The radical potential of Leni Zumas’ Oregon coast dystopia.
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Red Clocks: Speculative Lit at Its Finest
The Radical Potential of Leni Zumas’ Oregon Coast Dystopia
Megan Burbank
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The Thanksgiving Play Skewers America’s Worst Holiday
Larissa FastHorse’s Committed, Well-Crafted Satire Takes On Well-Meaning Liberals and Theater’s Diversity Problem
Larissa FastHorse’s committed, well-crafted satire takes on well-meaning liberals and theater’s diversity problem.
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Scott Yarbrough Is Stepping Down from Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Cristi Miles and Darius Pierce in a promotional shot for last year’s production of Lungs at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. Owen Carey In a press release sent today, Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s board of directors shared the news that Founding Artistic Director Scott Yarbrough will be stepping down from his position after 15 years. Maureen […]
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Outside In Captures the Old Pacific Northwest
By focusing on Seattle and expensive retreats like the San Juan Islands, Lynn Shelton’s movies—like 2009’s Humpday, 2013’s Touchy Feely, and 2014’s Laggies—capture a particular cross-section of the Pacific Northwest. Maybe because I grew up in it, I love it—but it ignores the expansive gloominess and washed-up beauty of rural and suburban Washington. That’s a […]
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I Hate Music, but I Love the Slits
JOHN PEEL SESSIONS Okay, so I don’t actually hate music. As a teenager, I played the oboe for two hours a day, and if that spit-riddled, physically painful effort isn’t evidence of some ritualistic devotion adjacent to love, I don’t know what is. I love music to an extreme that is perhaps ill-advised (don’t take […]
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Outside In Leaves the City Behind
Without Resorting to Nostalgia, Lynn Shelton Captures the Old Pacific Northwest
Without resorting to nostalgia, Lynn Shelton captures the old Pacific Northwest.
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Cecile Richards, WYD?
The Outgoing Planned Parenthood President and Daughter of Badass Politico Ann Richards Prepares to Make Trouble
The outgoing Planned Parenthood president and daughter of badass politico Ann Richards prepares to Make Trouble.
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Controversial Opinion: I Liked Hamilton
🎶 ALEXAAAAAANDER HAAAAAMILTOOOOON 🎶 JOAN MARCUS Whenever political anxiety gets me so on edge that freezing my phone into a block of ice and joining the back-to-the-land movement start to seem like reasonable decisions, I put on an episode of The West Wing, and let Leo, Toby, Josh, C.J., Sam, and President Bartlet take the […]
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O, Democracy!
Hamilton Will Make You Feel Better About Being an American
Hamilton will make you feel better about being an American.
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“Reality Disappoints Regularly” in Men and Apparitions
Lynne Tillman’s Latest Captures a Scourge of Modern Life
Lynne Tillman’s latest captures a scourge of modern life.
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Mississippi’s Extreme 15-Week Abortion Ban Has Been Blocked by a Judge
Unless you’re a woman! Tiago Fernandez / Getty Here’s Rewire, with the precedent: U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves granted plaintiffs’ temporary restraining order on Tuesday afternoon in a brief two-page order. “The Supreme Court says every woman has a constitutional right to ‘personal privacy’ regarding her body. That right protects her choice ‘to have […]