Melanie McFarland (page 68)

Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

The One and Only Ivan

Disney's defiant, talking-gorilla movie offers kid-friendly lessons in civil disobedience Melanie McFarland

"Love in the Time of Corona" is not a drama worth catching Melanie McFarland

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Jill Biden

Night two of the virtual DNC held aloft the party's true stars: America and her people Melanie McFarland

"Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear Melanie McFarland

"Teenage Bounty Hunters": Dear Jesus, save us from these good Christian girls with guns Melanie McFarland

Are late night TV hosts showing us what returning to the new normal looks like? Melanie McFarland

"This is not a racist community": New HBO doc reveals an all-too-familiar America deep in denial Melanie McFarland

Chuck Todd haters, we take your point – but it doesn't look like he's going anywhere Melanie McFarland

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

It's time for Ghislaine Maxwell's reckoning in the "Surviving Jeffrey Epstein" docuseries Melanie McFarland

Ellen DeGeneres

The problem with Ellen DeGeneres is that she made "be kind" the unattainable goal of her brand Melanie McFarland

On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries

"On the Trail" spotlights CNN's women reporters and prompts examination of campaign coverage bias Melanie McFarland

Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc in

"Baking Show" hosts Mel & Sue show their darker side in the sweet and silly "Hitmen" Melanie McFarland

Immigration Nation

"Where are the good Americans?": "Immigration Nation" brings systemic exploitation to our TVs Melanie McFarland

Beyonce in

"Black Is King" continues Beyoncé's immortalizing of the Black American experience through art Melanie McFarland

Maxxx

With "Maxxx," O-T Fagbenle subversively takes on pop culture's soft-serve cultural appropriation Melanie McFarland

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