PUBLISHED WRITING
THINKPIECES:
"Oscar Voters Recognize First-Timers and Hollywood Outsiders in Unprecedented Year"
(The Hollywood Reporter, April 2021)
"Oscars: How the Directing Nominees Drew on Personal Experiences for Their Tales of Survival"
(The Hollywood Reporter, April 2021)
"Joss Whedon’s ‘feminist’ shows all concealed toxic ideas about women"
(The Washington Post, February 2021)
"How 'Schitt's Creek,' 'Frayed' and More Explore Comedy and Tragedy in Humbling the Rich"
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2021)
"From Viewer Disorientation to Body Horror: How Recent Films Explore Elder Decline"
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2021)
"Critic's Notebook: Movies Have Always Had Their Place on the Small Screen"
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2020)
“Why the Emmys Needs a Separate Category for Sketch Comedy Performers“
(The Hollywood Reporter, August 2020)
“Not Your Mother’s TV Moms: Emmy Voters Recognized Nuanced Portrayals of Motherhood“
(The Hollywood Reporter, August 2020)
“Emmys’ Limited-Series Race Dominated by Feminist Stories“
(The Hollywood Reporter, August 2020)
“How ‘Ramy,’ ‘Awkwafina,’ ‘Work in Progress’ Creators Mined Their Lives for Comedy“
(The Hollywood Reporter, July 2020)
“Missing ‘Succession’? Try ‘Peep Show‘”
(GQ, March 2020)
“Critic’s Notebook: How TV Is Reinvigorating the Female Sports Drama“
(The Hollywood Reporter, February 2020)
“As the child of someone with paranoid psychosis, ‘Joker’ resonated with me“
(The Washington Post, February 2020)
“Oscar Noms Shed Light on Academy’s Fears About a Rapidly Changing World“
(The Hollywood Reporter, February 2020)
“Why Awards Shows Still Matter for Movies“
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2020)
“Critics’ Conversation: The Brilliant Messiness of Showtime’s ‘Work in Progress’“
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2020)
“Critic’s Notebook: TV’s Fat Women Are No Longer a Joke“
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2020)
“Oscars: How Anna Paquin, Margot Robbie and More Actresses Said So Much With So Little Dialogue“
(The Hollywood Reporter, January 2020)
“Critic’s Notebook: Baby Yoda, ‘The Dark Crystal’ and the Need for Puppetry in the Age of CGI“
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2019)
“Critic’s Notebook: An Ode to 2019’s Sweet TV Dopes“
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2019)
“From ‘Hustlers’ to ‘Bombshell’: How Female Alliances Influenced Movies in 2019“
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2019)
“Critic’s Picks: The Best (and Worst) of the Major ‘Little Women’ Adaptations“
(The Hollywood Reporter, December 2019)