If I Could Trust TV…
Every now and then, I like to indulge myself with fantasies of storylines that could be, if only I could trust television to do them right. Those dreams loom especially large in the wake of finale...
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Review: Christopher Guest’s Family Tree
Christopher Guest is finally (and delightfully) back behind the camera with Family Tree, a new half-hour single-camera comedy on HBO co-created with Jim Piddock. The production is a bit of a...
This Mothers’ Day, let’s celebrate by listening to mothers
Try this exercise: What’s the last thing your mother said to you? If you can’t remember, you’ve got company: I failed that exercise myself. The power of a mother's voice is undeniable; it comes...
On Sam Morril’s Response
On April 23, I wrote to Sam Morril that I wanted to work with him to change the conversation about rape jokes. That conversation, I said, was stuck in a frustrating, repetitive pattern: “Feminists...
On Grey’s Anatomy, a Childfree Christina Yang No More?
Christina Yang. Fierce, independent, strong, and long one of my favourite characters on Shonda Rhimes’ ongoing hit Grey’s Anatomy. Played by the fantastic Sandra Oh, Yang is the epitome of the...
Not So Funny: Sam Morril’s Rape Jokes and Female Comedy Fans
I tried not to embarrass Sam Morril. To understand how hard this was, for me, I should start at the beginning. Which was: On April 15, I went to a comedy show. The opener was one Sam Morril. And his...
Not So Funny: Sam Morril’s Rape Jokes and Female Comedy Fans
I tried not to embarrass Sam Morril. To understand how hard this was, for me, I should start at the beginning. Which was: On April 15, I went to a comedy show. The opener was one Sam Morril. And his...
Review: The Year of Dreaming Dangerously
Slavoj Zizek, The Year of Dreaming Dangerously, Verso, 2012. The work of Slavoj Zizek is by now a genre of critical theory in itself, complete with its own distinctive characteristics. These include:...
Catching Up on Veronica Mars
Like Veronica Mars fans the world over, I waited with bated breath when creator Rob Thomas launched a Kickstarter campaign challenging fans to pay for the movie he’d been promising since the show...
Watching Boston as an Arab-American in Palestine
When I heard that two bombs had exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, my heart sank. Please, please don’t be an Arab-American. Please, please don’t be one of us. I know this isn’t...