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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
What Nobody Said at the Emmys
‘I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel,’ said a very brave actress at the Emmys.
Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss: Britney Spears Will Never Be Free
Fans campaigned to release the pop star from her conservatorship. But is this what liberation looks like?
Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss: Living in Gwyneth’s World
Plus: The New York Post comes to the left coast, Greg Gutfeld and Jimmy Fallon make a surprisingly civil late night TV appearance, and the buzziest body…
Suzy Weiss
The Epstein Conspiracy Theorists Will Never Be Satisfied
Waving away questions about Epstein, the president sounded like the deep state he had run against in 2016 and again in 2020.
Peter Savodnik
Radical Honesty Has Come for the Boob Job
In the era of destigmatizing everything, perhaps the only thing wrong with a $200,000 facelift is not acknowledging your privilege in being able to get…
Kat Rosenfield
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