All the best of lists
 It's December and you know what that means...end of year lists! And boy, have we got plenty, especially since the end of 2019 also marks the end of the decade. (This list of the 100 most important memes of the past ten years is a particularly illuminating look back at these strange times.) We've also got our list of best books, best TV episodes, and a look back at the celebrities who epitomized the 2010s most — those wily Kardashians. Enjoy!
Personal Essays  Courtesy of Netflix When I Was Depressed, Watching A Christmas Prince Really Helped It's not like these movies instantly cured my malaise. But they did give me hope.
Features  Danielle A. Scruggs for BuzzFeed News Before Syracuse, There Was Mizzou A group of University of Missouri students forced their president and chancellor to resign in an unprecedented feat of student activism — including a headline-grabbing football team boycott after racist incidents on campus. Four years later, here what's changed — and what hasn't.
The Sort-Of Socialist Church Is Taking A Radical Approach To Christianity Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.
12 People Talk Honestly About How They Paid Off Their Debt "When I made the final payment, I actually felt shame. I should be happy, but it seems like a lot of my cohort paid theirs off like a decade or more ago?"
Anyone Who Cares About Gun Laws Should Pay Attention To What's Happening In Idaho
Books  These Are The Best Books Of 2019 Our picks in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
68 Books For Every Person On Your Holiday List The best books from 2019 to give to every kind of reader.
15 Queer Books You Might Have Missed This Year From experimental memoir to compelling fiction.
Cultural Criticism  25 TV Episodes From This Decade We'll Never Forget Narrowing down the 25 best TV episodes from the past 10 years is maybe a silly thing to do. But we tried it anyway.
Harry Styles Is The Savviest Man In Pop Music Right Now Unlike a lot of other men in pop, Styles' willingness to indulge in fan service — and laugh at it — is what makes him such an effective star.
The story of how the Kardashians became A-list stars is more complicated than you remember and more surprising than you'd expect.
The L Word: Generation Q Is Trying To Atone For The Original's Sins Showtime's new iteration of an old favorite mostly makes me wish that Hollywood would take more risks and let a new generation of queer characters explore their own universes.
The Tricky Business Of Humanizing The Monarchy Both The Crown on Netflix and the real-life Duchess of Sussex have given the British royal family a badly needed PR boost, though in unorthodox ways.
Bombshell Wants Us To See The Women Of Fox News As Heroes By failing to contextualize their race and class, Bombshell overlooks how complicated the real women who ousted Roger Ailes are. (Contains spoilers.)
HBO's "Watchmen" Is The Best Show On TV Right Now Creator Damon Lindelof's thriller isn't just politically radical and formally stunning — it's also so fun to watch.
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