December Mediasode: Best of the Year, Enlightening Essays, and Should I Just Give Up on Jonathan Franzen?! *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*

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BOOKS

Rouge by Mona Awad

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Searcher by Tana French

The Hunter by Tana French

Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

TV

Say Nothing

Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story

The Jinx

Breaking Bad

MOVIES

Subservience

Tangerine

Sugarcane

Hanna

My Old Ass

Sweethearts

How to Survive a Plague

ARTICLES

The Invisible Man

Bad Influence

The Despair of the Young

JULIA'S BEST OF THE YEAR

Book - Rabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin

Movie - When the Levees Broke

TV - Baby Reindeer, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

Album - Charm by Clairo

ELIZA'S BEST OF THE YEAR

Book - The Door by Magda Szabo

Movie - Problemista

TV - Breaking Bad

Album - Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman, Power by Illuminati Hotties