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Alison Stine is a former staff writer at Salon. She is the author of the novels "Trashlands" and "Road Out of Winter," winner of the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award. A recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), she has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and others.

For All Mankind (Courtesy of Apple TV+)

Space dad is the ultimate absentee father in “For All Mankind”

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Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Princess Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) in "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (Disney+/Lucasfilm)

In defense of little Leia, the believable, bratty child on “Obi-Wan Kenobi”

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Author James Patterson speaks during the "Audio Publishers Association" panel at the BookExpo 2017 at Javits Center on June 2, 2017 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Is James Patterson’s claim that white men face racism an enraging PR stunt from a former ad man?

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Lizzo attends the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Lizzo listened and changed an ableist lyric. Will it be enough for white critics?

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Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and a Parasaurolophus in "Jurassic World: Dominion" (Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment)

“Jurassic World: Dominion” is not a movie. It’s a museum

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For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

With an Elon Musk-like villain, “For All Mankind” launches a new season into orbit

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Will (Conrad Ricamora) in "Fire Island" (Jeong Park/Searchlight Pictures)

Move over, Colin Firth – our favorite new Darcy is on “Fire Island”

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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in "Hacks" (Karen Ballard/HBO)

Celebrating the casual bisexuality in “Hacks”

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Fire Island (Jeong Park/Searchlight)

How “Fire Island” passes the Bechdel test – by creating a new one

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Fire Island (Jeong Park/Searchlight)

How “Fire Island” puts the Pride in “Pride & Prejudice”

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Prince Louis of Cambridge sticks his tongue out at his mother Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as they attend the Platinum Pageant on The Mall on June 5, 2022 in London, England. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

When a royal child misbehaves, a mother is blamed. She shouldn’t be

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The Staircase (Photo courtesy of HBO Max)

Making the bodies of “The Staircase”: The challenge of depicting Kathleen both in life and in death

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Promotional portrait of American actor Lynda Carter in costume in front of a backdrop of stars for the television series, 'Wonder Woman,' 1976. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Why Wonder Woman is a queer icon (and always has been)

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Michelle Yeoh in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" | Matt Rogers, Bowen Yang and Tomas Matos in "Fire Island" | Alexander Skarsgard stars as Amleth in "The Northman" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/A24/Jeong Park/Searchlight Pictures/Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features)

The best new movies to watch at home soon, from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to “Fire Island”

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Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven and Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard in "Stranger Things" (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Stranger Things” and the helpful orderly tap into our fear about what makes a villain truly scary

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Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, Sadie Sink as Max, Joe Keery as Steve and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin in "Stranger Things" (Courtesy of Netflix)

From “Stranger Things” to TikTok: Kate Bush speaks to lonely kids. Here’s why

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Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

On Wednesdays, we wear Hellfire Club shirts: “Stranger Things” and the real-life Satanic panic

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Kit Connor and Joe Locke in "Heartstopper" (Netflix)

Will no one think of the tweens? Kids need more queer stories than just “Heartstopper”

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Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Sharp, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Will Sharp and Eiza González as Cam Thompson in "Ambulance" (Andrew Cooper/Universal Pictures)

New movies to stream over the long weekend, from “Ambulance” to “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special”

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Ray Liotta at the 22nd Annual Newport Beach Film Festival at The Balboa Bay Club And Resort on October 24, 2021 in Newport Beach, California (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

“Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta dies at 67

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Boy with a teal backpack looking at the sunset (PHOTO MIO JAPAN/Getty)

Training children to attack school shooters is cowardly victim-blaming

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Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern and Sam Neill in a scene from "Jurassic Park," 1993 (Universal/Getty Images)

Laura Dern, Sam Neill and a “Jurassic” age difference that seems troubling now

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Jacoba Ballard in "Our Father" (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Our Father” filmmaker’s ode to “Handmaid’s Tale” as an IVF “horror story” of consent

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Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller in "The Lincoln Lawyer" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

How the male fantasy “The Lincoln Lawyer” is “Virgin River” for dads

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