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 ( 778 )
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Reading List: November.
Fiction: Kate Atkinson: Life After Life. Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley.Patricia Highsmith: Ripley Under Ground. N.K. Jemisin: The Obelisk... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld - Time to Write My Own Fucking Story.
Westworld: 1x08 Trace Decay.In the beginning, the hosts were simple. They had simple emotions, they had a simple life. Arnold loved them, and he taught them to... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld – They Don’t Look Like Anything to Me.
Westworld: 1x07 Trompe L'Oeil.If I had a world of my own, nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. Read more
Posted on 17 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Tyrant-proofing the White House
A prosecutor—and by extention, a tyrant president who directs that prosecutor—can harass or target almost anyone, and he can often do so without violating any... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Next Four Years
It was a divided path, two very divergent options: either a man who had never held political office, who voiced racist views, who was supported (and did not in... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld - So This is Me.
Westworld: 1x06 The Adversary.A few weeks before Westworld started, I reread Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life. It’s the story of Ursula, who returns to the... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld – I Imagined a Story Where I Didn’t Have to Be the Damsel.
Westworld: 1x05 Contrapasso.In Dante’s Inferno, contrapasso refers to a form of punishment that either resembles or contrasts with the sin that landed the poor... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld - I Think I Want to Be Free.
Westworld: 1x04 Dissonance Theory.This is a point in this show where it starts to become hard to write reviews without following any of the rabbit holes and... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2016 TV & VIDEO -
Westworld - Someday Soon.
Westworld: 1x03 The Stray.Change. Bernard has given Dolores books to read that all contain a similar theme. Alice in Wonderland, a book about change, about... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: October.
Fiction: Kate Atkinson: When Will There Be Good News. Kate Atkinson: One Good Turn. Tana French: The Trespasser.Gabby Rivera: Juliet Takes A Breath. Kate... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld - All You Do is Make Choices.
Westworld: 1x02 Chestnut.Maeve: This is the new world, and in this world, you can be whoever the fuck you want.What is Westworld for? Two competing theories... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Westworld – I’m Sorry, I’m Not Quite Feeling Like Myself.
Westworld: 1x01 The Original.In the beginning, there is an interrogation of consciousness, an anxious dance around the question of whether Dolores (Evan Rachel... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 24/10/16 Compact Edition
Politics: What is Islamic State without a territory?The horrifying legacy of CIA torture. More and more women are coming forward to paint a picture of how much... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 4/10/16
Politics: A recent report by the United Nations supports that the United States' history of slavery and racism justifies reparations. Read more
Posted on 04 October 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: September
Non-Fiction: Michelle Tea: How To Grow Up. A Memoir. Jesmyn Ward (ed.): The Fire Next Time. A New Generation Speaks About Race.Anu Partanen: The Nordic Theory o... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 26/09/16
Politics: "I am a black Mississippian. I am a black American. I pledge to never be passive, patriotic, or grateful in the face of American abuse. Read more
Posted on 26 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Rating Boosts
But such thinking always misconstrued Trump’s nature. It’s not just that he approaches politics as a reality-TV series in need of a ratings boost, or that his... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: August.
Non-Fiction: Rebecca Starford: Bad Behaviour. Heather Havrilesky: How To Be A Person in the World. Fiction:Kate Tempest: The Bricks That Build the Houses. Kate... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Das Lied Zum Sonntag
DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak[via Paste Magazine]Angel Olsen - Sister[via Gorilla vs. Read more
Posted on 28 August 2016 MOVIES -
Links 21/8/16
Politics:A concise summary of national security policy since 9/11, tackling the question of whether the US is any safer since the attacks and outlining some of... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO