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Esther Breger
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Esther Breger is a freelance writer in Brooklyn.
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May 22, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Breastfeeding Models, Pregnant Marines, and the Worst States for Working Moms
May 19, 2015
Esther Breger
First Wives Club
Why all Hillary look-alikes don't look the same.
May 18, 2015
Esther Breger
The 'Mad Men' Finale Wasn't As Cynical As You Think
April 8, 2015
Esther Breger
What Happened to the Weird 'Louie' of Last Season?
April 3, 2015
Esther Breger
In Mad Men's Final Season, Work Is Just a Way to Kill Time Before You Die
March 30, 2015
Esther Breger
Trevor Noah Is the Latest Sign of Late Night's International Wave
March 8, 2015
Esther Breger
Netflix's 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Is an Instant Sitcom Classic
March 6, 2015
Esther Breger
Your Straight Hair Doesn't Equal Strength
Why we need more curly-haired heroines on television
February 6, 2015
Esther Breger
'Better Call Saul' Has Its Own Dark, Addictive Chemistry
February 6, 2015
Esther Breger
Serial Offenders
'Mad Men,' 'True Detective,' and the miseducation of the fanatical TV viewer
January 30, 2015
Esther Breger
'Parenthood' is Dead. Long Live the Sentimental Family Drama.
January 27, 2015
Esther Breger
'The Americans' Is TV's Smartest Show About Parenthood
January 12, 2015
Esther Breger
Golden Globes 2015: For Once, Hollywood Wasn't Self-Absorbed and Narcissistic
December 31, 2014
Esther Breger
At Last, Television Shows Have Figured Out What Sex Is Like for Women
December 19, 2014
Esther Breger
Stephen Colbert Didn't Change the World, But We Wouldn't Have Survived the Bush Years Without Him
December 17, 2014
Esther Breger
Stephen Colbert Is One of Pop Culture's Best Literary Boosters
Here are "The Colbert Report"'s most entertaining author interviews
December 14, 2014
Esther Breger
The Year in Television: The Best Scenes of 2014
November 24, 2014
Esther Breger
"We Like Vampires Because We Hate Death"
An interview with the director of 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'
November 19, 2014
Esther Breger
A Mid-Season Assessment of 'Scandal''s New Feminist Speechifying
November 17, 2014
Esther Breger
'State of Affairs' Won't Save Katherine Heigl's Free-Falling Career
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