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Hadley Freeman
Hadley Freeman is a columnist for The Sunday Times and author of Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia. Follow her on X @HadleyFreeman.
Things Worth Remembering: Nora Ephron on Being a Mom
When debating with a 4-year-old about what color of plate is acceptable for his dinner, you may realize: Motherhood is absurd, and very funny.
Hadley Freeman
Things Worth Remembering: On Being Safe, Free, and Miserable
In ‘A Real Pain,’ which deserves an Oscar today, Jesse Eisenberg asks: How dare we be so overwhelmed by our own freedom when our ancestors were denied…
Hadley Freeman
What School Didn’t Teach Us: Perfectionism Can Destroy You
At elite private schools, you don’t learn how to think. You learn how to pass exams.
Hadley Freeman
Watching Girls Die Online
Female starvation as spectacle has a very long history. But now ‘thinfluencers’ have millions of followers.
Hadley Freeman
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