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Ancient Wisdom: Being an Artist Under a Dictatorship
Despite the censors, creativity ran wild. My circle of Brazilian friends were all writing songs, plays, poems. We took what freedoms we could, seeking…
Joyce Moreno
A Tale of Two Halftime Shows
The Bad Bunny performance was an appeal to localism inside a wedding. The Turning Point USA one was a grayscale grievance-fest.
Suzy Weiss
The Winter Olympics Is the Best Reality TV Show
Plus: Why was everyone naked at the Grammys?
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: Elvis Costello Brought Poetry to Life
What a shame that conventional wisdom deems most poetry inaccessible. And what a beautiful thing that music so often proves that belief wrong.
Peter Richmond
The First Lady Really Doesn’t Care. Do U?
Plus: Kanye West apologizes again, climbing the tallest building in Taiwan, and ‘Bridgerton’ has a dirty conservative secret.
Suzy Weiss
This Week in American History: A City on the Brink
Long before Minneapolis, Americans argued over the authority to send in forces to cities in crisis. One revolutionary war standoff shows how old—and…
Jonathan Horn
Ancient Wisdom: Why I’m Dancing at 80
Dancing the cha-cha is the best later-life decision I’ve ever made.
Susie Kaufman
The Met Turned a Masterpiece Into an Anti-ICE Screed
When done well, taking extreme liberties with a familiar piece of art can breathe new life into it. When done poorly, the result is. . . well, the…
Liel Leibovitz
How Iran’s Biggest Pop Star Was Imprisoned, Silenced, and Then Escaped
Before the Islamic Revolution, Googoosh was Iran’s biggest celebrity. After the revolution, she was jailed, then barred from performing for more than…
Rafaela Siewert
The Year the Celebrity Apology Died
Plus, pop stars came back, indie dramas flopped, and AI was everywhere.
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: ‘White Christmas’ Is a World War II Anthem
Today, we see it as a quintessential secular Christmas song. To its original audience in 1941, however, the lyrics were impossible not to associate with…
Mene Ukueberuwa
The Weekend Press: My Spare Embryos
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