The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Maternal sacrifice is in vogue politically. The new movie “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” shows where it can lead.
Author: Amanda Hess
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A Fox News Host Had a Baby and a Double Mastectomy. Viewers Had Opinions.
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Kat Timpf got pregnant, got breast cancer, then got back to work on the political comedy show “Gutfeld!” — all as a culture war brews over ambition, motherhood and women’s health.
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At the Movies, the ‘Older Woman’ Is Growing Up
The New York Times – Film:
She has been called “cougar,” “Mrs. Robinson” and “your mom.” Now she’s the protagonist, and one of film and television’s most compelling characters.
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Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor’s Enduring Friendship
The New York Times – Music:
The two Irish singers interacted like siblings, speaking of each other warmly, but needling each other, too.
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Watching Britney Spears, as a Girl and a Woman
The New York Times – Music:
For 25 years, American culture has used her body to determine a woman’s worth. In “The Woman in Me,” she asks us to take a second look.
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Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula
The New York Times – Film:
How “Women Talking” and “Tár” make the discourse around the movement feel thrillingly unfamiliar.
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The Empty Spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s Fantasy Fetus
The New York Times – Film:
“Blonde” pretends to imagine how Monroe would have felt about her pregnancies. Instead, it jarringly shoves a C.G.I. fetus into her midcentury mind.