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Editor/Writer

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“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Star Kiernan Shipka on Being Shipped with Ross Lynch and Why She Loves Playing a Teenage Witch

Wrote the Dec/Jan cover story for Seventeen! 

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“Thankfully, Leila’s exploration isn’t a glossy L Word one. It’s messy and gross and self-loathing and everything you’d expect. And keeping that realism was super important for her.”

Desiree Akhavan's 'The Bisexual' Is Messy On Purpose | INTO

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“The mysterious author’s four-part series about the decades-long friendship has become a contemporary coming-of-age classic. Ferrante herself considers the series a “single novel,” even though it had to be split up because of length.”

So, Should You Watch HBO's 'My Brilliant Friend' or Not? | Cosmopolitan

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“For those of you who have finished Élite, you’re probably aching for season 2. Sadly, while we might get more of those excellent cast videos, we won’t be getting new episodes until late 2019. So, since you’ve already tipped your toe in the pond of the foreign teen drama, why not submerge yourself with these other must-watch, non-American series.”

12 International TV Shows to Binge If You Miss Netflix's 'Élite' | Cosmopolitan

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“In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix’s foray into the Riverdale universe, night terrors may be a way of fighting your internal battles—literally. But did episode five, “Dreams in a Witch House,” take a little too much inspiration from another iconic supernatural series?”

Is This 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Episode a 'Buffy' Ripoff? | Cosmopolitan 

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“What makes Can You Ever Forgive Me? such a quietly compelling film is the tension between all the elements that make it special and ordinary at the same time: loneliness, failure, invisibility, queerness — they’re all things in other types of films that can be treated as completely catastrophic or erased entirely. But Can You Ever Forgive Me? balances them delicately; nothing is ever overwrought or over-processed or falls into bored cliche. It’s just everyday reality — which can be joyous or heartbreaking.”

'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' is Queer History | INTO

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“West mentioned toward the end of the clip that he could probably use some sleep—bringing to mind the wise words Bethenny Frankel said during The Real Housewives of New York’s pivotal Scary Island saga. After Kelly Bensimon went on her own Kanye-esque journey, Frankel screamed at her to go to sleep. It seems like West could really use his own Bethenny Frankel right about now.”

Kanye West Needs to Go to Sleep, Not Make Twitter Videos | Vanity Fair

Been doing news writing for VF on the weekends! 

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“On one hand that totally sucks, but on the other it’s unfortunately truthful about how bad, evil and capable of horrors women can truly be in this world. And that’s why one of the best portrayals of female rage is the 1988 dark comedy Heathers, starring Winona Ryder.”

The Most Scarily Accurate Depiction of Female Rage Ever Put on Film | VRV Blog

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“The scene is thrilling—imagine the feeling you got watching the A Star Is Born trailer and multiply it by a billion.”

Lady Gaga Is a Dream in 'A Star Is Born' | Cosmopolitan 

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“But one month before The Longest Ride hit theaters, Eastwood was part of one of the most inexplicable sets of paparazzi photos that have ever been released. Three years later, I’ve still been unable to dislodge them from my mind.”

I Think About This a Lot: These Photos of Scott Eastwood Working Out | The Cut 

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“As an #old, every time I hear the whizzing sounds of skateboard wheels behind me I’m taken back to a time of Dickies, Etnies, puka shell necklaces and my own failed attempts at standing up on a board. However, with Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen, skateboarding takes on the coming-of-age narrative and squarely puts women front and center of a culture that’s primarily associated with dudes.”

Filmmaker Crystal Moselle Speaks on Skater Girl Culture & Making ‘Skate Kitchen’ | HighSnobiety

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“Vulture sat down with Lidofsky and her partner Celia Rowlson-Hall — who’s a co-executive producer, director, and choreographer on Strangers — to discuss queerness and bisexuality on television, the importance of empathetic storytelling, and why Rowlson-Hall teases Lidofsky about becoming “the Nancy Myers of gay content.”

The Bighearted Drama of Facebook’s Strangers | Vulture 

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“Rothwell isn’t just killing it as Kelli; the former Saturday Night Live writer is working on her own show, writing a romcom, and was just cast in Wonder Woman 1984, NBD. Complex jumped on the phone with Rothwell to talk comedy, Kelli, politics and telling stories about black women.”

Natasha Rothwell’s Growth on ‘Insecure’ (and in Hollywood) | Complex

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“The film stars Mila Kunis as Audrey, an aimless thirtysomething in Los Angeles who is dumped by her long-time boyfriend (Justin Theroux) and is really going through it until she and her best friend Morgan (Kate McKinnon) are pretty much forced into becoming pseudo-spies. Why, you ask? Because Audrey’s ex is an international spy, of course. Hijinks, action, and romance occur and with Fogel’s touch, the center of the film always is about Audrey and Morgan’s friendship and what happens when two women find their calling in life.”

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis Give Us the Details on Their 'The Spy Who Dumped Me' Duo | INTO 

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“At a picnic a few weeks ago, the hot topic among a group of my fellow twentysomethings wasn’t the Pusha T/Drake beef or the lack of money in our savings accounts—it was Book Club, the summer sleeper hit about a group of four older women who discover themselves through reading the Fifty Shades trilogy. The film grossed about $67 million after being shot on a tight $10 million budget. As a friend mourned that there wasn’t available audio of Andy Garcia pouring Diane Keaton a glass of wine to listen to on a loop, it was clear that Book Club and a slew of other romantic comedies that are coming out in the next few months prove that the genre is having a certifiable moment.”

For the Rom-Com to Make Its Comeback, It Had to Break Its Formula | Esquire 

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“So whether you simply want to diversify your media intake or looking for some bi characters you can relate to, here's a list of the shows and movies to watch on Netflix for excellent bisexual representation”

The 10 Most Bisexual Things You Can Watch on Netflix Right Now | Broadly

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“This Pride Month, celebrate by reveling in stories about the LGBTQ community and all the multitudes it contains. Sadly, many films considered part of "classic queer cinema" (like Boys Don’t Cry and Brokeback Mountain) conclude with a murdered protagonist or a tragic romance. While many of us still like to watch things that are both sad and meaningful, it can be exhausting and even triggering to binge-watch tragedy—even if, or perhaps because, it’s true to life.”

10 LGBTQ Movies on Netflix That Don’t End in Tragic Murder | Broadly