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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.

Farm in West Virginia (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)

Growing up in “Another Appalachia” is more relatable than you think: “I keep finding myself here “

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Marlee Maitlin and William Hurt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Charley Gallay/Disney)

William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse

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Turning Red (Disney/Pixar)

How the red panda became the face of cute rebellion, from “Turning Red” to “Aggretsuko”

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Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam 'Midge' Maisel) and Luke Kirby (Lenny Bruce) in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Photo illustration by Salon/Prime Video/Christopher Saunders)

Why Midge and Lenny are the Carrie and Big of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

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Frida Gustavsson as Freydis in "Vikings: Valhalla" (Bernard Walsh/Netflix)

Ritual love of “Vikings: Valhalla”

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Bella Heathcote as Andy Oliver, Toni Collette as Laura Oliver in "Pieces of Her" (Netflix)

Is the real monster in “Pieces of Her” the mother-artist?

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Jodie Comer as Villanelle in "Killing Eve" (Parisa Taghizadeh/BBCA)

Manic pixie death girl: “Killing Eve” and the adorable assassin

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video)

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and her anti-apology

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Brooke Elliot as Dana Sue in "Sweet Magnolias" (Photo illustration by Salon/Eliza Morse/NETFLIX/Getty Images)

Dino chicken nuggets: the history, the meaning, the majesty of a cultural icon

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AnnaLynne McCord and Amanda Gorman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What’s with all the viral poems? Why we turn to verse in a time of war

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Dave Grohl (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl: deaf like me – except, of course, not like me

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Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Courtesy of Prime Video)

The dark side of Joel on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

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Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees in "Resident Alien" (James Dittiger/SYFY)

“Resident Alien” star Sara Tomko on otherness and relationships: “It’s so hard to be human

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Carrie Coon in "The Gilded Age" (Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO)

The best character on “The Gilded Age” is the bustle, adding an extra party to the back

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Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Christopher Saunders/Amazon Prime Video)

Susie’s struggle in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

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Olwen Fouéré as Sally Hardesty in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Jana Blajeva/Legendary/Netflix)

Forget the final girl, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” We’re ready for the final woman

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Anna Chlumsky in <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81008305">"Inventing Anna"</a> (Netflix)

To the crimes of “Inventing Anna,” add atrocious journalism

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A glass perfume bottle shatters and bright spring flowers and clouds of blue and purple vapor burst out of it (Getty Images/Anton Frunze)

When love and perfume lead to “a side hustle in murder for hire”

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Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws during practice in preparation for Super Bowl LVI at UCLA's Drake Stadium (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Why is Joe Burrow so great? Because he’s from Appalachia

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Joanna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend, Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, Heather Headley as Hele in "Sweet Magnolias" (Netflix)

“Sweet Magnolias” is full of single moms – too bad it misses what solo parenting is really like

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Kamila Valieva of Team ROC reacts during the Women Single Skating Free Skating Team Event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva is the latest casualty of Russia’s athletic glory at any cost

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Heather Headley as Helen Decatur, Joanna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend, Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue in "Sweet Magnolias" (Richard Ducree/Netflix)

Bless their hearts: The women of Netflix’s “Sweet Magnolias” need to do more than pour it out

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Whoopi Goldberg (ABC/Robert Ascroft)

“Blacks and Jews” authors: “Whoopi is not the enemy” but “it may be too late” for America anyway

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Jada Wooten in "Cheer" (Netflix)

On “Cheer,” Jada Wooten is a role model, despite the narrative of “too much”-ness spun around her

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