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TV Reviews, VOX

Severance’s workplace brutality isn’t sci-fi. Neither is its worker power. (season one)

On Severance, Mark finally comes alive (season two)

The Rings of Power and the trouble with orc babies

TV Reviews, The A.V. club

This season, The Handmaid’s Tale is making the connection between Gilead and present-day America explicit

Does The Bachelor soothe or aggravate in the Trump era?

Winter is here in a propulsive Game Of Thrones finale

The Bachelorette, more Bachelorette

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

more VOX

Organize your kitchen like a chef, not an influencer

Film, The A.v. Club

There and back again: Searching for insight in Tolkien and the author’s Oxford stomping grounds

At least Oprah shines in the scattered, schmaltzy Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

book reviews, The A.v. Club

George Saunders’s new novel will blow your fucking mind

Philip Pullman returns to His Dark Materials with the stunning follow-up La Belle Sauvage

Words, The A.v. Club

We capitalized "Porgs," but it was a tricky decision: A message from The A.V. Club copy desk

There are two e’s in “Wookiee,” damn it: A message from The A.V. Club copy desk

serious eats

A Guide to Salt, the World’s Most Popular Food

A Guide to Pepper: The World’s Most Popular Spice


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