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Blyss Cleveland

Blyss Cleveland is an Arts & Life staff writer and Screen columnist for Vol. 266. “A Place in the Sun” is one of her favorite movies, but she dislikes the ending.
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV"

Her POV: ‘Woman of the Hour’ frames skepticism as a silent killer of women 

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 29
Music
the words "brat remix" backwards on a lime green background

Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ remix is a completely new return to form

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 24
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘Good’ Girlhood: 7 female-focused coming-of-age films

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 14
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘We Are Lady Parts’ tunes into the business of art

Blyss Cleveland
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Sept. 30
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Isabela Merced from the film "Turtles all the Way down" has a worried expression. There are orange scribbles behind her.

‘Turtles All the Way Down’: Thin lines between self-care and self-absorption

Blyss Cleveland
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May 17
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘Good’ girlhood: ‘How to Have Sex’ is about the before and after 

Blyss Cleveland
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May 13
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Three different still of Zendaya from the film "Challengers"

‘Challengers’ tries to make Stanford sexy again

Blyss Cleveland
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April 30
Reads
Three books pink, green and blue depicted in a backdrop of a blue sky with flowers and grass at the bottom and yellow butterflies flying on top

Bookworm bulletin: Spring book recommendations

Leyla Yilmaz, Cate Burtner, Miriam Awan, Dan Kubota, Blyss Cleveland and Grace Zhao
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April 26
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘Good’ Girlhood: Down but not out in the ‘Slums of Beverly Hills’

Blyss Cleveland
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April 8
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘Good’ Girlhood: ‘Drylongso’ views Black boys through a Black girl’s lens

Blyss Cleveland
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March 13
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A pink outline of a girl with symbols representing girlhood around the outline.

‘Good’ Girlhood: ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ is an evocative Black family portrait

Blyss Cleveland
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Feb. 25
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Three silhouettes of women stand in front of a pink backdrop with the text "'good' girlhood" written on it.

‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Girlhood’ balances tenderness and violence

Blyss Cleveland
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Feb. 16
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A broken, red heart listening to music through headphones, looking dejected in from of a background of ripped paper.

In ‘treble’ with love: Anti-Valentine’s Day songs 

Ribka Desta, Hana Dao, Charlotte Kearns, Erin Ye, Dan Kubota, Emma Kexin Wang, Blyss Cleveland and Sarayu Pai
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Feb. 13
Music
(Left to right) Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, The Rolling Stones and Noah Kahan pictured against a yellow background with "2024" in yellow text displayed in front.

Concerts we’re anticipating this year

Alexandra Blum, Charlotte Burks, Charlotte Kearns, Brandon Rupp, Leyla Yilmaz, Blyss Cleveland, Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Cameron Duran
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Feb. 1
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Orquideas listed 5 times with flowers in the foreground.

Kali Uchis’s ‘ORQUÍDEAS’ showcases an artist in full bloom

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 31
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Three silhouettes of women stand in front of a pink backdrop with the text "'good' girlhood" written on it.

‘Good’ girlhood: Muslimahs usher a Riot Grrrl renaissance in ‘We Are Lady Parts’

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 10
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An ornate stage with a rippled bright red curtain.

Screen Staff Selects: Favorite film worlds

Cate Burtner, Blyss Cleveland, Emma Kexin Wang, Olena Bogdan, Anthony Martinez Rosales, Elena Vasilache and Lauren Boles
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Dec. 7
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Three silhouettes of women stand in front of a pink backdrop with the text "'good' girlhood" written on it.

‘Priscilla’ is an uneven entry in Sofia Coppola’s canon of girlhood studies

Blyss Cleveland
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Nov. 10, 2023
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Three silhouettes of women stand in front of a pink backdrop with the text "'good' girlhood" written on it.

‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Everything Now’ portrays the pain of grappling with conformity for survival

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 27, 2023
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Three silhouettes of women stand in front of a pink backdrop with the text "'good' girlhood" written on it.

‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Aftersun’ and the pain of turning girlhood memories into adult wisdom

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 16, 2023
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