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Aja Romano

Aja Romano

Former Senior Culture Writer

    Latest articles by Aja Romano

    Culture
    Perfect TV shows to stream in your food comaPerfect TV shows to stream in your food coma
    Culture

    Thanksgiving was made for streaming great television with your pants unbuttoned, occasionally groaning about how full you are.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Emily St. James and 4 more
    Culture
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s bonkers plot twist, explainedFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s bonkers plot twist, explained
    Culture

    If true, the movie’s biggest revelation contains major implications for the entire Harry Potter universe.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    Reckoning with Twilight, 10 years laterReckoning with Twilight, 10 years later
    Culture

    How Twilight and its backlash are still shaping pop culture.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Constance Grady and 2 more
    Culture
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald feels like a giant prologue for some other movieFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald feels like a giant prologue for some other movie
    Culture

    The second film in the new Harry Potter franchise gets lost in an empty labyrinth of subplots.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    The author of The Princess Bride shaped pop culture as few screenwriters haveThe author of The Princess Bride shaped pop culture as few screenwriters have
    Culture

    The man who gave us “Inconceivable!” and “As you wish” also gave us Stepford Wives, Butch Cassidy, and “Follow the money.”

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    Cam has the brilliant audacity to argue that the internet isn’t about connecting peopleCam has the brilliant audacity to argue that the internet isn’t about connecting people
    Culture

    Netflix’s slick, saucy new horror noir understands the existential terror of losing your carefully curated fictional internet persona.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    How Suspiria turns the color red into a plot pointHow Suspiria turns the color red into a plot point
    Culture

    There’s a subversive brilliance in Luca Guadagnino’s mostly beige reinterpretation of the 1977 horror masterpiece.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    “Protect RBG” memes capture cultural anxiety over the Supreme Court“Protect RBG” memes capture cultural anxiety over the Supreme Court
    Culture

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg received love, spells, and offers of organ donation from social media following her hospitalization.

    By Aja Romano
    Culture
    Taylor Swift’s voter push wasn’t enough to turn Tennessee blueTaylor Swift’s voter push wasn’t enough to turn Tennessee blue
    Culture

    Swift’s anti-endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn failed to sway voters on Election Day.

    By Aja Romano
    Midterm Elections 2018
    The memes of the 2018 midterm elections reflect a feeling of urgency and determinationThe memes of the 2018 midterm elections reflect a feeling of urgency and determination
    Midterm Elections 2018

    This year the memes are all about the importance of voting.

    By Aja Romano