Men and Boys
Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains.
“Men” is a film that does not challenge the gender binary so much as wallow in it. Harper’s ill-fated getaway is suffused with dour shots of fertility idols and portentous biblical references; before she is terrorized by a pack of pathetic and violent men, she chomps an apple she’s plucked from someone else’s tree. Garland, […]
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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign
Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health officials announced on Tuesday. Until now, immunizations were offered only to people with a known exposure. States will receive doses of a safer and newer monkeypox vaccine called Jynneos from the federal stockpile, based on […]
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In Light of Roe v. Wade Ruling, Men Share Their Abortion Stories
Two years ago, Matthew Markman, a software salesman in California, and his wife, who was 20 weeks pregnant, learned that their son had a rare heart defect. If his wife carried the fetus to term, he would be unlikely to survive after birth, their doctor told them. The news was crushing for Mr. Markman and […]
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Libyans Try to Move On From Conflict With Comedy and Burgers
MISURATA, Libya — When Taha al-Baskini won a part in a new play about soldiers who reunite after dying in combat, his costume was already in his closet. His onstage camouflage pants were the same ones he had worn as a militia fighter during Libya’s most recent civil war a few years ago, when an […]
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Herschel Walker Acknowledges Two More Children He Hadn’t Mentioned
ATLANTA — Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, who has been a frequent critic of absentee fathers, especially in Black households, has acknowledged that he is the father of a second son he had not previously mentioned publicly, as well as an adult daughter who was born when he was in his […]
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Johnny Depp Through the Looking Glass
It’s hard to tell the origin of accounts such as these two — if and how they may be connected to Mr. Depp’s defense and public relations teams — but it seems clear that for many of Mr. Depp’s fans, the actor’s physical appeal offered an external manifestation of inner worth. On Twitter, hundreds of accounts, […]
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In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own
VENICE, Italy — From the time he was a child, Edoardo Beniamin could envision paddling a gondola through the waterways of Venice, his native city. He saw himself, dressed in a striped jersey and ribboned straw hat, following his father and an uncle into a profession that has served as the enduring symbol of La […]
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These 8 Conservative Men Are Making No Apologies
Joe: Amen. Kristen Soltis Anderson: Krupal, how about you? Krupal (Asian, 22, medical assistant, Maryland): I would say you’re not allowed to be free anymore. Due to the internet and social media, a bunch of trolls have gotten so much power. They’re constantly out there to play gotcha. So you got to be cautious. Patrick […]
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When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill
Recently I rented a house upstate for the weekend with a group of friends, all new parents with children under 2. After putting the children to bed, we decided to stage a group viewing of “Deep Water” on Hulu — then spent the next 15 minutes in a state of escalating madness, frantically tossing baby […]
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