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\"Television-Watching\"<\/a>

Family watching television, c. 1958, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Two thousand thirteen was the year that introduced binge-watching to the lexicon. In a new poll by Netflix, sixty-one percent of respondents conceded to having binged on one show or another, meaning they\u2019d watched upwards of three episodes a single sitting. The message, dear reader, is clear: we\u2019re gorging ourselves on serialized dramas and slick on-demand entertainment. It\u2019s time to step away from the fucking television.<\/p>\n

This should be the year we all read more. And because our resolve can sometimes waver, we\u2019ve enlisted our friends at McSweeney\u2019s<\/em> in a call to action.<\/p>\n

Until the end of January, you can subscribe<\/a> to The Paris Review<\/em> and McSweeney\u2019s<\/em> for only $75\u2014that’s 20 percent less than the price of individual subscriptions. Your 2014 will be so stuffed with the best in fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays that you\u2019ll forget where you put the remote, forever.<\/p>\n

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