Posts tagged Will Smith
We Shouldn’t Get *Too* Caught Up in the Fantasy of Age-Gap Rom-Coms Featuring Older Women

'The Idea of You,' 'A Family Affair'—a new wave of romcoms is positioning relationships between older women and younger men as harmless fantasy fodder. And that’s fun, says culture writer Sadaf Ahsan. But let’s not forget how dicey these dynamics can get IRL.

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What If We *Didn’t* Resort to Anti-Intellectualism At This Exact Moment in Time?

I admit it: I thought the people calling out all the ‘girl’ trends on TikTok were being a bit oversensitive. But it turns out I have a hard limit, and it’s making “hey girlypops” videos about the ongoing apartheid of Palestinians.

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Early Reviews of ‘The Flash’ Are Overwhelmingly Positive—And Totally Disregard Ezra Miller’s Problematic Past

This week, reviewers breathlessly praised ‘The Flash,’ and actor Ezra Miller in particular. Here’s why that’s a problem.

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We Need to Talk About How We're Talking About That Slap

This week, much of the valid analysis about Will Smith, Chris Rock and that slap was overshadowed by an increasingly racist discourse. We should probably talk about it, huh?

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These Were The Pop Culture Stories I Couldn't Stop Thinking About This Year

These are the biggest stories, worst takes, celebrity heroes and pop culture villains that caught our attention in the approximately 172 months that made up 2020.

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Sorry, But We’re Going to Have to Discuss Scott Disick’s Dating Habits

I’m not happy about it either, but the news that he’s dating Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin’s daughter Amelia is the fifth time he’s been romantically linked to a teenager, so here we are.

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