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Year of the Month 2000: GILMORE GIRLS
There are a lot of ways to talk about Gilmore Girls: there’s its witty, lightning…
Year of the Month: DARIA
When Daria premiered in March 1997, I was a closeted high school sophomore whose attitude…
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I’ve been thinking about writing this one for some time. Once again, this isn’t the…
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The only thing worse than a joke you can predict is a cruel insult you…
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