"In accommodating characters who are mothers, without that being their only identity, television has brought new tensions and texture to established genres." (The Atlantic)
Women of a Certain Age
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‘In the Name of God, Go’
Britain’s prime minister sees himself as Winston Churchill’s heir. But what if he is remembered as Churchill’s weak, humiliated predecessor instead? (The Atlantic)
Why I’ll Keep Saying ‘Pregnant Women’
Who can get pregnant? It sounds like a trick question. For centuries, English speakers have talked about “pregnant women” without a second thought. (The Atlantic)
Fox News Gets A British Accent
Although GB News’s target demographic has prompted unkind nicknames such as “Boomer TV,” the channel has a number of presenters in the mold of Candace Owens or Ben Shapiro—the kind of intense young conservatives who might corner you at a party and talk to you about Ayn Rand. (The Atlantic)
The Pandemic Has Given Women a New Kind of Rage
"The past year has forced many women to confront the inequality in their own life—and every kid sitting on a lap in a Zoom meeting, or bursting in to show off a unicorn, has forced that knowledge on the rest of us." (The Atlantic)
The Crown’s Majestic Untruths
"All truly great historical dramas, memoirs, and biopics are about something greater than their ostensible subject. If they are not, they become a dutiful, forgettable checklist." (The Atlantic)
The Naked Feminist
What lies behind the arguments over a statue for Mary Wollstonecraft? (The Atlantic)
Difficult Women: A Guardian Book of the Year
"Fittingly for a book that exhorts fellow feminists to struggle against the “tyranny of niceness”, it is a punchy and sarcastic read." (Guardian)
The real threat of QAnon
Yes, QAnon sounds deranged, but its individual building blocks are proven winners in the marketplace of crazy ideas. (Sunday Times)
The Unquiet of Uncertainty
For the past five months, it has felt as if the entire world has been trapped at an airport departure gate, and the only information on the screen is the word “Delayed”. (The Sunday Times)