Constance Grady

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Senior Correspondent at Vox

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Culture writer for @voxdotcom. Bylines at The Toast and the A.V. Club. Not the Ugly Betty character. [email protected].

Articles

Mewing, eyelash-shaving, looksmaxxing: male beauty standards get weird

3 weeks ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

A small but curious sign of the deepening gender divide in our politically fraught times: Male beauty standards are getting really weird. In the latest salvo, young boys on TikTok are shaving off their eyelashes, ostensibly because long eyelashes are girly. This new phenomenon joins a number of other perplexing masculine trends from the last few years, including doing tongue exercises known as “mewing” in order to achieve the squarest jaw possible, and “going to Turkey” for hair transplants.
Lo raro no es que Musk, Zuckerberg y Bezos sean fans de la misma saga de libros. Lo extraño es que sea ciencia ficción socialista

1 month ago | 3djuegos.com | Rubén Márquez |Constance Grady

Hace ahora siete años, Jeff Bezos se sentaba ante los asistentes a la Conferencia Internacional de Desarrollo Espacial para hablar de sus planes de su proyecto Blue Origin. Hablando sobre sus inquietudes y cómo la ciencia ficción le había llevado a perseguir el objetivo de conquistar el espacio, el CEO de Amazon se acordaba de cómo había crecido leyendo esos libros de Asimov o Heinlein, pero se detenía especialmente en una saga concreta.
The tech billionaires are missing the point of their favorite sci-fi series

1 month ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

One of the most momentous developments of the new Trump era is how major billionaires in the tech industry — frequently known as the broligarchs — have thrown their weight behind the president. During the 2024 election, they offered high-profile support and made big donations; after the inauguration, they announced new company policies that aligned them with President Donald Trump’s regressive cultural ideologies.
Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson, and why America hates a “gold digger”

1 month ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

When we look at the relationship between 73-year-old legendary football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend and business partner, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, it’s hard to know exactly what we’re seeing. Two grown-ups in love forging a dynamic business partnership? Elder abuse, as some have wildly speculated? Or is it, as the vitriolic comments in Hudson’s social media posts would have it, good old-fashioned gold digging?
The strange fascination with Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick, explained

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Constance Grady

When we look at the relationship between 73-year-old legendary football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend and business partner, 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, it’s hard to know exactly what we’re seeing. Two grown-ups in love forging a dynamic business partnership? Elder abuse, as some have wildly speculated? Or is it, as the vitriolic comments in Hudson’s social media posts would have it, good old-fashioned gold digging?
What’s a contemporary novel that will read like my favorite classics?

1 month ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

Welcome to Ask a Book Critic, a members-only feature packed with personalized book recommendations from senior correspondent and resident book critic Constance Grady. To get your own recommendation, ask Constance here, and subscribe to the newsletter here. I am due with a baby at the end of this month, and anticipate many half-hour, middle-of-the-night reading sessions while feeding the babe.
Harvey Weinstein begins New York retrial with new supporters: Candace Owens and Joe Rogan

1 month ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

A few short years ago, Harvey Weinstein was widely considered the monster against which all other alleged sexual abusers were measured. As he begins his New York state retrial for a series of rape and sexual assault charges over a period of years, that consensus has broken.
Kristi Noem and Karoline Leavitt offer two visions of MAGA femininity

2 months ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

President Donald Trump has never had any trouble finding women to enthusiastically embrace his agenda. In the electorate, 45 percent of women voted for him; non-college-educated white women and white evangelical women are among his most loyal supporters. At the White House, women stand at his side as he speaks from the podium, sporting what has come to be known as “Republican” makeup and Mar-a-Lago face.
The unspoken rules of MAGA womanhood

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Constance Grady

5 hours agoThe Homeland Security secretary was dining with family at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., when the "shocking" incident occurred. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem opened up about the theft of her purse, which contained $3,000 in cash, while she was dining with her family at a Washington, …
The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology

2 months ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

What’s true is that tariffs are likely to make women’s lives disproportionately worse. The tariffs are expected to raise costs for American families by as much as $3,800 per year, and that burden will be carried most heavily by the people who are already poor. As Lauren Leader noted at MSNBC, women still make less money than men, and the pink tax means they also pay more than men do for basic toiletries and other necessities.