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].

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What’s a contemporary novel that will read like my favorite classics?

1 week 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 week 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 weeks 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 weeks 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

1 month 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.
The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology

1 month 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.
The smearing of an Ole Miss college freshman is a Bush-era throwback

1 month ago | vox.com | Constance Grady

In February, a group of men on a sports talk show casually spread a salacious and untrue rumor about the sex life of a teenage girl on national television, resulting in her being humiliated and relentlessly harassed. It felt as though it were 2007 again, and the talk show banter was a brief pause before our nation’s busy schedule of making fun of Britney Spears’s breakdown.
The smearing of an Ole Miss freshman is a 2000s throwback

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Constance Grady

Tracy McGrady Implies LeBron James Could Be On PEDs Or Steroids: “That’ll Be Devastating To Our Sport”LeBron James’ remarkable longevity continues to be one of the most talked-about feats in the history of sports. At 40, he is one of the best players …
Why it feels like 2007 again

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Constance Grady

3 hours agoZach Yadegari, the high school teen co-founder of Cal AI, is being hammered with comments on X after he revealed that out of 18 top colleges he applied to, he was rejected by 15. Yadegari says that he got a 4.0 GPA and nailed a 34 score on his ACT (above 31 is considered a top score). His problem, …
Ask a Book Critic: I want a book that won’t stress me out before bed

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 need a book for my family book club — it’s my turn to pick. The only rule is that the author has to be Black. I try to recommend sci-fi/fantasy or magical realism to my family when it’s my pick since that’s outside their comfort zones.