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In ‘Dune 2’, Lady Jessica Goes Full Stage Mom

Where the film falls short of the book

7 min readApr 2, 2024

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In ‘Dune 2’, Lady Jessica Goes Full Stage Mom

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Motherhood’s Street Cred At The ’24 Oscars

Motherhood’s rep at the Academy is usually lousy, but this year feels different

12 min readFeb 13, 2024

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Motherhood’s Street Cred At The ’24 Oscars

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Julianne Moore Just Brought Fresh Awful to Motherhood. Twice.

‘May December’ and ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ both ask: just how cruel can moms played by Moore get?

7 min readJan 5, 2024

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Julianne Moore Just Brought Fresh Awful to Motherhood. Twice.

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Christmas Schmaltz Detox: You Do Not Sufficiently Appreciate ‘Con Air’

The GOAT of 90s action movies achieves the Platonic ideal of its genre.

9 min readDec 30, 2023

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Christmas Schmaltz Detox: You Do Not Sufficiently Appreciate ‘Con Air’

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‘The Gilded Age’? More Like The Gilded Boss Ladies

The Gilded Age gives us middle-aged women in million-dollar dresses hustling New York City into existence — yes, it’s the best thing on TV

9 min readNov 20, 2023

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‘The Gilded Age’? More Like The Gilded Boss Ladies

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‘Dartmouth Park’ Drags Modern Male Estrangement

‘Dartmouth Park’ is frighteningly adept at knocking the reader off their pedestal of 21st-century assumptions.

6 min readOct 25, 2023

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‘Dartmouth Park’ Drags Modern Male Estrangement

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Being 40 with Beyoncé

Entering middle-age with Queen Bey in Toronto: highly recommend.

6 min readOct 14, 2023

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Being 40 with Beyoncé

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‘The O.C.’ Made Everyone A California Dreamer

Twenty years later, it’s clear the Cohens gave us more than just Christmakkuh.

8 min readSep 18, 2023

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‘The O.C.’ Made Everyone A California Dreamer

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‘Great Man’ Theory Of Fatherhood: ‘Oppenheimer’s Children of the Desert

Nolan chose to introduce Oppenheimer’s children. Perhaps he shouldn’t have.

7 min readAug 25, 2023

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‘Great Man’ Theory Of Fatherhood: ‘Oppenheimer’s Children of the Desert

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Spare a Thought for the Disappearing Middle Child

With Middle Child Appreciation Day on the horizon, I humbly submit that America is not sufficiently appreciating.

10 min readAug 8, 2023

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Spare a Thought for the Disappearing Middle Child

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Jessicah Lahitou

Jessicah Lahitou

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Writer on Education, Politics, and Pop Culture. I stan all things Marilynne Robinson, and I’m still here for Saul Bellow.

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