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5/9/16

After The Birdcage, Hollywood shoved gay comedies back in the closet

In 2013, news broke that Channing Tatum and John Milhiser (formerly of Saturday Night Live) were set to star in a…

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PublishedMay 9, 2016

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3/7/16

The Good Wife’s radical post-queerness

In February, CBS announced that it would be pulling the plug on The Good Wife after seven seasons. The long-running…

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PublishedMarch 7, 2016

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1/19/16

By mostly snubbing Carol, the Oscars continue to exclude queer cinema

Thursday morning’s Oscar nominations were more notable for who they left out than the group of names included. The…

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PublishedJanuary 19, 2016

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8/10/15

Celine Dion and the therapeutic power of schmaltz

“What’s the only thing worse than your best friend dying?” I said as I sat in my room alone, knees against my chest.…

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PublishedAugust 10, 2015

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10/6/14

David Fincher’s Gone Girl betrays the crucial balance of Gillian Flynn’s novel

Note: This article discusses major plot details of Gone Girl, both the book and the film.

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PublishedOctober 6, 2014

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6/5/14

All In The Family, Michael Sam, and the unfortunate persistence of Archie Bunker

Watching All In The Family today, it’s strange to see how, in many ways, little has changed since the 1970s. The…

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PublishedJune 5, 2014

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4/29/14

Why reality television won’t be Lindsay Lohan’s Comeback

There’s a great moment midway through the first (and currently the only) season of The Comeback, HBO’s 2005 cult…

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PublishedApril 29, 2014

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4/11/14

Coughing, radiant, and disposable: The return of the consumptive heroine

Of all the movie tropes to see in movies in 2014, who would have guessed the consumptive heroine would make a…

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PublishedApril 11, 2014

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