Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12honce again I am forced to recognize the existence of a powerful unseen presence in my life, guiding my path when even I did not know His plans for me (casey bloys) 1331
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 13hwhen Girls ended and Hannah left an NYC writing career to have a baby and become a college professor, i was 38 weeks pregnant and writing for vulture after leaving academia and the week before my second kid was born i think i wrote like 4 Girls blogs going back is gonna feel b a n a n a s 0470
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 13hcannot believe i am going to have to come out of retirement as a Girls recapper oh my god 1672
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 15htoday is publication day for Serling: A Journey into the Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary. it's a gift whenever we all get to benefit from @sepinwall.bsky.social's incredible, insightful knowledge of TV history, but this one is really special bookshop.org/p/books/serl... 0301
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026icymi you should check out this week’s podcast episode if only to hear one man’s spiral into madness over a single line of dialogue from a forgotten one season tv show from 2004 that line? “give me back my nano-pants” 3454
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026gambier’s not gonna be the place for everyone but it was the place for me 030
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026thanks for hopping on the mic Dan, it was so much fun! 170
Reposted by Kathryn VanArendonkDaniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It was a pleasure joining @kvanaren.bsky.social to discuss "Cupertino" and, because something is broken in my brain, CBS' short-lived "Century City." 2292
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026we found the nanopants I repeat: one of our listeners has located the nanopants 0130
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m sorry did you just rewatch century city BEFORE this podcast because truly WHY 110
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026you must listen to this week’s @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social to understand why this is such an earth shattering discovery but it will be worth it I swear 4171
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026what if I don’t have it matthew rhys! what if I forgot how the whole karen pittman arc even started! 120
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“oh you don’t remember this character from four episodes ago where we got two lines of dialogue about their deal? ah well, this scene would hit REALLY hard if you did but we’ve got a lot of stuff to do so, you know, do your best next time I guess” 5530
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026it’s like staring at a dutch master painting and the label copy is like “no one actually understands exactly how they painted it but we think it involved a camera obscura and these twelve different finely ground minerals” 1190
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026rewatching the americans and I count fully 10 separate ongoing plot threads or character development threads by mid season 3 3810
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 11/10/2026what a gift to be alive at the same time as maria bamford 31092
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026it’s my husband’s birthday and we’re at bell house to see maria bamford, and truly what says “it’s a birthday in your 40s” more than getting there 45 minutes early to get seating and then saying “…you know … we could do open enrollment right now 👀” 2940
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026just another morning in 2026, when one of my favorite gardening instagram accounts posts a beautiful landscape photo with the caption "executions are not entertainment" 525139
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026would love to know how he feels about the term!! 000
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026everybody buy Alan’s book so this man can relax and get better!! 1200
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026huge news, our cat has somehow acquired a new nickname at the ripe age of 16 because 12yo said that his ears look like the flaps of a juicebox and so now of course he is Mr Juicebox Man, sung to the tune of Watermelon Man 1500
Reposted by Kathryn VanArendonkAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:nytimes.comOpinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment (Gift Article)With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality. 10502129
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026fun new frontiers in annoying AI where it was not asked for: middle school orchestra repertoire 0406
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026here is a photo of a woman, which I am sharing in the group chat, who has said No 130
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I watched both East of Eden and the Lanterns finale this weekend and I said … wait a dang minute is this the same picture? also look we have gift links now! I think! but also don’t look if you don’t want to know what happened in Lanterns. or East of Eden. www.vulture.com/article/lant...vulture.comLanterns Said ’Timshel’Through a coincidence of the TV calendar, two very different series land on the same closing question about human nature. 0345
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026saw this yesterday and went through a whole "oh shit the book is real" emotional cycle but APPARENTLY IT IS AHHH 0331
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026no this was an Apple announcement today about a show called Imperfect Women 130
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026[youth pastor voice] I know one guy who thought his story was a limited series 3866
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026you’re just putting your foot down because you need more time to rewatch Summer House, I get it 130
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m review embargoed but go back and watch s1 of the lowdown 1181
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I can foresee some complaints but I really think for the most part this would go over well 1260
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m not like power-mad or anything but I do think I should get to pick one show a year that everyone has to watch 7891
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026as i sit here looking at a proof of the bluey book, i am forced to realize that i barely even make it into chapter one before getting on a high horse about standalone episodes 3602
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026there’s no point alan, it’s like trying to yell at the tide not to rise 160
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026every two years right before Halloween I return to the sunken place (listening to political podcasts) and I can see the leaves starting to turn :( 4410
