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Year: 2014

Entertainment Weekly is hiring writers! as long as those writers don’t want to get paid

Thu, Mar 27, 2014
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Because why on Earth should a multibillion-dollar global corporation like Time Inc. have to pay its employees? That’s an unnecessary burden on a business.

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The Borderlands review: Sunday worst

Thu, Mar 27, 2014
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Finds absolutely nothing new in the supposedly spooky found-footage subgenre, unless all the typical haunted-house frights occurring in a church counts.

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here is why unrealistic depictions of women in the media matter

Thu, Mar 27, 2014
17 comments

There are good reasons why just ignoring it or turning off the TV and not buying the magazine isn’t enough.

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London photo: no go (or else)

Wed, Mar 26, 2014
1 comment

Another humorously altered No Entry sign.

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I’m not quitting — you can’t make me leave

Wed, Mar 26, 2014
8 comments

As you will have noticed, this week, trailers and Doctor Who Things went away. If you enjoyed them, I’m sorry. But I’m still standing…

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The Past review: they are family

Wed, Mar 26, 2014
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A remarkably grounded French-Iranian drama about a broken family trying to mend; unexpectedly riveting, thanks in part to one of 2013’s best ensembles.

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London photo: scooting around Seven Dials

Tue, Mar 25, 2014
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Some sort of Vespa club in action.

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Veronica Mars review: fan service included

Tue, Mar 25, 2014
65 comments

I’ve never seen the show that spawned it, but it was still exactly what I was expecting. I am neither overwhelmed nor underwhelmed by it. I am whelmed.

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Geography Club review: mapping the teen terror of being weird

Tue, Mar 25, 2014
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A gentle high-school drama about how little courage it actually takes to break through adolescent panicky silence and embrace everyone’s differences.

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London photo: abandoned burger

Mon, Mar 24, 2014
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Somebody got really full really quick.

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