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The “sexy selfie” rebellion: Reclaiming what slut-shaming tried to take
“I hate that I’m saying this, but it seems kind of quaint.” I’m on the phone with author and slut-shaming...
The big-screen gamble
It’s a lonely life, being a superfan of Judd Apatow’s 2015 romantic comedy, “Trainwreck.” When the film, starring and written...
What’s playing at the movies? Everything, all at once
It’s a lonely life, being a superfan of Judd Apatow’s 2015 romantic comedy, “Trainwreck.” When the film, starring and written...
Margo Price is in her villain era
The first line of “Hard Headed Woman,” the new record from Margo Price, begins with a battle cry. There’s a...
“Skibidi” doesn’t belong in the dictionary
When Cambridge Dictionary announced last week that “skibidi” was among the 6,000 words added to its pages, I was determined...
Stephen King demanded “The Long Walk” show kids getting shot
Stephen King is not known for being precious about his novels. There are nearly as many film and television adaptations...
The boy genius with a foot on our necks
Whoever came up with the saying about reading a person by looking at their shoes did not conceive of barefoot...
Darren Aronofsky finally lets himself have fun
We have not been conditioned to have fun during a Darren Aronofsky movie — or, at least, not the traditional...
Parents, don’t make your kid’s dorm room about you
I went off to college in the 1990s with the understanding that a dorm room should be as functional as...
The heroic queerness of “Peacemaker”
Just when we thought the superhero genre had wrung the last of its ability to shock from its tights, “Peacemaker”...
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