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Maya Phillips

Contributing Writer

Maya Phillips is an arts, entertainment, and culture writer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vulture, Slate, Mashable, American Theatre, Black Nerd Problems, and more. She is also a web producer at The New Yorker, and her debut poetry collection, Erou, is forthcoming in fall 2019 from Four Way Books. She lives in Brooklyn.

Weathering With You's climate change love story is a little too easy
Weathering With You.
Feature

Weathering With You's climate change love story is a little too easy

How The Crown keeps Queen Elizabeth at a distance
The Crown.
Feature

How The Crown keeps Queen Elizabeth at a distance

Dickinson's literary mistake
Hailee Steinfeld.
Analysis

Dickinson's literary mistake

The persistent relevance of Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim
Rockos Modern Life and Invader Zim.
Feature

The persistent relevance of Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim

Legion is a superhero story unlike any other on screen
Dan Stevens.
Opinion

Legion is a superhero story unlike any other on screen

The problem with authors writing fan fiction
J.K. Rowling Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Feature

The problem with authors writing fan fiction

How The Magicians dispels the magic of the singular hero
Jason Ralph.
Analysis

How The Magicians dispels the magic of the singular hero

Can Peter Jackson break the steampunk curse?
A scene from Mortal Engines.
Analysis

Can Peter Jackson break the steampunk curse?

Anime does superheroes better
An anime character.
Opinion

Anime does superheroes better

Disney is out of ideas
Mickey Mouse.
Analysis

Disney is out of ideas