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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

October 2023

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

June 2023

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

May 2023

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

April 2023

“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

January 2023

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

November 2022

October 2022

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

August 2022

What I Watched During my Covid Reinfection
"The Bear," "Trying," and "Never Have I Ever" kept me (somewhat) sane.
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Laura Weiss

July 2022

Why “The Wilds” Is my Favorite Pandemic TV Show
“The Wilds” is the kind of show that grabbed me in the first five minutes. Here’s why I love it.
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Laura Weiss

May 2022

March 2022

From “Speechless” to “Atypical,” Unpacking Disability Representation and Ableism on TV
Growing up with a disabled brother, and living with long Covid, has made me especially sensitive to the ways disability is portrayed in the media.
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Laura Weiss
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