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Author
Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall’s writing has appeared in
The Believer, BuzzFeed, Lapham’s Quarterly,
and elsewhere.
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June 5, 2018
Sarah Marshall
Why Lorrie Moore Writes
Her criticism collection, “See What Can Be Done,” tackles the pleasure—and the pain—of the life of the mind.
April 18, 2018
Sarah Marshall
How
I Am Evidence
Demands Justice For Victims of Rape
For years, viewers wrote to Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay for help. Her new documentary highlights a scandal.
November 23, 2017
Sarah Marshall
The Trials of a Pioneering Abortionist
Why did San Francisco authorities turn against Inez Brown Burns and her clinic in the 1940s?
June 23, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Blood Drive
Misses Out on Everything Good About Gore
SyFy's new series shows how much potential dystopian TV can have—by fulfilling none of it.
June 16, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Females Are Strong as Hell
The uncommon ambition of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
June 2, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Learning Survival Skills from Hulu’s
Harlots
A captivating drama about sex workers in 18th-century London explores how women find freedom.
May 18, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
Selina Meyer, Hillary Clinton, and Life After Political Defeat
A new season of "Veep" tackles the shock of losing the White House.
March 21, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
Girls, Interrupted
How Lena Dunham defied expectations and remade TV.
February 21, 2017
Sarah Marshall
The Strange Feminist Politics of
Fifty Shades Darker
The latest installment in the "mommy porn" franchise is timelessly retrograde, but may also signal a shift in modern relationships.
December 29, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The Legacy of Altamont
Joel Selvin's book casts a new light on the Rolling Stones' 1969 concert.
December 26, 2016
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
The Rise of the Telenovela
How soap operas remade TV in their own image.
November 10, 2016
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
Queens of the Stone Age
Can women in stoner comedies overthrow the social order?
August 31, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Defending the Undefendable
A new book by Ted Bundy's lawyer sheds light on the enigma of his most famous client.
August 5, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The Last Perfect Gymnast
How Olympic gymnastics beat score inflation and became a sport.
July 11, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The Night Of
: Welcome to Dead Girl Town
The eight-part miniseries keeps a tight focus on the perpetrator as protagonist.
July 6, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The White Trash Theory of Donald Trump
Nancy Isenberg's new book tells the story of a large and forgotten class of “waste people.”
June 27, 2016
Sarah Marshall
What I Learned About Feminism From a Conservative Woman’s Book
Andrea Tantaros's 'Tied Up In Knots' reveals an important lesson.
May 20, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Welcome to Maria Bamford’s Neighborhood
In Netflix's 'Lady Dynamite,' Bamford mines comedy from mental illness.
May 9, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Memoirs of a School Shooter’s Mother
Her story is hard to share, but Sue Klebold's book about her son shows Columbine from a new perspective.
April 21, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Woman on the Verge of a Political Breakdown
Facing a contested election, it’s nearly impossible to consider President Selina Meyer without turning to Hillary Clinton.
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