These days, there’s a subscription service for just about anything—meal kits, clothing rentals, personalized wine recommendations, and yes, your reading list. A book subscription box may finally help kick your habits into high gear, especially now that you may find yourself spending more time indoors than ever, and your local bookstore may be dealing with…
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Ady: And that is why we were so conscious to have the illustrations in the book portray friends of all different types: kids with different physical abilities, different hairstyles, different races, different sizes, and different religions. The pictures in this book say loud and clear, “Everyone is equal.” Why is this book important now? Ady:…
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To write her new book, Lindy West went where few women have dared to go before—deep, deep in to Adam Sandler’s oeuvre. The 37-year-old author watched Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Little Nicky, The Wedding Singer, and more for a rigorous meditation titled, “Is Adam Sandler Funny?” West found the work exhausting, but she’s thorough when…
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I’ve always felt feminism to be like a block party: euphoric, emancipating, jubilant, and open to all. I often fear that many women in my generation think about it instead like a speakeasy: closed, password-protected, and open to the already enlightened. The narrowing of feminism has presented itself in subtle and not so subtle ways.…
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When It hit theaters in 2017, a new generation of fans—ones who hadn’t read the Stephen King novel or seen the 1990 miniseries—may have expected a simple horror movie about a kid-murdering clown. Instead, they got an unsettling look at the intense pain and fear that develops from childhood trauma via the Losers’ Club, a…
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It’s my personality to take on more things. I was already working on another gymnastics film when that story broke, so I knew I needed to include Larry Nassar. Do you remember where you were when you first heard about Michelle Carter? I’m always researching things that are crime and Internet related—that’s basically my sweet…
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