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Laura Bogart

Contributing Writer

Laura Bogart is a featured writer for Salon and a regular contributor to DAME magazine. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, CityLab, The Guardian, SPIN, Complex, IndieWire, GOOD, and Refinery29, among other publications. Her first novel, Don't You Know That I Love You?, is forthcoming from Dzanc.

President Trump.

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Opinion

Trump tried to act like a mob boss. Instead he's just a thug.

Aidy Bryant.

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Analysis

Shrill normalizes fat people, and that's a good thing

Regina King.

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Analysis

She's a woman. She's a superhero. Get over it.

A James Dean poster.

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Analysis

The therapeutic rise of celebrity thirst culture

A Joe Biden supporter.

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Opinion

Why female rage won't deliver a female president

A scene from True Detective.

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Analysis

True Detective season 3 paints a refreshingly real picture of masculinity

Lipstick.

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Feature

The joy of having a bare face: How ditching makeup set me free

Christine Blasey Ford

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Feature

The survivor's rage

A book by Rick Wilson and protesters.

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Opinion

Trump haters will love Rick Wilson's scathing new book, Everything Trump Touches Dies

Joy Nash.

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Analysis

I see myself in Dietland

Alden Ehrenreich and Joonas Suotamo.

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Analysis

Why everyone hates Solo

Danai Gurira as General Okoye.

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Analysis

Being a middle-aged woman is a super power, and Hollywood is finally catching on

Why are we obsessed with serial killers?

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Analysis

Why our true crime obsession is bad for society

Analysis

The decline of Portlandia

'Bad Santa.'

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Opinion

Bad Santa is the greatest holiday movie of all time

Riverdale couple 'Bughead.'

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Analysis

The genius of Riverdale and the teenage girls who love it

'Marvel's the Punisher.'

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Opinion

Why today's TV needs more old-fashioned good guys

Analysis

The Walking Dead's explosive season 8 premiere

'The Walking Dead.'

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Analysis

The surprisingly fascinating politics of The Walking Dead

Sen. Kamala Harris questions Jeff Sessions.

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Feature

How today's female politicians became modern heroines

'Twin Peaks: The Return'

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Analysis

How the Twin Peaks revival weaponized our longing for homecoming

Sen. Kamala Harris has come out swinging against Trump.

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Opinion

The rise of the political she-ro

The Leftovers finale.

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Feature

The Leftovers comes to a cathartic, compassionate close

Kevin Garvey and his father in 'The Leftovers.'

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Analysis

The Leftovers episode 7 recap: Kevin Garvey finally finds meaning

The cast of The Leftovers.

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Feature

The Leftovers just reminded us all that it is a staggeringly sad show

Good Cooper, trapped.

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Feature

Twin Peaks is back. And it's great.

Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks.

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Analysis

Why America desperately needs the Twin Peaks revival right now

Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamieson in The Leftovers.

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Feature

The Leftovers episode 5 recap: What happens when Matt meets God

Justin Theroux as Kevin in The Leftovers.

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Feature

The Leftovers recap: 'G'Day Melbourne'

Kevin Sr.

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Analysis

The Leftovers recap: The wrong Kevin

Carrie Coon and Justin Theroux in 'The Leftovers.'

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Analysis

The beautiful impenetrability of The Leftovers

A bone-chillingly shocking start.

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Feature

The Leftovers' shocking season 3 premiere

Allison Williams and Lena Dunham in Girls.

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Feature

How Girls helped me grow up

A classic.

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Feature

I don't own a smartphone — and I don't want one

Being healthy and fat are not mutually exclusive.

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Opinion

In defense of being unapologetically fat