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Author: Taylor Beck

“Sex Education” Turns Us On for a Second Season

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Netflix’s droll, witty, refreshingly honest tale of teen sexcapades returns for a second round of sensual salons.

Taylor Beck Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

“Ex Machina”, “Annihilation”, and the Beautiful Apocalypse

Ex Machina Annihilation
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Alex Garland’s contemplative sci-fi stories imagine a world where destruction and liberation go hand in hand.

Taylor Beck Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

Gender Treachery, or Where Are All the Trans People in “The Handmaid’s Tale”?

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Hulu’s patriarchal sci-fi dystopia can’t quite bring itself to explore what happens outside the cis experience.

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Taylor Beck Posted on September 5, 2019September 4, 2019

Film Review: Netflix’s “Girl” is an Obscene Cis Fantasy of Trans Suffering

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Netflix’s latest festival darling dangerously fetishizes the trans experience and reduces it to a leering obsession with genitalia.

Taylor Beck Posted on March 11, 2019August 5, 2020

Now Apocalypse Review: Gregg Araki Pens a Queer Love Letter To LA

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Gregg Araki’s ten-episode sex comedy for Starz serves up a heaping helping of sex, twentysomething angst, and doomsday prophecies.

Taylor Beck Posted on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

Good Girls Season 2 Review: Flipping The Game Just Isn’t Enough

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The second season of NBC’s Breaking Bad-with-moms show disappointingly treads water, keeping its three leads running in place while feigning change.

Taylor Beck Posted on March 4, 2019August 5, 2020

“I’m Not a Girl”: Janet, Nonbinary Representation and “The Good Place”

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D’arcy Carden’s Janet continues to be one of The Good Place’s best characters, but her status as unlikely nonbinary icon brings up a few narrative wrinkles.

Taylor Beck Posted on February 3, 2019August 3, 2020

5 Ways Terrace House is Giving Reality TV a Reality Check

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Netflix’s fly-on-the-wall Japanese reality show is a heartwarming, intimate alternative to cutthroat reality competitions.

Taylor Beck Posted on January 28, 2019August 3, 2020

TV Review: Sex Education is Equal Parts Horny and Heartfelt

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Netflix’s sex-positive teen dramedy offers up raunch and affection in equal measure.

Taylor Beck Posted on January 10, 2019August 3, 2020

Grace and Frankie TV Review: Season 5 Opts for Safety Over Innovation

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The Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin Netflix sitcom stumbles a bit as it enters its golden years.

Taylor Beck Posted on January 4, 2019August 3, 2020
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