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Orange Is The New Black Episode 3.8 Recap

Whether it’s the “food,” three-day-old underwear, the rotten mechanics of a broken system, or the glances of a stranger, there are more than a few things that stink at Litchfield. “Fear and Other...

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Orange Is the New Black: Selenis Leyva Interview

Selenis Leyva on The Power Of Words, What A Real Woman Is, and What Might Be Next For Gloria Mendoza Selenis Leyva speaks with passion. Whether it’s LGBTQ rights, the need for more diversity in the...

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Orange Is The New Black Episode 3.9 Recap

What does it mean to belong? Is it the clothes you wear? The food you eat? Maybe even the books you read? There are many ways we decide to organize ourselves — to imbue meaning into the groups we form....

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Orange Is the New Black Episode 3.10 Recap

When Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Dogget gets her first period at the tender age of ten, her mother’s advice is that her body is no longer her own; boys are going to see her differently, “they’re gonna do you...

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Orange Is the New Black Episode 3.11 Recap

Do you ever think about what your life would be like in a parallel universe? Maybe there’s a trip you wished you’d gone on, or a school you decided not to attend, or even a significant other you said...

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Orange Is the New Black Episode 3.12 Recap

Dayanara Diaz writhes in the physical pain of labour. When her mother Aleida tries to comfort her she tells her to “Get the fuck out.” In a flashback to Daya’s youth we see Aleida planning to send her...

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Orange Is the New Black Episode 3.13 Recap

Promotional material for Season three of Orange Is the New Black featured the characters arranged with their likenesses on religious candles. One cannot deny “The Third Coming” effigies foreshadow...

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To Binge, Or Not To Binge? House of Cards

SPOILER ALERT: The following article includes spoilers about Netlfix’s House of Cards. Binge Watchers (Not So) Anonymous With the advent of streaming services like Netflix one can watch whatever they...

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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Review

Can we not say that the greatest love stories of all time include a very palpable element of insanity? Romeo and Juliet knew one another for like ten seconds and ended up kicking the bucket because of...

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Supergirl Review

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a female driven superhero series! Supergirl premieres Monday Oct. 26th at 8:30 EST on Global/CBS with an exposition and action packed pilot episode. Unlike the dark...

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The Knick Episode 2.3 Recap

“The Best with the Best to Get the Best” is all about confession. An act, which either in the spectre of religiosity, or that of a personal purge, has an undeniable power. For the characters of The...

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Master of None Review

Make the Right Decision and Watch Master of None There’s a fortunate group of us who live in the age of endless choice. From what movies or television shows we can watch, music we can listen to, or...

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The Knick Episode 2.5 Recap

It’s here. The scene Peter Counter and I have been waiting for. After all his blabbering about the link between the brain and addiction we finally get to see Dr. Thackery pick anyone else’s brain but...

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The Knick Episode 2.7 Recap

Amidst the poison, lies, blackmail, recreational drug use, sex work, and sabotage, “Williams and Walker,” at it’s very heart, is an episode about love. Some more pure than others, but love nonetheless....

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The Knick Episode 2.9 Recap

“Life is a journey, not a destination” or so the platitude goes. The random occurrences of the day-to-day and the anxieties and fears they can produce are seemingly quelled by this Zen mantra. “Do You...

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All I Want For Christmas Is Some Good TV: A Viewer’s Guide

It’s that time of year again. For some, it’s a time of merry-making and hot cocoa sipping and well adjusted family dynamics. For others, it’s a time for manic shopping sprees, Seasonal Affective...

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Thought Bubble: What Do We Want From Old Friends?

What can we expect from television in 2016? The Nineties, that’s what. Friends, Full House, The X-Files. The three programs, even after decades of being off the air, still garner a frenzied fandom...

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Fuller House Review: The Agony and Ecstasy

It’s difficult to imagine how a show like Fuller House can captivate an audience who, if it ever watches its parent show, is doing so with a refined sense of ironic nostalgia. I for one was expecting...

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House of Cards Chapter 40 Recap

I am not the first to point out the similarities between House of Cards‘ central protagonists, Claire and Frank Underwood, and the Shakespearean power couple of Macbeth. Claire Underwood as Lady...

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House of Cards Chapter 41 Recap

There’s a saying that goes something like, “If you love something let it go. If it was meant to be it will come back to you.” This que sera sentiment ripples through the second episode of the fourth...

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