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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

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    The Eras concert movie is Taylor Swift leveling upThe Eras concert movie is Taylor Swift leveling up
    Culture

    She’s preserving herself at an unprecedented echelon of fame.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The cinematic glory of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s game-day dateThe cinematic glory of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s game-day date
    Culture

    Miss Americana is a master of weaving her love life into her art.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questionsThe big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questions
    Culture

    In Walter Isaacson’s buzzy new biography, Elon Musk emerges as a callous, chaos-loving man without empathy.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    On Hulu’s The Other Black Girl, the hair is the pointOn Hulu’s The Other Black Girl, the hair is the point
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    The new show’s hair and wardrobe team explain the significance of these seemingly small choices.

    By Constance Grady
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    The book of the year so far is Lauren Groff’s The Vaster WildsThe book of the year so far is Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds
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    Groff’s latest is an un-put-down-able story of survival.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The sincerity and rage of Olivia RodrigoThe sincerity and rage of Olivia Rodrigo
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    Olivia Rodrigo’s Disney kid backstory is key to her music’s fury.

    By Constance Grady
    What the stories we tell about robots tell us about ourselves
    The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

    From R.U.R. to Mrs. Davis, humans have feared — and identified with — robots for over a century.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Zadie Smith on the problem of the good white womanZadie Smith on the problem of the good white woman
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    The Fraud, a Victorian novel for the post-Trump era, is elegant, flawed, and sharp as a knife.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Dealing With Dragons is the kind of book a kid builds their personality aroundDealing With Dragons is the kind of book a kid builds their personality around
    Culture

    Patricia C. Wrede just published her first book in a decade. Here’s how she enchanted a generation.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    A brief timeline of Britney Spears’s marriage to Sam AsghariA brief timeline of Britney Spears’s marriage to Sam Asghari
    Culture

    Where does Britney’s marriage and divorce fit in with the pop star’s conservatorship?

    By Constance Grady