Orange Is the New Black Season 5 Episode 12 "Tattoo You" allows me to discuss prison hiring, the logic of the riot, and the importance of centering the series on prisoner's humanity. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black Season 5 Episode 10 "The Reverse Midas Touch" allows me to discuss societal cruelty and revenge fantasies, negotiation problems, and Scrabble in prison.
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black Season 5 Episode 9 "The Tightening" allows me to talk about objectification of inmates for entertainment, meaningful activism, and questionable riot logic. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black Season Five Episode Eight allows me to talk about philosophy, a silly plan by Red, and about the riot turning good people bad.
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black Season 5 Episode 7 "Full Bush, Half Snickers" lets me talk about Red's character transformation, Suzanne's problems, and Harry Potter. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black S5 E5 "Sing it, white Effie" allows me to discuss many levels of appropriation, employment of formerly incarcerated people, and mental illness in prison. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black S5 E4 "Litchfield's Got Talent" allows me to discuss the use of stereotypes of the mentally ill and of poor and uneducated people. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange Is the New Black Season 5 Episode 1 "Riot FOMO" allows me to talk about why violence happens, the structural basis of prison violence, and why Caputo isn't really a nice guy. Enjoy!
Read MoreOrange is the New Black S2 E5 "Low Self-Esteem City" (Netflix) opens space for my discussion of Correctional Officer induced-violence, food stamps, and furloughs among many other exciting topics.
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