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The Innocent Origins of Internet Brainrot
Plus: I love Kylie Jenner. “Soft partying” is in. Mattel has introduced a Barbie with autism. And more!
Sascha Seinfeld
The Weekend Press: The Boys Breaking Their Bones to Be Hotter
Plus: Suzy Weiss on the return of ‘Industry.’ Eli Lake visits an eccentric military strategist at home. Abigail Shrier writes to a Catholic father who’s…
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Brigitte Bardot Is Dead. Why Are We Scolding Her?
It seems that certain people with certain beliefs must be disposed of carefully.
Kara Kennedy
The Weekend Press: My Interfaith Marriage
Plus: The year celebrities stopped saying sorry. A man should know how to wear a tuxedo. And Abigail Shrier has stern words for a reader who’s…
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The Weekend Press: My Spare Embryos
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In ‘Wicked,’ There’s a Very Thin Elephant in the Room
Ariana Grande looks as fragile on-screen as a porcelain doll. If my daughter sees it, will this be the body she’ll feel she has to grow into?
Kara Kennedy
Bye-Bye, Body Positivity
Let’s face it, even famously curvy women, like Meghan Trainor, want to be thin now that they have the option. Can you blame them?
Suzy Weiss
Second Thought: Nobody Wants to Date the Hulk
Plus: Please stop listening to this week’s hit country song. Hasan Piker takes Tiananmen Square. A great new show for history bros. The $1.7 million…
River Page
My Generation Needs Dance Moms
‘Dance Moms’ was the American dream distilled to its most ruthless form: relentless ambition, public shaming, brutal feedback, the constant threat of…
Sascha Seinfeld
Sydney Sweeney’s Actual Movie
Her performance in a recent interview went viral. Her performance in ‘Christy’ deserves to as well.
Suzy Weiss
Be More Jennifer Lawrence
The true calling of anyone whose work is rooted in storytelling—is not to scold or instruct, but to express what is true.
Kat Rosenfield
Second Thought: Are You Fit Enough for the Apocalypse?
Plus: A movie that punishes you for wanting to watch it. Grimes has a face tattoo, and I have questions. And more!
Suzy Weiss
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