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Another incompetent 'Alpha Male’
Plus: the ‘breakup trip’ trend, JoJo Siwa goes tradwife, the rom-com decline, Drake's 'fake abs,’ 'Love Island' as political bellwether, and more.
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Tracy Clark-Flory
Marriage is a life raft?
A buzzy new book about a couple stuck at sea is the perfect metaphor for how we think about marriage—in terms of survival and endurance, but also rescue…
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'Breathe and find a little joy today'
Plus: Katy Perry is free as a bird, a wedding filled with terrible people, Sean Combs' acquittal, a nightmare Tinder date, 'romantic recessions,' and…
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Tracy Clark-Flory
A hot summer reading list for feminist nerds
From a true-life story of a married couple shipwrecked at sea to a non-fiction look at the future of s--, these are the books that I’m taking to the…

June 2025

Spit takes
2025 is declared 'the year of spit.' Plus: Republicans' Daddy fetish, bush is back (again), Haim is breaking up with him on your behalf, and more in the…
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What is 'Pedro-masculinity'?
It's the antithesis of ugly and aggressive petro-masculinity, sure, but it's also another narrow box. Let's not reduce Pedro Pascal's goodness to…
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20% off 'Dire Straights'
My paid subscribers get discounted access to my new podcast.
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Haim is Millennial divorce rock
Plus: Lorde is confused by love and ovulation, the Supreme Court abandons trans kids, Jeremey Allen White stars as Springsteen, and more in the weekend…
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A rom-com for the manosphere
'Materialists' buys into the romantic conspiracy theories of the misogynistic Red Pill and the cynical dating strategies of the femosphere, before being…
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The 'ick' heard round the world
Also: E. Jean Carroll's secret Trump book, a group chat for naked selfies, an anti-speed dating event, a Sapphic pop moment turned hetero, and more in…
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Sabrina Carpenter is a heterofatalist princess
The pop star campily romanticizes women being mistreated by men—and then crawling back to them. She perfectly understands the current mood.
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We made a podcast!
Introducing 'Dire Straights,' a feminist critique of heterosexual love, sex, politics, and culture.
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