Begging someone out there to write an actual good teen drama. The kids today donβt know how good it used to be.
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Culture writer/editor. Bylines: Gold Derby, Salon, Paste Magazine. Formerly TV Guide. Mostly posts about TV and sports.
Begging someone out there to write an actual good teen drama. The kids today donβt know how good it used to be.
06.08.2025 23:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably wonβt share intel with us. Because people couldnβt vote for a woman.
22.06.2025 00:24 β π 67313 π 21246 π¬ 2725 π 1401I was watching The West Wing and pretending things were great, and then I opened the World Wide Web
22.06.2025 00:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
Took a whole month to reply to my message calling him a piece of shit destroying our country
08.03.2025 00:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I promise that some of us white women in Ohio are not crazy. I swear.
26.02.2025 18:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two weeks ago I was wondering if Dawn would be in the Buffy sequel π
26.02.2025 18:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid β eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. 
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
I love The Pitt, but in season 2 I better see some really dumb people come through the ER. I want the idiots who did something stupid and/or embarrassing.
21.02.2025 18:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ASISTA needs your help more than ever. ASISTA is the charity I've been telling you about that helps persons without documentation who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. Here is a FREE thing you can do! Vote for ASISTA at #P4A2025!
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This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isnβt the billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts, but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.
14.02.2025 13:33 β π 5613 π 1258 π¬ 86 π 47I refuse to be baited by your bad list
13.02.2025 19:22 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt know about an app but the Mapquest site still says Gulf of Mexico. Could be time to resurrect this bad boy
13.02.2025 15:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Drinking bourbon on a Wednesday and comfort bingeing Buffy, things are fine
13.02.2025 00:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The arts takeover might seem like small potatoes compared to much of what this admin is up to, but it's all part of narrowing whose voices are centered, whose ideas are lifted up, and whose stories are told. This is a national tragedy in its own right.
12.02.2025 21:46 β π 46 π 23 π¬ 0 π 0Shout-out to Ron, who was so upset I spoiled the series finale of Buffy 22 years later that he wrote an email to complain. Hope he finished Veronica Mars alreadyβ¦
12.02.2025 04:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Only Buffy could break me out of my unintentional hiatus www.salon.com/2025/02/11/b...
11.02.2025 19:03 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1We must find this person and publicly shame them
22.01.2025 00:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A list of shows I enjoyed a whole lot in 2024: 
Slow Horses, Dead Boy Detectives, My Lady Jane, Bad Monkey, True Detective: Night Country, Tokyo Vice, Hacks, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Day of the Jackal, Shogun, English Teacher, Black Doves
Concerning Hobbits remains undefeated for another year
04.12.2024 13:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I miss Joe Pickett
26.11.2024 21:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I actually rewatched it for the first time in 20+ years after watching the sequel, and itβs honestly pretty basic. At least the sequel has sharks.
25.11.2024 15:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My sad little writer hands werenβt ready
25.11.2024 15:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Once I tried to run my hand through wheat like I was in Gladiator. That shit hurts. Donβt do it. False advertising.
25.11.2024 14:45 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I think a lot of yβall are misremembering the first Gladiator movie
22.11.2024 17:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Four female runners lost their lives in Kenya after brutal attacks stemming from financial disputes with partners.
What is being done to keep these athletes safe?
Really wish theyβd consulted me for that boy band documentary because I have a LOT of thoughts about it.
15.11.2024 15:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I didnβt need to see this to know men were Ohioβs problem, but it is kind of nice?
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