Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

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Freelance Writer at Freelance

NYT bestselling author of SEINFELDIA, WHEN WOMEN INVENTED TELEVISION, SO FETCH (January 2024). Peabody Awards content curator. She/her.

Articles

The Surprising Dharma of the “White Lotus” Finale

1 month ago | lionsroar.com | Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

The White Lotus has been dominating the TV conversation for weeks, producing memes (“Piper, noooo!”) and endless online discourse about incest, male onscreen nudity, and Lorazepam. But one major facet of this season has fueled fewer hot takes and text chains: its overt Buddhism.
The Best Episodes of Sex and the City, Ranked

Apr 1, 2024 | vulture.com | Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City. This article was originally published on June 8, 2018. On April 1, 2024, Sex and the City began streaming on Netflix. When a show captures the Zeitgeist of its time as well as Sex and the City did, viewing it from the distance of a decade or two brings its best and worst moments into much clearer focus.
Barbie’s Journey to Enlightenment – Lions Roar

Aug 11, 2023 | lionsroar.com | Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

In the Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie, the iconic doll embarks on a pink-hued journey toward enlightenment not unlike the historical Buddha’s. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong explores how the film serves as a meditation on consciousness, impermanence, and the true nature of reality, appealing to spiritual seekers and psychonauts alike. As I sat through hours and hours of meditation on a Zen Buddhist retreat, I couldn’t get Barbie out of my head.