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It’s Not Relatable to Hate Your Spouse
If a wife is unhappy, it might not be her husband’s fault; it might be because she’s human. That’s what a new show, ‘The Miniature Wife,’ accidentally…
Kat Rosenfield
Should We Judge Age-Gap Relationships?
Netflix’s ‘Age of Attraction’ dating show breaks the age-gap taboo—and also shows why it exists.
Kat Rosenfield
She Was Offered Euthanasia. She Said ‘No Thanks!’
Plus: In defense of the spring breaker who’s never heard of the ayatollah. Two drinks with Emily Austin. Sascha Seinfeld on the 20th birthday of ‘Hannah…
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Two Drinks with . . . Bridgit Mendler, the Disney Star Turned Space Founder
While jumping from Disney star to tech CEO is unusual, Bridgit Mendler insists that she’s been doing the same thing her whole life: seeking the truth.
Maya Sulkin
Ryan Gosling’s New Film Will Have You Crying Over a Rock
A very messy Oscars. The ‘Mormon Wives’ melodrama. The death of the metaverse. Taylor Sheridan’s new show. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Bad Therapists Make Good TV. But at What Cost?
The therapists in ‘Shrinking’ cross nearly every possible boundary with their patients—and that’s a really bad thing.
Joe Nocera
The Over-Therapized Lives of Mormon Wives
Taylor Frankie Paul and the rest of #MomTok have never been more into therapy. They’ve also never been worse people.
Kara Kennedy
The Children Are Our Future and They Want to Be Chinese
Plus, why ‘The Traitors’ is the best show on TV, the gay tech mafia, Dunkin’ buckets, and more!
River Page
The Weekend Press: The Teenage Stoners of America
Plus: Two drinks with the momfluencer who says night nurses are a ‘narcissistic trend.’ Eli Lake remembers Jesse Jackson’s greatest speech. River Page…
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Can We Stop Trying to Cancel the ’00s?
Plus, why is the internet obsessed with Clavicular? New music from Lana Del Rey. And more!
River Page
Brendan Carr Once Defended Free Speech. Now He Is Trump’s Chief Censor.
Republicans criticized the Biden administration for silencing dissenting voices. Now that they're in power, those First Amendment worries have…
Joe Nocera
Two Drinks with . . . Michael J. Fox
The Hollywood legend is back acting, playing a character that has the disease he’s been dealing with for decades, and tells Joe Nocera: ‘Fuck…
Joe Nocera
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