The Morning Read: Trojan Horse Television, Casting Petitions and Beautiful Fat

By  · Published on September 4th, 2013

The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere.

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“Ray Donovan, Orange is the New Black and the Rise of Trojan Horse Television” – Alyssa Rosenberg deftly explores two case studies in subversion.

“Can we just stop it with the casting petitions already?” – Matt Singer pleads for sanity. Will you sign his petition?

“The School of Rock Wails Against the Man – For Fat Acceptance” – Everybody wants to party with Aretha. Inkoo Kang (who you can read right here at FSR) champions the Jack Black movie for a hefty message of R-E-S-P-E-C-T over at Badass Digest.

“A Female Gaze on Ladies Who Lust” – The NY Times profile on Jill Soloway and her sexually direct Afternoon Delight.

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