Jane Hu is an English PhD candidate at UC Berkeley with an emphasis in Film and Media Studies. She has published in Textual Practice, The New Yorker, the New Republic, Slate, and The Awl.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Hellish Comedy of Now: Silicon Valley, Season Five
For DearTV, Jane Hu and Aaron Bady talk joke-butts, Orientalism, cryptocurrency, and the season finale of Silicon Valley....
Occasional Corgis: The Crown's Canine Politics
Jane Hu, for Dear Television, has one question: WHERE. ARE. ALL. THE. CORGIS?...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season One
Dear TV puts together a tight ten on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the specter of a Rory-less Gilmore Girls, and Woody Allen....
The Handmaid's Tale Finale
Dear Television braids hair and cuts to the feeling in the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale......
The Handmaid's Tale, "A Woman's Place"
DearTV discusses the 6th episode of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale......
The Handmaid's Tale, "Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum"
Dear TV on Handmaid's Tale, Episode 4......
The Girls Finale
Dear TV says goodbye to GIRLS......
Lena Dunham’s House of Mirth
Is "Girls" relatable? Was it ever?...
BoJack Horseman: Season Three
Dear TV correspondents review Bojack Horseman for LA Review of Books....
Mad Men, Season 7: "The Forecast"
Never Too Late...
Mad Men, Season 7: "New Business"
Round and Round...
The 2014 Dear TV Questionnaire
Parts I and II...
Fall Sitcoms: A Dear TV Rundown
Black-ish, Mulaney, Manhattan Love Story, Selfie, A to Z...
Broad City and Kroll Show
Comedy Central's new sketchy sketch comedies...
Girls, Season 3: "She Said OK"
This week on Dear Television: "Sticking to Snacks," from Jane Hu "The Other Shoe," from Lili Loofbourow ¤ Sticking to SnacksBy Jane ...
DEAR TELEVISION
Below are excerpts from new posts by DEAR TELEVISION. Click any header to read the posts in full on the new ...
Girls, Season 2: "Together"
Girls Is Not fun....
Girls, Season 2: "It's Back"
Experimenting with Plot...
Here Comes the Tidal Wave: On "Enlightened"
A love letter to the riskiest show on cable...
Girls, Season 2: "Boys"
Big Boys Don't Cry...
Girls, Season 2: "It's a Shame About Ray"
Shame and Her Sisters...
Girls: "Bad Friend"
You Probably Think This Show is About You...
Girls, Season 2: "I Get Ideas"
Really? Et al?...
Girls, Season 2: "It's About Time"
On the season premiere of HBO's 'Girls'...
New Girl & The Mindy Project: Ep. 10 "Bathtub" / Ep. 8 "Two to One"
The Business of Being Born...
New Girl & The Mindy Project: Thanksgiving Special
Last week on Dear Television: "PMS, Probes, and Power Plays, Oh My," from Lili Loofbourow "LaMourning Lamorne Morris," from Phil Maciak "...
New Girl & The Mindy Project: The Gender Games
Leading Ladies?...
New Girl and The Mindy Project: The Sitcom Special
'Good Grief'...
New Girl: "Models"
Go Back to Start, Do Not Pass Go...
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 3
A Toast to the Douchebags...
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 1
When Worlds Collide...
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 2
A Serial Takeover...
Something in the Act of Becoming: On Hilary Mantel's "Bring Up the Bodies"
THE TITLE OF HILARY MANTEL'S latest novel Bring Up the Bodies comes from a line spoken in its final pages. Only ...
Reality Hunger: On Lena Dunham's "Girls"
For Hannah, talking is a way of coming to terms with, and owning, her appetites....
