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The Binge: Years and Years (#BBC/#HBO)

The Binge: Years and Years (#BBC/#HBO)

Thu Sep 24 2020, 04:23pm | 0 comments

curated: fundie Christians demand Netflix cancel Amazon Prime’s Good Omens

Thu Jun 20 2019, 01:56pm | 0 comments

curated: an all-male creative team for a Bene Gesserit TV series?

Sat Jun 15 2019, 10:41pm | 0 comments

the dystopia is here, part 2

Sat Jun 15 2019, 04:00pm | 0 comments

the dystopia is here

Thu Jun 13 2019, 02:08pm | 0 comments

curated: Jodie Whittaker is getting paid the same as the male Doctors

Sun Oct 07 2018, 12:42pm | 5 comments

curated: contemplating ‘The Good Place’…

Sun Oct 07 2018, 12:40pm | 3 comments

I’ve just finished watching Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’…

I’ve just finished watching Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’…

Thu Aug 23 2018, 04:09pm | 14 comments

curated: the proposed TV interview show for men taken down by #MeToo

Thu Apr 26 2018, 08:34am | 2 comments

curated: Claire Foy paid less than her male costar on ‘The Crown’

Wed Mar 14 2018, 10:48am | 3 comments

PBS ‘Frontline’ and BBC ‘Panorama’ take on Harvey Weinstein

Fri Mar 02 2018, 06:03pm | 3 comments

curated: Amazon doesn’t have to mention its name anymore…

Thu Nov 23 2017, 12:59pm | 1 comment

curated: Jodie Whittaker’s ‘Doctor Who’ costume revealed

Thu Nov 09 2017, 01:49pm | 4 comments

curated: Ta-Nehisi Coates on why HBO’s ‘Confederate’ is such a bad idea.

Sun Aug 06 2017, 05:41pm | 9 comments

curated: forget HBO’s ‘Confederate’…

Wed Aug 02 2017, 06:31pm | 1 comment

curated: BBC apologizes for talent gender pay gap, but only as it’s about to be made public

Wed Jul 19 2017, 04:26pm | 0 comments

curated: the new Doctor Who is known female Jodie Whittaker

Sun Jul 16 2017, 09:07pm | 25 comments

one big reason why I love ‘House of Cards’ (spoiler: its depiction of women wielding power)

Wed Jul 12 2017, 10:39pm | 4 comments

curated: many of my problems with ‘Doctor Who,’ all in one place

Thu Jul 06 2017, 12:55pm | 0 comments

curated: Canal+ in France stops paying what it owes to artists and creators

Wed Jul 05 2017, 09:34pm | 3 comments

a few thoughts on ‘Big Little Lies’ (and open thread)

Mon May 15 2017, 06:21pm | 3 comments

curated: why is BBC News ignoring the Green Party?

Tue May 09 2017, 05:42pm | 0 comments

curated: Cognitive Dissonance: A Star Wars Story

Fri Apr 14 2017, 01:45pm | 3 comments

curated: “how can smug, stale Doctor Who get back to its glory days?”

Thu Apr 13 2017, 12:59pm | 12 comments

curated: a new service for streaming classic ‘Doctor Who’ in the US

Mon Apr 10 2017, 10:26pm | 0 comments

curated: Peter Capaldi is leaving ‘Doctor Who‘

Tue Jan 31 2017, 08:54pm | 10 comments

curated: CNN convenes eight men (and one woman) to discuss the Women’s Marches

Mon Jan 23 2017, 01:46pm | 0 comments

curated: CNN hiring “journalists” with no journalism experience

Fri Jan 20 2017, 05:32pm | 1 comment

I urge you to watch PBS Frontline’s ‘Divided States of America‘ tonight

Tue Jan 17 2017, 10:13pm | 0 comments

Fox’s ‘Exorcist’ series is deeply creepy (Season 1 open thread)

Tue Jan 10 2017, 07:39pm | 4 comments

still loving ‘The Man in the High Castle’ (Season 2 open thread)

Fri Jan 06 2017, 04:48pm | 2 comments

still disappointed by Sherlock (“The Six Thatchers” open thread)

Mon Jan 02 2017, 04:13pm | 19 comments

still heartbroken over Doctor Who (“The Return of Doctor Mysterio” open thread)

Tue Dec 27 2016, 06:17pm | 39 comments

curated: Russia’s reality-TV Hunger Games

Fri Dec 16 2016, 03:34pm | 1 comment

curated: why it’s bad that rooms full of men make so many creative decisions

Tue Dec 13 2016, 05:47pm | 3 comments

curated: a sneak peek at the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special

Sat Nov 19 2016, 06:34pm | 2 comments

curated: women will direct every episode of Jessica Jones Season 2

Sun Oct 23 2016, 04:36pm | 2 comments

from Facebook: Jonathan Pie (aka actor and comedian Tom Walker) is my new boyfriend

Tue Sep 20 2016, 05:02pm | 0 comments

from Facebook: serial fabricator Brian Williams getting his own MSNBC show

Wed Aug 17 2016, 01:51pm | 3 comments

from Facebook: treat journalists like crap, get a fat paycheck from CNN

Fri Jun 24 2016, 03:47pm | 0 comments

from Facebook: TV continues to be so white, so male

Thu Jun 09 2016, 02:44pm | 1 comment

from Facebook: the second best couple on TV…

Sun May 29 2016, 10:11pm | 2 comments

from Facebook: I love Turn: Washington’s Spies

Wed May 25 2016, 09:16pm | 1 comment

from Facebook: Call the Midwife don’t get no respect

Wed May 25 2016, 06:04pm | 1 comment

from Facebook: why Game of Thrones’ big penis moment didn’t make up for all its female nudity

Tue May 24 2016, 07:12pm | 3 comments

from Facebook: OMG, this week’s episode of Outlander…

Sun May 22 2016, 08:15pm | 5 comments

from Facebook: TV advertising is broken (hooray!)

Mon May 16 2016, 10:48pm | 1 comment

from Facebook: Stana Katic was forced out of Castle

Mon Apr 25 2016, 10:05pm | 9 comments

from Facebook: oh, right, there’s a new Doctor Who companion

Sun Apr 24 2016, 10:00pm | 14 comments

from Facebook: Prince’s death makes MTV play music videos again

Thu Apr 21 2016, 10:29pm | 6 comments

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