Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 16, 2009. Serial TV is the best way to get a mini-escape into another land, another life, another person’s head -- here are four shows that will help you understand where the country is.
Michael Bader, AlterNet. January 31, 2009. Barren suburban yards, drunk dads, dowdy moms, strained frivolity, deep depression -- let's hope the '50s don't make a comeback.
Marcia G. Yerman, AlterNet. December 3, 2007. Matthew Weiner's show Mad Men provides a window for today's young women to learn about the conditions that shaped previous generations of feminists, from whom they often feel estranged.
Bernie Heidkamp, PopPolitics.com. August 24, 2007. AMC's new TV show Mad Men uses the overtly sexist and racist atmosphere of a 1960 New York advertising office to talk about persisting issues that we're too "polite" to talk about openly.