Does Mad Men Urge Us to Self-Destruct?
"I'll admit that there are a few things I envy about Don Draper, but desultory sex in a sh*t-brown apartment with a hooker who smacks me in the face while my kids eat Thanksgiving dinner at their new Daddy's place isn't on the list." And with that, the battle over what viewers can learn from Mad Men's quality-of-life issues is engaged. Thanks as always, Katie Roiphe! [The Awl]

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Well, this season is making me want to kill myself, I know that. Surely Matt Weiner will eventually weave us a brightly colored lanyard of hope that we can hang onto, no?