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Author: Natasha Ochshorn

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In a scene from Shannon Hale's Princess Academy, a group of nine young girls dressed in simple, rustic-style dresses of various colors walk in a single file line, many of them holding hands.

Princess Academy

By Natasha Ochshorn • March 9th, 2026

If Legends and Lattes is shop local then Princess Academy is the resurgence of union politics.

A screenshot from Mad Men season 1 episode 7 where Roger is puking his guts out and several sharp dressed men around him are trying to avoid the splash zone

THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E7–S1E8

By Natasha Ochshorn • February 25th, 2026

Pete is stomping around feeling like no one is letting him do his job.

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A low-angle, close-up shot down the aisle of an airplane shows actress Rhea Seehorn as the character Carol from the series Pluribus peeking her head out from behind one of the seats.

Pluribus

By Natasha Ochshorn • February 9th, 2026

It’s important to understand Carol as a person instead of a representative, not only for a better understanding of how fiction works, but for a better understanding of how people work.

A screencap from Mad Men where Don and his brother are in a diner at a booth facing each other but Don doesn't look happy

THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E5–S1E6

By Natasha Ochshorn • January 22nd, 2026

More things that cannot be.

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Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett lean in for a kiss in a scene from Black Bag.

Best of 2025

By Natasha Ochshorn • January 14th, 2026

The most sustained joy I got this year was mainlining old seasons of Top Chef while I packed and moved and unpacked apartments.

A screenshot from Mad Men where Pete is looking down with a little shit eating grin on his face but it might have been an awkward grab who can say

THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E3–S1E4

By Natasha Ochshorn • January 9th, 2026

Betty is in the way of Don getting what he wants. Betty is the threat.

a screengrab from Man Men where Peggy is in an elevator with various dudes from the firm and she's wearing a yellow hat and a look of disdain

THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E1–S1E2

By Natasha Ochshorn • December 23rd, 2025

The thing about Don is that he really doesn’t believe in love and he also believes in love with his whole brain and body each and every time it happens to him.

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A still from Weapons shows main character Justine walking nervously through a school parking lot.

Watching Weapons

By Natasha Ochshorn • December 12th, 2025

Everyone is watching each other but very few are keeping an eye out.

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Wendy runs through the red-lit bowels of a crashed spaceship in this still from Alien: Earth.

Alien: Earth

By Natasha Ochshorn • November 11th, 2025

It’s difficult to be scared of something that you’re maybe rooting for.

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Poster art for High School Musical, featuring a group of teenagers leaping in front of red stage curtains, frozen in mid-air with huge smiles plastered on their faces.

High School Musical and the Gaslighting of America’s Youth

By Natasha Ochshorn • October 10th, 2025

What makes streaming different than past revised mediums is that when changes are made, there may be no older physical model to compare it to.

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