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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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Sterling K. Brown smiling at a VidCon panel

‘Paradise’ is a world stranger than reality

Blyss Cleveland
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Feb. 20, 2025
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A Renaissance-esque photo of women sitting.

Love, situationships and everything in between: Songs for Valentine’s Day

Madisyn Cunningham, Joanne dePierre, Ellaheh Gohari, Garrett Khatchaturian, Blyss Cleveland, Ananya Navale and Cate Burtner
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Feb. 13, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘The Last Showgirl’ is a moving glimpse of an artist’s journey

Blyss Cleveland
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Feb. 2, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Babygirl’ is all tension with no release

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 20, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Madeline’s Madeline’ artfully breaks down the parent-child bond

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 12, 2025
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A girl stares up at the camera with the text 'Anora' over her face

‘Anora’ mostly avoids tired tropes about sex work 

Blyss Cleveland
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Nov. 11, 2024
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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
  •  
Oct. 29, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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(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, 2024
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