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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.

The Woman Beyond the Attic: The VC Andrews Story (Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster)

V.C. Andrews felt she had “prophetic powers”: Longtime ghostwriter on “Flowers in the Attic” author

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Kristen Bell as Anna in "The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window" (Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix)

What it means to be a red wine mom in Netflix’s “The Woman in the House”

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Bridget Everett in "Somebody Somewhere" (Elizabeth Sisson/HBO)

Echoes of that “Ted Lasso” Midwest niceness in “Somebody Somewhere”

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Alan Tudyk as Harry and Sara Tomko as Asta in "Resident Alien" (James Dittiger/SYFY)

When Harry met Asta: Syfy’s kooky “Resident Alien” is a love story

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Tusken Raiders and Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison, on right) in a scene from "The Book of Boba Fett" (Disney+/Lucasfilm Ltd.)

The best scenes in “The Book of Boba Fett” are silent

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Mamoudou Athie in "Archive 81" (Netflix)

Sects, lies and videotape: “Archive 81” and the mystique of the semipermanent artifact

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Trash Heap in "Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock" (Photo courtesy of Apple)

We are all the “Fraggle Rock” Trash Heap now

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Meat Loaf (Patrick Ford/Redferns)

Meat Loaf taught me it’s OK to have big dreams

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Shaylee and Gloria in "Madagascar A Little Wild" (DreamWorks Animation)

How one young actor is using American Sign Language in animation

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Susan Wokoma as Rosa, Helena Bonham Carter as Jen, Paul Kaye as Cosmos in "The House" (Netflix)

What the fuzzy animals of Netflix’s “The House” can teach “Don’t Look Up” about climate anxiety

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Kristen Stewart in "Spencer" (Neon)

In defense of the overlooked Kristen Stewart

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Nabhaan Rizwan and Himesh Patel in "Station Eleven" (Ian Watson/HBO Max)

Frank deserves better than “Station Eleven.” So do disabled stories

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Cynthia Nixon in "And Just Like That..." (Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Max)

The antiquated homophobia of “And Just Like That”

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Jada Wooten in "Cheer" (Netflix)

“Cheer” returns and goes full out, even when COVID and a criminal arrest come for the cheerleaders

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Ella Purnell as Teen Jackie, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari and Keeya King as Teen Akilah in "Yellowjackets" (Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

“Yellowjackets” unapologetically follows YA logic, from the Big Dance to bitter betrayals

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Actor Sidney Poitier (1927 - 2022) at the 39th Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 10th April 1967 presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress (Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Sidney Poitier, considered Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol, has died at 94

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American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer (Victor Drees/Getty Images)

Reports of Norman Mailer’s cancellation have been greatly exaggerated

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Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau, Lily Collins as Emily, Camille Razat as Camille in "Emily in Paris" (Carole Bethuel/Netflix)

“Emily in Paris” is aging well

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Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

From Britney Spears to Lindsay Lohan, starlets reclaiming their lives is my favorite 2021 trend

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Lee You-mi in "Squid Game" | Danielle Pinnock as Alberta in "Ghosts" | Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack in "Reservation Dogs" | Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty in "Yellowjackets" (Photo illustration by Salon/Noh Juhan/Netflix/CBS/Ryan Redcorn/FX/Colin Bentley/SHOWTIME)

From ghosts to cannibals, here are the 10 breakout TV performances of the year

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Alison Stine, Joy Saha
Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus in "Hacks," Demi Lovato, and Dua Saleh as Cal in "Sex Education" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Netflix/Sam Taylor/HBO Max/Anne Marie Fox)

2021 was an extraordinary year of making the nonbinary ordinary

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Rutherford Falls, Wandavision, Only Murders in the Building and Underground Railroad (Photo illustration by Salon/Marvel Studios/Disney+/Colleen Hayes/Peacock/Hulu/Atsushi Nishijima/Prime Video)

These MVPs of television delivered greatness in a year that almost broke us

Hanh Nguyen, Melanie McFarland, Alison Stine
Elf on the Shelf on a skateboard (Alison Stine)

How I learned to stop worrying and love Elf on the Shelf

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Author Joan Didion (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Joan Didion, acclaimed author and iconic literary journalist, has died

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