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Cruelty
Don’t get old. Your aging body will become fair use*
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My Life as a Female Body: Three Short Excerpts
The fat female body as “too much”/How the body speaks/Walt Disney made me diet.
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I Forced Myself to Read Jake Tapper’s Book
Don’t believe the gushing reviews from members of the club. It isn’t “King Lear.” It isn’t even decent political history. It allows Trump to emerge…
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The Male Id as “Sexual Liberation”: Watching “Last Tango in Paris” in 1973 and 2025
I once loved Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris,” A memoir and new movie based on the life of Maria Schneider had me revisit the film, which I…
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Fact, Fiction, and Anne Boleyn
I love historical novels and films. But I worry about how fragile our compass has become for sorting out fiction from fact.
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Three Lolitas
First was Nabokov's Lolita, then Kubrick's, then Lyne's. Is it possible to imagine a remake today? Would I even be allowed to teach my course without…
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“Dishy” or Just Trashy? How “Fight” Normalizes Trump, Dumps on Kamala, and Lets the Media Off The Hook For the Disaster of 2024
Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes go for best-seller gold again, but as they did in “Shattered,” with mean-spirited trivia and a shallow narrative.
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Dr. Mel, Cassie, and “The Pitt”
Taylor Dearden shines a light on my daughter—and good writing.
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Doctor Robby
Undeniably masculine but infinitely caring with those who are suffering, his working-class ruggedness as much as part of him as his tenderness, Noah…
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Fact, Fiction, and the Responsibilities of Writers to Both: My Exclusive Interview with Hilary Mantel
I was writing my book about Anne Boleyn & Hilary was working on “Bring Up the Bodies” when we corresponded on email. We lost her much too soon. Her…
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Natalie Dormer Opens Up About Anne Boleyn and “The Tudors”
We clicked immediately—and her contract with Showtime was over, so she felt free to speak her mind about Anne, feminism, the distortions of history, and…
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Don’t Feed the Beast
I’m watching and worrying as protests against Trump/Musk get overshadowed by Dem-trashing and “bothside-ism.” Brava to Rachel Maddow for resisting, and…
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Deconstructing THAT Scene in “The White Lotus”
The male body and its discontents.
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The POTUS of Oz
He sold himself as master of the business universe who would fix everything. But at the end of the road we’ve found a floundering, vengeful bully who…
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BordoLines
BordoLines
I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.
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