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Mother Knows Best: The Family Secrets at the Heart of “Sharp Objects”

Eliza Scanlen, Amy Adams, and Patricia Clarkson against green wallpaper

by s.e. smith

November 26, 2018 at 4:03pm

At the center of Sharp Objects is a culture that’s intimately familiar in many parts of the rural United States.

Twin Peaks

What Happened to the Women of Twin Peaks?: "Twin Peaks" Is Aging Against the Machine

by Sezin Koehler

September 8, 2017 at 12:17pm

Twin Peaks: The Return smashed an unofficial casting paradigm for women. Read more »

Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks

She’s Dead, Wrapped In Plastic: On TV, the Only Good Girl Is a Dead Girl

by Jennifer Chesak

August 14, 2017 at 9:00am

The “dead girl trope” perpetuates the myth that girls must be pure to be valued. Read more »