Cintra Wilson is a playwright and performer with a penchant for pop culture. She’s a regular contributor to Salon, where her annual scathing review of the Oscars, is a must-read each year. She’s the author of A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined as Grotesque Crippling Disease, Other Cultural Revelations, and Colors Insulting to Nature.
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