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Jessica Jones, Episode 1: AKA Ladies’ Night

There hasn’t been quite as much reading in Jennyland these days as I’d like; I keep picking books up and then casting them aside in a huff. Instead of that, I thought I’d recap Jessica Jones for those of you who aren’t yet sure whether you want to power through it. Here we are with all the things that happen in the show’s first episode, “AKA Ladies’ Night.” Do not read about them if you don’t want to be spoiled. The latest of Marvel’s Netflix offerings, Jessica Jones is based on Brian Michael Bendis’s early-aughts comic Alias. Jessica, played by…

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Why can’t you shut up about Hamilton?: A links round-up

The marvelous Kiese Laymon on Confederate flags and SEC football. On competing for the one single diversity spot in the writers’ room: Aisha Harris writes about the unbearable whiteness of TV writers’ rooms. Nobody could be more excited about the new Star Wars trailer than stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. Recovering the history of years in slavery, and the story of a forgotten forced deportation: An article that opens with an oddly upsetting anecdote. New details emerge about that Harry Potter play! (It’s not a prequel, it’s a sequel! Joke’s on you, prequel-wanters! You’ll never ever learn more about…

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