Grey’s Anatomy, the medical show that produces wildly unpredictable plotlines at breakneck speed, has endured for almost 20 years. It wouldn’t have lasted the first decade without the ambitious Dr. Cristina Yang, played flawlessly by Sandra Oh.
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To offer the understatement of the century: life has been difficult.
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In most adventure stories, the protagonist has a certain, nebulous something that sets him or her apart.
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Since I was a kid, I’ve been a fan of Jane Austen. In middle school, I determinedly worked my way through her body of work, quickly assessing my favorites: Pride and Prejudice (of course), Emma (yes), and Persuasion (it is critically underrated).
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In high school, I had a history teacher who frequently described the ways in which girls were naturally more “civilized.” He was an older man, passionate about military politics, and slightly unsettling with his pointed stares.
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In second grade, my sister and I would run frantically out of the school classroom and jump into our dad’s car.
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It’s only been a month, but I’m already calling Radha Blank’s The 40-Year-Old Version (2020) my favorite film of 2021.
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February 2021: The Art of Heart-Shaped Nineties Nostalgia
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