Russian Doll is a feminine take on the archetypal hero’s journey

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Russian Doll is a feminine take on the archetypal hero’s journey

There’s no doubt that the show follows a hero’s journey through resurrection and rebirth. But there’s a big, juicy twist: the hero can’t do it on her own. She needs the help of someone else — someone who needs her help. She has to collaborate.

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Netflix’s Sabrina reboot is the witchy coming of age tale our daughters need

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Netflix’s Sabrina reboot is the witchy coming of age tale our daughters need

It’s a nuance which magic and many expressions of spiritual occultism embrace, and which — despite the show’s overtly cartoonish depiction of a fictional “Chuch of Night” — is depicted elegantly by the complexity of Sabrina’s characters and story.

This is underlined by Sabrina’s choices; specifically her quest to reject the binary choice between living the life of a mortal or a witch, and to instead find a third path — one which is aligned with Sabrina’s status as half witch half mortal.

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