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Articles Written By Sara Lautman

Sara Lautman is the house illustrator at Normals Books and Music in Baltimore. She’s made comics for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Bitch, The Rumpus, The Awl, Baltimore City Paper, and elsewhere. You can follow her on Instagram.

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Idiot Box

Brush With Greatness
by Sara Lautman
The TV trope where one character sees another character naked allows audiences to be pervy without taking responsibility. Only The Simpsons gets it right.
Spoofs & Satire

The Pitch
by Sara Lautman
Idea for a television show: a teenager has the power to turn fantasy into reality—but she doesn’t know it. It’s Amelia Bedelia meets Quantum Leap.