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“One Day” and “Normal People”: Sad and Horny in the British Isles
With Netflix’s “One Day,” ill-fated coming-of-age romances in Britain and Ireland are becoming a genre of their own.
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Laura Weiss
The Writers' Guild Won. What's Next?
Streaming is about to become more equitable. That's good for supporting and uplifting historically marginalized writers.
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Laura Weiss
The Final Season of "Never Have I Ever" Is a Delight
And, a note on diversity in television and the writers' strike
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Laura Weiss
For disabled writers, the stakes of the WGA strike couldn’t be higher
In Hollywood, ableism compounds issues of low pay, shrinking writers’ rooms, and vanishing residuals for disabled writers -- check out my article in…
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Laura Weiss
“Daisy Jones and the Six” Broke My Brain
Trying to unravel reality and artifice in the Amazon series and accompanying album
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Laura Weiss
The Best Teen and Millennial Shows of 2022
I loved "Severance" too, but there are so many other series from this year you're sleeping on, from "The Midnight Club" to "Single Drunk Female"
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Laura Weiss
OMG, the Prinsen är Queer
In Netflix’s Swedish boarding school drama “Young Royals,” the brooding young prince likes boys. Beyond the addicting central romance, there’s lots of…
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Laura Weiss
Messy British Millennial Women (and Their Friends)
Though they’re different in tone, theme, and genre, these shows are part of a new trend of shows that focus on friendship rather than romantic love.
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Laura Weiss
Small screen, big ideas
Overanalyzing the progressive politics of millennial and Gen Z television

Small screen, big ideas

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