Lili is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley working on Milton and seventeenth-century theories of eating and reading. She tweets at @millicentsomer, blogs at Excremental Virtue, and writes TV criticism over at Dear Television along with Jane Hu, Phillip Maciak and Evan Kindley. You can sometimes find her at The Awl, The Hairpin, and The New Inquiry.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The People v. OJ Simpson: Season 1, “The Verdict”
On the American Crime Story Season 1 Finale...
The Americans: Season 4, "Pastor Tim"
Dear Television recaps FX's The Americans Season 4...
The Americans: Season 4, "Glanders"
Dear Television recaps The Americans, Season 4...
Louis C.K.'s "Horace and Pete," Episode 1
Dear Television on Louis CK's "Horace and Pete"...
Mad Men, Season 7: "Person to Person"
'The Waste Land'...
Mad Men, Season 7: "Time & Life"
Not Safe For Work: Mad Men's Art of Cursing...
Mad Men, Season 7: "Severance"
'Mad Men' Fantasies...
The Fall, Seasons 1 and 2
'The Fall' pays lip service to feminism, performing it without embracing it....
The 2014 Dear TV Questionnaire
Parts I and II...
The Sick and the Tired
On HBO's 'Getting On'...
Louie, Season 4: "Elevator, Part 6" and "Pamela, Part 1"
Man on the Brink...
Louie, Season 4: "Back" and "Model"
Clotheslined...
Mad Men, Season 7: "Time Zones"
The Hangover...
“True Detective” Finale
Four takes on the first season...
House of Cards, Season 2
It's Just Okay. And That's Okay....
Community: Season 5
Beyond Senioritis...
Girls, Season 3: "She Said OK"
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Girls, Season 3: "Females Only" and "Truth or Dare"
Dear Television on HBO's Girls Season 3 premiere...
DEAR TELEVISION
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Girls, Season 2: "Together"
Girls Is Not fun....
Girls, Season 2: "Video Games"
This was never supposed to be a sexcapade...
Gollum's Mother: On Marie Corelli
The high fantasy of a Victorian bestseller...
Girls, Season 2: "One Man's Trash"
Grace Notes...
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: 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 1
Of In-Groups and Out-Groups...
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 2
Romney-Dad: Conservatives in Comedy...
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 3
Party Girl vs. Rom-Com Girl...
