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by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture Nestled into this episode of Queen Sugar, Darla earnestly suggests adding a porch swing to the home that [read more]

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture Is there any other drama on television that finds such beauty in simplicity?

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture More than once, I found myself brought to tears by Queen Sugar’s midseason finale. It’s an immensely dense [read more]

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture “I Know My Soul” is an episode that provides no quick resolution or easy answers. Wounds don’t heal. [read more]

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture The dinner table is not just a physical place, but a cultural touchstone. It’s an emotional nexus that [read more]

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture How do we heal? This is the question at the heart of “Caroling Dusk,” the fifth episode of [read more]

by Angelica Jade Bastién | via Vulture I’ve long felt the American dream is a lie. It’s a romantic fiction about the possibility of upward [read more]