Real Gratitude Shouldn't Be Easy: On <em>It's a Wonderful Life</em>

Real Gratitude Shouldn't Be Easy: On It's a Wonderful Life

George Bailey Rejects the Given in Favor of the Good

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Celebrities: They're Not Just Like Us

Celebrities: They're Not Just Like Us

As Julie Klam Understands, That's the Entire Point

By Emily Harnett | July 19, 2017

Every Ending is a Kind of Apocalypse: On Belief and <em>The Leftovers</em>

Every Ending is a Kind of Apocalypse: On Belief and The Leftovers

We want our fiction, like our lives, to end with revelation

By Emily Harnett | June 6, 2017

How <em>Girlboss</em> Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial <em>Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>

How Girlboss Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial Mary Tyler Moore Show

a monument to capitalism dressed up as a sitcom

By Emily Harnett | May 23, 2017

Nihilism or Wonder? On the Evolution of the Alien Story

Nihilism or Wonder? On the Evolution of the Alien Story

Investigating Extraterrestrial Metaphors for Communism, Religion, Love & Art

By Emily Harnett | April 19, 2017

Noir is the Perfect Genre for Telling a Millennial Story

Noir is the Perfect Genre for Telling a Millennial Story

On Search Party, Raymond Chandler, and Mysteries with No Resolutions

By Emily Harnett | February 6, 2017

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