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Kat Rosenfield
Culture writer, novelist, and podcaster. On Twitter at @katrosenfield.
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Kat Rosenfield
Sophie Cunningham’s Common Sense
When the basketball player said, ‘Young girls in sport shouldn’t have to go against biological men,’ the mainstream media shrugged. How far we’ve come.
Kat Rosenfield
What if the Right Is Right About Sex Ed?
Teen pregnancy is at record lows. Defunding prevention programs isn’t a sinister plot—it’s sensible.
Kat Rosenfield
The Worst Invite a Couple Can Get
Olivia Wilde’s new movie seems like another millennial ode to polyamory. But it’s actually something much messier.
Kat Rosenfield
Graham Platner Is Bad. But Nobody’s Perfect!
At first, it was “Who among us hasn’t gotten a regrettable tattoo while drunk?” Then it became “Who among us has not assaulted his lover during a home…
Kat Rosenfield
The Women Who Help People Die
They’ll plan your funeral, navigate medically assisted dying laws, and keep you company at the end. Death doulas are on the rise, across America—and I…
Kat Rosenfield
Hating ‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Make You a Misogynist
The movie hasn’t flopped because people don’t like female superheroes. It flopped because it’s awful.
Kat Rosenfield
Not Even Trump Could Ruin Bill Maher’s Night
The comedian won the Mark Twain Prize last night because, like every recipient, he’s not afraid of pissing everyone off.
Kat Rosenfield
Olivia Rodrigo Murdered Her Love Songs
It was supposed to be about a happy relationship—but when her heart got broken, she rewrote her lyrics for a generation cynical about love.
Kat Rosenfield
The Ideologues Are Wrong About ‘Obsession’
Feminists think the horror film is about the toxicity of the Nice Guy; the manosphere argues that it proves women are crazy. But it’s much deeper and…
Kat Rosenfield
Belle Burden’s Fans Don’t Care If She Lied
A New York socialite wrote a memoir about the collapse of her marriage, but seems to have exaggerated her financial woes. Her fans support her anyway.
Kat Rosenfield
Wait, Are Kids’ Movies Good Again?
Sometime in the last decade, Hollywood stopped making films that parents would enjoy as much as their kids. With ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ that’s changed.
Kat Rosenfield
‘I Don’t Want to Put Another Black Man in Jail’
The murder of a New Yorker could have been averted if not for the suicidal empathy that is spreading among victims.
Kat Rosenfield
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