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HBO's Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to Watchmen -- Sam Adams -- The subversive, funny, thoughtful Lanterns is another superhero show for people who think they don't like superhero shows.

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Society Has One Narrative About Motherhood. Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy Are Showing Us Another Reality. -- Shannon Palus -- What will we learn from our summer of complicated mothers?

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true - I Did a Deep Dive Into Natalie Harp's Letters to Donald Trump. One Particular Line Will Haunt Me. Heather Schwedel

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Slate SoundBites for August 21, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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