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Her Prerogative: Britney Spears Can Do Whatever the Hell She Wants
Fans’ calls to #UnfreeBritney were a sharp contrast to the rallying cries that flooded social media and the streets outside Spears’ conservatorship hearings.
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13 Shows and Movies We Loved in 2021
From the unexpected buzz around Squid Game’s horrifying meditation on the problem of debt in South Korea to the catharsis of Mayday’s feminist revenge.
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9 Shows and Movies We Hated in 2021
These are some of the biggest disappointments we saw this year.
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Web of Cries: “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Opens up the Multiverse to Explore Grief
Spider-Man: No Way Home shows that—no matter what magic or powers you have—grief impacts us all.
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Femme Fatale: The Allure of the “House of Gucci” Antiheroine
This story is not about the downfall of magnificent men, it’s about the tragedy of a woman who flew too close to the sun.
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Virgin Royal, Mother, Whore: The Enduring Appeal of Princess Diana Fever
The abiding interest is the result of a sustained mythmaking organized around the figure of Diana, the most visible face of the British royal family even in her death.
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Man Down: "The Power Of the Dog" Is a Brutal Meditation on Masculinity
Jane Campion’s new film explores what makes a man, and what traps him.
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Frigid Family: “Spencer” Amplifies the Horror of the Royal Family
At last a Diana every bit as batshit as any of the inbred remnants of House Saxe-Coburg-Goth.
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Female Trouble: In the Absence of Tropes, What Can a Woman Be?
We still aren’t fully comfortable with women who can’t be slotted into recognizable roles.
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