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TV by Carmen PetaccioApr 21, 201710:11 amApril 21, 2017
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What’s Worse Than GIRLS?

by David Salinas Full disclosure: I haven’t watched GIRLS since the third season. I think. And I’m not sure it matters. The plot is so insignificant—characters shuffling between love, languor, and leases—that whole seasons meld into […]

TV by Carmen PetaccioApr 20, 201710:19 amApril 20, 2017
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Lena Dunham & the Magical Abortion

By Darri Farr From the very first episode, GIRLS promised us an abortion. An early evasion of the topic takes place in “Vagina Panic,” when Jessa skips her own abortion to hook up with a stranger […]

TV by Carmen PetaccioApr 19, 201711:12 amApril 19, 2017
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DAS GIRLS

by Alex Weisler While Lena Dunham has always insisted that she is not Hannah Horvath, her fictional alter ego on GIRLS, she has never publicly distanced herself from Aura, the protagonist of her Criterion-approved debut film […]

TV by Carmen PetaccioApr 18, 20172:47 amApril 18, 2017
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The Unbearable Whiteness of GIRLS

By Bastian B. Bux Since the moment it premiered, Lena Dunham’s GIRLS has been haunted by thoughtful and exacting criticism surrounding the surreal whiteness of its world, right up until last week’s underwhelming finale. As early as 2012, Dunham […]

TV by Carmen PetaccioApr 17, 20172:26 amApril 17, 2017
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Lena Dunham’s Gentrification of the Mind

If gentrification is nothing more than white supremacy for liberals, then Lena Dunham’s HBO series, GIRLS, may be the phenomenon’s urtext. Set primarily in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the show follows four twenty-something female protagonists–Hannah, Jessa, Marnie, and Shoshanna–as they […]

Movies by Carmen PetaccioFeb 24, 20179:47 amFebruary 24, 2017
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My 2017 Oscars Ballot

This Sunday, the 89th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Here are my predictions for some of the categories. Best Picture What Will Win: La La Land What Should Win: Moonlight […]

Politics by Carmen PetaccioFeb 22, 201710:49 amFebruary 23, 2017
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Maher Meets Milo

Last week, in response to the booking of Milo Yiannopoulos on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Jeremy Scahill, one of the founders of The Intercept, cancelled his scheduled appearance on the show. A regular guest since 2007, Scahill […]

Podcasting by Carmen PetaccioFeb 21, 20171:03 amFebruary 21, 2017
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BPOFD PODCAST EPISODE #22: OSCARS 2016 WITH WILLIAM GLICK

In Episode #22 of the BPoFD podcast, managing editor Carmen Petaccio sits down with playwright and Oscars historian William Glick to discuss the 2017 Academy Awards. Highlights include predictions for all the major categories, another round of impossible […]

Serious Literature by Carmen PetaccioFeb 14, 201711:03 amFebruary 14, 2017
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A Review of Lincoln in the Bardo, In The Style of Lincoln in the Bardo

Lovers of George Saunders, your long national nightmare is finally over. After 25 years of publishing his signature brand of off-the-wall short fiction, this master of the short story has delivered unto his fans “Lincoln in the Bardo,” […]

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