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Review: Drama’s final season reaches impactful end

By Gabrielle Topping, Staff Writer • June 19, 2020

The final season of "13 Reason Why" pushes through the show's controversial history to deliver an emotional conclusion.

Review: Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why'” has killer dramatic presence

By Gabrielle Topping, Contributing Writer • September 2, 2019

“13 Reasons Why” is a thrilling Netflix series about life, death, truth and lies. The students of Liberty High School have already encountered far too many traumatic events during their high school...

Review: Show breathes life into mental illness awareness

By Avery Alexander • March 18, 2019

Media covering mental illness is often touchy. Even with recent movements to normalize mental health struggles, mainstream culture still ignores and ostracizes topics like suicide and depression. It is...

Deja View: ’13 Reasons Why’ falsely depicts mental illness

By Kendyl Bennett, Podcast Editor • April 19, 2017

In a special roundtable edition of Deja View, Reviews Editor Jake Leary dives into the controversy surrounding Netflix's "13 Reasons Why." He is joined by Assistant Multimedia Editor Matt Maloney, Opinion...

Review: Netflix mixes its messages in controversial series

By Matt Maloney, Assistant Multimedia Editor • April 18, 2017

The highs of the narrative can’t compensate for the lows of the message. “13 Reasons Why” isn’t the mental health education it could have been.