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December 19, 2018

Megara: Disney's Unsung Antiheroine

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December 16, 2018

On The Pleasures of Edward Gorey

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December 05, 2018

from "'Clueless' Was Amy Heckerling's Masterpiece: Is She Done With It? As If" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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