Cathy Leaves
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Cathy Leaves' Cellar Door Blog
http://cathyleaves.blogspot.com/
Reviews of current television shows, Orphan Black, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, and complete reviews of Bomb Girls, Skins, Popular, Caprica, My So-Called Life, Dollhouse. Pop Culture and Politics.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 779 )
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Reading List: September
Non-Fiction: Emily Nussbaum: I Like to Watch. Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution.Kate Zambreno: Heroines.Ocean Vuong: On Earth We're Briefly... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Wilder Girls
In Rory Power's Wilder Girls, a mysterious illness ominously named the Tox has taken hold on an isolated island which hosts Raxter, an all-girls school. Read more
Posted on 29 September 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
“Here Am I. Send Me!”
Unbelievable begins with an hour-long episode that may count among the darkest and most hopeless hours of television that I have watched this year. Read more
Posted on 16 September 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: August.
Non-Fiction: Jia Tolentino: Trick Mirror. Reflections on Self-delusion.Fiction: Samantha Shannon: The Priory of the Orange Tree.Riley Redgate: The Final... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – This Can’t Have Been for Nothing.
The Handmaid's Tale: 3x13 Mayday.And the Lord said, 'I have seen my people in bondage, and I have heard their cry. I know their sorrows and I am come to... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – I’m Proud of You.
The Handmaid’s Tale: 3x12 Sacrifice.What happens to kind people in Gilead? How can anyone preserve a shred of human dignity in a regime that is built on... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – We All Could Have Done Something.
The Handmaid's Tale: 3x11 Liars.It’s been a very, very long three years, and there have been many moments throughout those three seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: July
Films: My Days of Mercy (2017, Tali Shalom Ezer).Fiction: Stephen King: Insomnia.Stephen King: Bag of Bones. Stephen King: Needful Things. Rory Power: Wilder... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale - How Long Did You Think It Would Be Before It Came for You?
The Handmaid’s Tale: 3x10 Witness.Gilead is escalating towards something. There are more executions, stricter rules, and the changes that June saw in... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – How Will You Honour Your Daughters?
The Handmaid's Tale: 3x09 Heroic.Heroic is an outstanding episode, carried entirely by Elisabeth Moss acting in a rare bottle episode that takes place almost... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – Que Sera, Sera.
The Handmaid’s Tale: 3x08 Unfit.Janene: You’re being so mean.June: She got someone executed, she doesn’t feel sorry about it, she should have kept her fucking... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – I Think We’re Good.
The Handmaid's Tale: 3x07 Under His Eye.That's where the pain comes inLike a second skeletonTrying to fit beneath the skinI can't fit the feelings in, noEvery... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: June
Non-Fiction: Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing. Resisting the Attention Economy.Natasha Lennard: Being Numerous. Essays on Non-Fascist Life.Fiction: Stephen King:... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Nature of Political Charisma
"Warren absolutely came alive when she started taking questions from her audience. Explaining incredibly complex policy problems in a perfectly coherent way... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Kamala Harris Calls out Joe Biden on His Support for White Supremacists
"And I’m going to now direct this at Vice President Biden. I do not believe you are a racist. And I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
First Democratic Debate, Night Two
You can watch here and follow the Guardian's live coverage here. The candidates this time around are:Joe Biden, former Vice PresidentBernie Sanders, the junior... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
First Democratic Debate, Miami
For a recap, the Guardian liveblog, and here's a transcript. I am trying to learn more about all the candidates, since I am only familiar with four or five of... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – Please, Talk to Me.
The Handmaid's Tale: 3x06 Household.Our contemporary, western understanding of a family is recent. Historically, there have always been ownership structures in... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
"Detention Camps"
"Children and their parents told lawyers that in some cases they didn’t have any access to medical treatment in Border Patrol facilities despite being visibly... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - Oh Are You Scared of Me, Old Man?
Delaney Allenteam dresch | endtime relay. priests | good time charlie. stella donnelly | old man. kate tempest | hold your own. billie eilish | bury a friend.... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO