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Kelsey McKinney

Kelsey McKinney

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    Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in True Detective season 2Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in True Detective season 2
    TV
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    TV

    There are people who like it when these people ruin things for them

    By Kelsey McKinney
    archives
    Watch Emma Watson launch a feminist campaign at the UNWatch Emma Watson launch a feminist campaign at the UN
    archives

    Emma Watson made a speech to the United Nations this weekend that both launched an initiative for global gender equality and underlined the world’s need for feminism.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Culture
    The Strain, episode 11: The show finally learns how to be scaryThe Strain, episode 11: The show finally learns how to be scary
    Culture

    Here are five scenes that prove this series is starting to work as horror (even if most of them were copied from movies).

    By Kelsey McKinney and Emily St. James
    Music
    Mix it up this week with a playlist of great coversMix it up this week with a playlist of great covers
    Music
    By Kelsey McKinney
    Culture
    Fall TV premiere dates 2014: when your favorite shows are backFall TV premiere dates 2014: when your favorite shows are back
    Culture

    Fall TV premiere dates 2014: Here’s a list of every show coming out from now until the end of the year, and when they premiere on your television to help you prepare for the months ahead.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Culture
    Search how often characters have said any word in movies and TV since 1930Search how often characters have said any word in movies and TV since 1930
    Culture

    Ben Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern, has now made those trends searchable throughout the history of movies and TV with a new charting tool.

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Music
    What “All About That Bass” sounds like without any trebleWhat “All About That Bass” sounds like without any treble
    Music

    he’s referring to body types — where “bass” signifies curves — but what if we took her literally?

    By Kelsey McKinney
    Almanac
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    Almanac
    By Kelsey McKinney
    Culture
    The sexism of the television industry, in chartsThe sexism of the television industry, in charts
    Culture

    Scandal’s Olivia Pope and The Good Wife’s Alicia Florrick may be front and center in many TV fans’ hearts, but women are still highly underrepresented in the television industry.

    By Kelsey McKinney