Culture
French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/french-tv-show-pulled-ridicule-woman-fell-ai-brad-pitt
Book excerpt: “Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old”
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/book-excerpt-brooke-shields-is-not-allowed-to-get-old/
‘When I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself’ – Lucy Liu on success, shame and calling out Bill Murray
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/13/when-i-sense-something-is-not-right-i-am-going-to-protect-myself-lucy-liu-on-success-shame-and-calling-out-bill-murray
Women really want to talk after seeing ‘Babygirl’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/style/babygirl-nicole-kidman-sex.html
Inside Meghan Markle’s ‘easy’ call to delay her Netflix show: ‘We’re dealing with a catastrophe’
https://people.com/meghan-markle-easy-decision-delay-netflix-show-exclusive-8773307
Golden Globes producers want Nikki Glaser back next year: ‘She would be great’ at hosting ‘in the long term’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/awards/golden-globes-producers-show-behind-the-scenes-nikki-glaser-1236267212/
Despite gains, women still do most of the housework. Will this gender gap ever narrow?
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7426763
Is female body horror complicit in right-wing politics?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/female-body-horror-right-wing-20012109.php
Andie MacDowell has a message for Hollywood: Stop with the older-women clichés
https://www.glamour.com/story/andie-macdowell-older-women-cliches
Social media ‘soft girls’ depend on men for money – but Sweden once used state ‘influencers’ to urge women to get jobs
https://theconversation.com/social-media-soft-girls-depend-on-men-for-money-but-sweden-once-used-state-influencers-to-urge-women-to-get-jobs-246810
Beyond empire: The women who shaped pacific politics, an interview with historian Joy Schulz
https://hir.harvard.edu/beyond-empire-the-women-who-shaped-pacific-politics-an-interview-with-historian-joy-schulz/
‘Twisted and sexy’: CBC’s new comedy ‘North of North’ redefines Inuit women’s stories
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/03/twisted-and-sexy-cbcs-new-comedy-north-of-north-redefines-inuit-womens-stories/