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Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

Karen Gillan and Chloe Coleman in "Gunpowder Milkshake" (Reiner Bajo/Netflix)

Netflix’s “Gunpowder Milkshake” is another dumb fun lark about women who kill

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Beyonce in "Black Is King" (Travis Matthews/Disney+)

Anatomy of a shutout: Why the Emmys snub Beyoncé despite her continuing to innovate on TV

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The White Lotus (Mario Perez/HBO)

HBO’s “The White Lotus” satirizes the oddly funny, mutually exploitative side of luxury vacations

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Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in "Black Widow" (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

“Black Widow” is a triumph for Marvel fans, yet that’s what makes it so infuriating

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Loki (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

The importance of being Sylvie, a Loki unlike any other, who named herself

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Evan Mock, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, Eli Brown, Jordan Alexander, Savannah Smith and Zion Moreno in "Gossip Girl" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” reboot introduces a new class treading the same tired path

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Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in "Zola" (A24)

“Zola” is a cautionary tale about Black women befriending white women

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Loki | Rick and Morty (Photo illustration by Salon/Disney+/Marvel Studios/Warner Media/Adult Swim)

How “Rick and Morty” and “Loki” built thoughtful altars to apathy for everything we hold dear

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Actor/stand-up comedian Bill Cosby arrives for sentencing for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on September 24, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)

Brace yourself for the Bill Cosby media redemption tour

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Channing Tatum as the voice of George Washington in "America: The Motion Picture" (Netflix)

Bro, say can you see? “America: The Motion Picture” shows we’re not just dumb, we’re drawn that way

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Riley Keough and Taylour Paige star in "Zola" (A24)

“Zola” transforms the greatest stripper saga ever tweeted into a masterful, can’t-miss odyssey

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Annie Murphy as Allison, Mary Hollis Inboden as Patty in "Kevin Can F*** Himself" (Jojo Whilden/AMC)

We need to talk about “Kevin Can F**k Himself” and the lesson it teaches about joint accounts

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Conan O'Brien of TBS’s CONAN speaks onstage during the WarnerMedia Upfront 2019 show at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 15, 2019 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for WarnerMedia)

It was Conan O’Brien’s choice to leave late night this time – and we’ve never identified more

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Sex/Life (NETFLIX)

“Sex/Life”: Netflix’s best worst raunchy ride of this summer is 50 shades of oy vey

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The Good Fight (Photos courtesy of CBS/Paramount+)

“The Good Fight” is as gripping as ever as it tackles Jan. 6, race and ethics in 2021

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Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

“Rick and Morty,” resistance heroes, face a new nemesis channeling our current uncertainties

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Annie Murphy as Allison in "Kevin Can F*** Himself" (Jojo Whilden/AMC)

On AMC’s ambitious “Kevin Can F**k Himself,” Annie Murphy is a dutiful sitcom wife who goes rogue

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Rick Holmes as Craig Allen, Donald Glover as Earnest Marks in "Atlanta" (Guy D'Alema/FX)

This Juneteenth, “Atlanta” will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday

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Dulce Sloan and Roy Wood Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Art Streiber)

“The house has never not been on fire”: How two “Daily Show” correspondents made comedy for our pain

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Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu)

“The Handmaid’s Tale” furious finale could turn the show around – and it’s all in the execution

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Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)

Is Netflix’s “Bo Burnham: Inside” our lockdown “Lemonade”?

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Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim)

The return of “Tuca & Bertie” sings, while ruffling some patriarchal feathers for the good of us all

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Moonbear and Rachelle Vinberg in "Betty" (Stephanie Mei-Ling/HBO)

HBO’s skate show “Betty” grows up, and not even a pandemic can break its momentum

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Emma Stone as Cruella, Tom Ellis as Lucifer and Tom Hiddleston as Loki (Photo illustration by Salon/Disney+/Netflix)

What “Loki,” “Lucifer” and “Cruella” tell us about our love affair with rewriting ugly stories

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