about the reasons why it...

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“Clarissa Explains It All” Gets Sequel Novel You Didn’t Know You Wanted

If you had access to a television between 1991 and 1994, chances are Clarissa Explains It All shaped your ideas of what ‘cool’ was. From style (headbands, polka dot leggings, mismatched layers) to uses...

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‘Downton Abbey’ Is Officially Over. Here’s How It Should End

The rumors were true. Today, PBS announced that the next season of Downton Abbey will be its last. We’re accustomed to freaking out every time a show we loved at some point is cancelled, but ending...

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Tom Hanks Recreates His Filmography and Mariah Carey Does Car Karaoke, Thanks...

Are you an avid watcher of The Late Late Show? Yeah, me neither, but I’m about to become one, now that James Corden (a.k.a. the childless baker from Into The Woods) is at the helm, bringing a new...

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Bambi Finally Gets His Revenge In This SNL Spoof Starring The Rock

Since the departures of comedy greats Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, I don’t pay attention to Saturday Night Live like I once did. But every now and then, a celebrity host exceeds expectations...

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Get To Know Your New ‘Daily Show’ Host, South African Comedian Trevor Noah!

No matter how much we pretend it isn’t so, the truth of the matter is that Jon Stewart will be leaving The Daily Show desk. Last time he abandoned us, we got John Oliver as a fill-in, and look how...

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Have Mercy: A ‘Full House’ Reunion Series Is Allegedly Coming to Netflix!

Full House lives! According to TVLine, Netflix is dangerously close to green-lighting a new series called Fuller House, starring D.J. Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure) and her BFF Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea...

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Mad Men: Everything You Need to Get Ready for the Final Season

This coming Sunday, a demigod will rise again! No, I’m not talking about Jesus, but Mad Men‘s Don Draper, the womanizing alcoholic we’ve been following for the past eight years. Over that stretch of...

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All The TV Shows That Deserve Their Own Clothing Lines, From Empire to Game...

The tween punk friendly clothing brand Hot Topic recently made a brilliant decision launching an Orphan Black inspired clothing line. Now you can rock Cosmina’s bohemian style or something more...

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What If This Bruce Jenner Interview Is Just A Ratings Ploy, Not About Being...

Let me start with a confession: I have seen every single episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and its 5 spin-offs (that’s 114 episodes, in case you’re wondering how much of my life I’ve spent...

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Earth Day 2015: Everything I Know About Environmentalism I Learned From...

On a recent trip back East to visit my family, I made them buy a huge recycling bin and educated them on the importance of not throwing styrofoam containers out of the car window on the highway (no,...

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Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood

The cultural debate over having kids vs. not having kids continues strong, with impassioned think pieces, statistics and the word “selfish” bandied about in both directions (even the Pope has weighed...

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The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms

Mothers’ Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom’s phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It’s also a day to...

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Gilmore Girls: What the Rumored New Season or Movie Should & Shouldn’t Do

Ever since Gilmore Girls was abruptly yanked from airwaves back in 2007, fans have tried to forget the sloppy way the brilliant show ended through a mixture of repeated marathons of better seasons and...

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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Watch as the Top 3 Queens Find Out Who’s the Winner

After four months of fierce competition, RuPaul finally crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar last night in a pre-taped reunion special. Many people at the live screening I attended complained about...

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First Photo of Lifetime’s Full House TV Movie Will Damage Your Vision

It’s no secret that I’m a Full House fan. I’ve written about how crestfallen I felt when news of a reunion were false and how excited I was when that news came true. Also, coworkers can attest to the...

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