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Genevieve Valentine

Latest articles by Genevieve Valentine

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How Game of Thrones uses costume design to show powerHow Game of Thrones uses costume design to show power
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Costume design links Sansa Stark and Cersei Lannister — and shows their struggles with authority.

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How Star Trek: Discovery and The Good Place find humanity in hellHow Star Trek: Discovery and The Good Place find humanity in hell
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While very different, both shows are deeply concerned with how one person’s moral decisions can change a world.

By Genevieve Valentine
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The Great British Baking Show and the value of small stakesThe Great British Baking Show and the value of small stakes
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Returning to PBS for its fourth season stateside, the hit UK series has defied the rules of reality competition success.

By Genevieve Valentine
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Belle’s costumes don’t fit the live-action Beauty and the Beast, but they fit her brandBelle’s costumes don’t fit the live-action Beauty and the Beast, but they fit her brand
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The live-action Beauty and the Beast’s costumes are largely faithful to the story’s 18th-century setting — with one big, telling exception.

By Genevieve Valentine
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What Westworld can teach us about surviving a broken systemWhat Westworld can teach us about surviving a broken system
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It’s the Western we need in 2016.

By Genevieve Valentine
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Westworld’s twists are easy to predict because they’re not the point of the showWestworld’s twists are easy to predict because they’re not the point of the show
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The HBO drama is more concerned with myth than mystery.

By Genevieve Valentine
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Stranger Things’ treatment of Barb reveals the show’s greatest flaw: its limited view of womenStranger Things’ treatment of Barb reveals the show’s greatest flaw: its limited view of women
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The series smartly uses nostalgia as a powerful storytelling tool, but it has the same blind spot as many of the ‘80s movies it references.

By Genevieve Valentine
5 amazing 2015 books to read right now — and what you should read after them
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Need recommendations? Last-second gift ideas? Head out to your local bookstore with these in mind.

By Genevieve Valentine