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June 17, 2013
Laura Bennett
It’s Time to Stop Pageant Shaming
June 16, 2013
Laura Bennett
Betty White Is Not a Sex Machine
Our culture’s cruel obsession with dirty old women
June 13, 2013
Laura Bennett
The TV Shows That Prepared Us for the NSA Scandal
Assessing a decade of surveillance television
June 6, 2013
Laura Bennett
John Oliver is Still an Outsider
And that's just what the increasingly insidery, decreasingly funny 'Daily Show' needs
May 31, 2013
Laura Bennett
Arrested Development, Indeed
It's time to say it: The Netflix format just isn't working.
May 22, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Oklahoma Tornado Is Proof That Local TV News Can Still Be Powerful
May 10, 2013
Laura Bennett
Christopher Guest Was Not Made for TV
What makes his films so good is what hurts 'Family Tree'
May 3, 2013
Laura Bennett
Marc Maron's Self-Sabotage
April 29, 2013
Laura Bennett
Conan O'Brien’s WHCD Jokes Were A Missed Opportunity
The comedian couldn't help making himself, not the media, the butt of his jokes
April 29, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Sneaky Feminism of 'Veep'
Selina Meyer and the problem with female characters in political comedies
April 23, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Subtle Suspense of the Sundance Channel's 'Rectify'
April 20, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Media Myth of the Dyad
Partners in crime are rarely what they seem on TV
April 15, 2013
Laura Bennett
Rebel Wilson Wants You to Squirm
The rising Aussie comedienne is the anti–Melissa McCarthy
April 5, 2013
Laura Bennett
Journalism As Extreme Sport
HBO's "Vice" goes from Brooklyn to Afghanistan, ironic distance intact
April 3, 2013
Laura Bennett
Death and Reality TV
What does the 'Buckwild' star's tragic end tell us about the genre?
March 29, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Man Behind Game of Thrones's Murky Moral Worldview
George R.R. Martin and the genesis of a fantasy world
March 21, 2013
Laura Bennett
Bikini Overkill
Harmony Korine's Dystopian Vision
March 15, 2013
Laura Bennett
'Duck Dynasty' and the Hyper-Masculine Redneck Reality Show
March 5, 2013
Laura Bennett
Late-Night Comedy, All Day Long
How Fallon, Kimmel, and other shows are adapting to the viral age
February 25, 2013
Laura Bennett
Dan Harmon and the Rise of the Woe-Is-Me Comedy Tour

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