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David Beckham: A Man in Full
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In his new Netflix show, the soccer star isn’t just inspiring in his resilience—he’s a one-man rejoinder to the entire concept of toxic masculinity.
By Kat Rosenfield
11.03.23 — Culture and Ideas
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Who is David Beckham? 

Yes, I know he is a soccer player. And there was that movie, Bend It Like Beckham, and also that part in Love, Actually where Hugh Grant cites both of his feet as being among Britain’s top national treasures. 

But as a millennial American woman, I must admit I have always been less familiar with Beckham as an athlete than as—how to …

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Kat Rosenfield
Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer at The Free Press and author of five novels, including the Edgar-nominated No One Will Miss Her. Prior to joining The Free Press, she was a reporter at MTV News and a columnist at UnHerd, where she wrote about American culture and politics. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Playboy, The Boston Globe, and Reason, among others.
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