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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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Brenden Gallagher is a politics reporter and cultural commentator. His work has been published by Motherboard, Complex, and VH1. He’s the co-founder of Beer Money Films, an indie production company. Based in Los Angeles, he works in television drama as a writers assistant.

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‘Home for Christmas’ brings a needed sharp edge to Christmas rom-com season

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Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

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The age gap between 2 ‘Love Actually’ stars has people shook

Walmart pulls ‘Let it snow’ cocaine sweater, ruining Christmas

‘Home for Christmas’ brings a needed sharp edge to Christmas rom-com season

Grandma melts hearts with trans Raggedy Andy doll

Here’s the utterly delightful Spider-Man Christmas album

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‘Christmas Vacation’ provides a Marxist critique of capitalism—here’s how

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