Mandy Berman
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An Ode to Schmidt, New Girl's Revolutionary Jewish Character
New Girl ends its seven-season run tonight. Although this eight-episode final season has bordered on schmaltzy and unnecessary — the show’s writers didn’t know if it would get renewed, so the season six finale was conclusive enough to have gone either way — it’s been a treat to have the gang back together once more. … → Read More
18 Things You Didn’t Know About Gay Jewish Pop Star Troye Sivan –
I may be 30 years old, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a crush on a 22-year-old pop star (right?). Troye Sivan is the young gay icon whose contagious new single, “My My My!” celebrates queerness and lust in a more mature way than his wholesome, teen-friendly first album, Blue Neighbourhood, did. → Read More
10 Books By Women We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018 –
2017 wasn’t an easy year for any of us, but the escapism found in reading is a tried-and-true method of forgetting about the world around us for a little bit. The issue with books in 2017, though, was that they were written in a pre-Tr*mp America, and published in a post-Tr*mp one, leaving nearly ev → Read More
The Jewish Queerness of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ –
Call Me By Your Name, the break-out indie hit directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the novel by André Aciman, will undoubtedly become a classic in the queer film canon, and perhaps also in the coming-of-age canon. But what about in the Jewish film canon? The Jewishness of these characters, al → Read More
Broad City Season Finale Celebrates the Glory That is the Abbi/Ilana Friendship –
We’ve arrived at the last Broad City episode of the season! This is a sweet and funny end to a season that got political, explored romantic relationships in a more serious fashion, and ultimately centered on the enduring power of Abbi and Ilana’s friendship. Appropriately, the season finale celebrat → Read More
Broad City Tackles its Riskiest Subject Yet –
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains bedbugs. But, actually: When I saw the title of this week’s episode, I had a hard time bringing myself to watch it. Nearly every New Yorker I know has a harrowing bedbug story — an infestation, or perhaps just a terrifying false alarm — but it’s risky to eve → Read More
Broad City Asks: Can Jerking Off Save the World? –
This week’s episode is a much-needed palate cleanser from the more loaded political episodes of the past two weeks. It feels like a throwback to some of their earlier, only-in-New York episodes — tons of physical comedy, pitch-perfect Ilana one-liners, and lots of Lincoln screen time. This one is ab → Read More
Broad City Goes to Florida, America’s Droopy Dick –
Finally, finally, finally! All season of Broad City, it has felt as if Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson have been finding their footing, toggling between trying to be politically salient while also making good jokes. It’s been rare that they’ve been able to do both in a single episode this season—unti → Read More