Fleabag Archives

How Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag Taught Us the Art of Female Coping

Phoebe Waller-Bridge reclaims the idea of female coping in Fleabag. It remains a mordant exploration of what comes into play when women aren’t made to obsess over terminating the umbilical cord of pain, but instead taught to cope by tolerating it.

Poulomi Das July 21, 2016

Features

You’ll Never Guess Where You Can Watch the Emmy-Winning Shows Everyone’s Talking About

If we take an Emmy win as a metric to consider whether a show deserves a watch or not, then it’s only fair to extend that line of thinking while considering which streaming platform to subscribe to. At the moment, Hotstar Premium hosts 12 shows that have won at the Emmys.

Ananya N June 26, 2016

Pop Culture

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the Most Underrated Comedy of the Decade

Now officially the longest running live-action sitcom in the history of television, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, entered its 14 season this year, and remains as topical as it was when it first aired in 2005. It has never hesitated to address sensitive and pertinent subjects such as #MeToo and climate change.

Pranay Dewani June 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Tune in to Torture: When Did TV Become So Bleak?

It’s not that every show should be a cosy sitcom populated by well-lit, attractive people. But do they all have to be a gritty rural crime drama, or a chilling biography of a serial killer? For some bizarre reason, logging into my Netflix has become like stepping into a dark and terrible world.

Kahini Iyer May 15, 2016

Pop Culture

Fleabag, Mrs Fletcher, and Succession: When Older Women Owned their Desires On the Small Screen

Usually, pop-culture has an archaic way of portraying older women on screen, depicting them as women who are devoid of desire. That seemed to change this year. In shows like Fleabag, Succession, and the Morning Show, middle-aged women wore their desire like second skin.

Dipti Kharude May 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Why We Need More Bad Girls on TV

As Killing Eve and GLOW have proved, there’s nothing more fun than watching women being absolute jerks – and absolutely human – on screen. If these shows are any indication, we’re thankfully past the age of niceness.

Poulomi Das April 20, 2016

Pop Culture

From Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Chic Suit to JLo’s Gift-Wrap-inspired Gown, the Best & Worst at Golden Globes

Awards season 2020 kicked off at last night’s Golden Globes, and with big-name celebrities, naturally, comes fashion. Forget saving their best outfits for the Oscars, the Golden Globes red carpet saw stars pulling out all the stops.

Kahini Iyer March 5, 2016