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Blyss Cleveland

Blyss Cleveland is an Arts & Life staff writer and Screen columnist for vol. 265. She roots for Mike the entire movie when watching "The Philadelphia Story."
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‘We Are Lady Parts’ tunes into the business of art

Blyss Cleveland
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Sept. 30
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‘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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‘Good’ girlhood: ‘How to Have Sex’ is about the before and after 

Blyss Cleveland
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May 13
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‘Challengers’ tries to make Stanford sexy again

Blyss Cleveland
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April 30
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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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‘Good’ Girlhood: Down but not out in the ‘Slums of Beverly Hills’

Blyss Cleveland
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April 8
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‘Good’ Girlhood: ‘Drylongso’ views Black boys through a Black girl’s lens

Blyss Cleveland
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March 13
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‘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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‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Girlhood’ balances tenderness and violence

Blyss Cleveland
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Feb. 16
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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
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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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Kali Uchis’s ‘ORQUÍDEAS’ showcases an artist in full bloom

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 31
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‘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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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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‘Priscilla’ is an uneven entry in Sofia Coppola’s canon of girlhood studies

Blyss Cleveland
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Nov. 10
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‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Everything Now’ portrays the pain of grappling with conformity for survival

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 27
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‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Aftersun’ and the pain of turning girlhood memories into adult wisdom

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 16
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‘Bottoms’: The perfect teenage-lesbian-fight-club fever dream 

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 5, 2023
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Movie night at The Daily: What to watch this AAPI Heritage Month

Carolyn Stein, Hana Dao, Kristofer Nino, Blyss Cleveland and Anthony Martinez Rosales
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May 31, 2023
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The Daily takes the aux: What to listen to this AAPI Heritage Month

Richard Coca, Blyss Cleveland, Nick Sligh, Kelly Wang, Hana Dao and Anthony Martinez Rosales
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May 31, 2023
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