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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.

EDDIE REDMAYNE as Newt Scamander and JUDE LAW as Albus Dumbledore in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/Jaap Buitendijk)

Harry Potter and the retconning of Dumbledore: It’s no longer about the story

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Anatomy of a Scandal (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

The false triumph of that nonsensical “Anatomy of a Scandal” ending

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Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios)

“Thor” teaser trailer suggests sometimes the right god for the job is a woman

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Will Tilston as Gregory Bridgerton and Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

A bolder than “Bridgerton” reading list: Regency books with a twist Eloise would love

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Tom Pelphrey (Perry Abbott), Lewis Pullman (Rhett Abbott) and Josh Brolin (Royal Abbott) in "Outer Range" (Richard Foreman/Prime Video)

“Outer Range” is Amazon’s creepier answer to “Yellowstone” with a yawning hole of a mystery

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Natasha Lyonne as Nadia Vulvokov in "Russian Doll" (Netflix)

Before “Russian Doll” returns, here’s a refresher – no time loops necessary

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Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, and Corey Feldman in "Stand By Me," 1986 (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)

During “Stand by Me,” Wil Wheaton was being abused. Jerry O’Connell didn’t know

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Parental Guidance with Anderson Cooper (Photo courtesy of Warner Media/CNN+)

We watched CNN+. Here’s a guide to its shows, from a parental Anderson Cooper to reader Jake Tapper

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Lisa meets the son of the late musician Bleeding Gums Murphy (voiced by John Autry II) — and attempts to improve his life in the "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" episode of "The Simpsons" (Photo courtesy of 20th Television Animation)

“The Simpsons” joins Hollywood in highlighting deaf characters – but it still feels like pandering

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Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri and Jodie Comer as Villanelle in "Killing Eve" (Anika Molnar/BBCA)

“Killing Eve” boss on that shocking finale: “It just felt like the most truthful end”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Joy Behar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Megan Varner/ABC/Lou Rocco)

“The View” calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a “snowflake” for overreaction to Jimmy Kimmel joke

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Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma and Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in "Bridgerton." (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Charithra Chandran on how “Bridgerton” helped her internalized colorism: “I’m trying to unlearn it”

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Pedro Pascal as Dieter Bravo in "The Bubble" (Courtesy of Netflix)

The horror of Netflix’s COVID “Bubble” is that celebrities – they’re not just like us

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Benjamin Franklin, circa 1785. Artist Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Benjamin Franklin continues to be a pop culture darling, from “Bill & Ted’s” to video games

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Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 201 of Bridgerton. (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Secrets of a gossip writer: The unchecked power of Lady Whistledown on “Bridgerton”

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Regina Hall in "The Master" (Amazon Studios)

Academia is dark and full of terrors in “Master”

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Zoe Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in "The Batman" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

It’s hard to be Catwoman: a beloved, problematic character

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Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton, Phoebe Dyvenor as Daphne Basset in "Bridgerton." (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Is Lady Violet the oracle of “Bridgerton”?

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Chris Rock is seen backstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Al Seib /A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)

Chris Rock’s history of Jada Pinkett Smith jokes, hair commentary and disability

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Amy Forsyth, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur in “CODA” (Apple TV+)

Is “CODA” the “Green Book” of films about deaf people?

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Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

Dearest “Bridgerton” viewer, loosen your corset because this season smolders to the very end

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The Power of the Dog (Photo courtesy of Netflix )

The power of Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons

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Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri and Camille Cottin as Helene in "Killing Eve" (Anika Molnar/BBCA)

For the “Killing Eve” final season, Eve is “embracing a more Villanelle side of herself”

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"Phoenix Rising" illustration (HBO Max)

Evan Rachel Wood’s “Phoenix Rising” and the art of trauma

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