A Secret Plot

A Secret Plot

Cracking Capitalism

Myth and labor in 'Inventing Anna' - by Thomas Travers

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Tom Pazderka
Apr 24, 2023
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Towards the end of Netflix limited series Inventing Anna (2022), “Manhattan Magazine” journalist Vivian Kent worries that she has somehow missed the real story. Working against a deadline set by her disapproving male editors – who would rather she dutifully file copy on sexual harassment in Wall Street – but also imposed biologically, by her pregnancy, …

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