Happy Thirstday! We definitely have some quality content for you to celebrate the day prior to Friday — and, eventually, the weekend — including the newest episode of our Forgotten Women of Genre podcast, about Mad Max: Fury Road editor Margaret Sixel, as well as a fun piece highlighting the industry of geeky sexy toys.

- Us is Jordan Peele’s thrilling, blood-curdling allegory about a self-destructing America. (Vox)
- Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke writes a powerful essay about suffering two life-threatening brain aneurysms. (New Yorker)
- We love a weird, over-the-top, dramatic teen series, and Riverdale offers just that. (29Secrets)
- The one episode of The Twilight Zone you should watch before seeing Us. (Decider)

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