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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, Inc.
Her viral response to the famous jeans ad captures the new superstar economy—where charisma trumps ideology and markets reward defiance.
Tyler Cowen
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
The Weekend Press: Teenage Dreams
Plus: Suzy Weiss reviews Sydney Sweeney’s boxing biopic. Kat Rosenfield on why ‘Teen Vogue’ had to die. The legendary magazine writer Gay Talese recalls…
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Second Thought: The Playboy Mansion of Nerds
Plus: Sydney Sweeney gives her best performance yet. Your future robot servant. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Second Thought: Frankenstein’s Monster, but Sexy
Plus: Lily Allen’s open marriage sounds like a horror story. Your neighbors have gone too far with their Halloween decorations. And more!
Kat Rosenfield
The Weekend Press: Let Harper Lee Rest In Peace
Plus: Chris Christie reviews the new Springsteen biopic. Suzy Weiss meets the preppers who think stockpiling is dumb. Nellie Bowles has a favorite…
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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
Second Thought: Victoria’s Secret Is So Back
Plus: Gold is expensive, diamonds are cheap, and a new show on Amazon that is too Freudian for me.
Suzy Weiss
Second Thought: Julia Roberts’s #MeToo Movie Is Not Good
Plus: Melania is the Trump who really deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. And fiber is the new protein.
Suzy Weiss
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