Dahlia Lithwick on Winona Scissorhands:

Dahlia Lithwick on Winona Scissorhands: “This week, a jury convicted Winona Ryder of felony theft for having … self-discounted more than $5,500 worth of clothing and accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue last December. As a rule, for every paragraph the media have devoted to the legal developments in the trial, two were devoted to what she was wearing and how she wore her hair.

This wasn’t a person on trial, it was Felony Barbie.”