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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    One Good Thing
    One Good Thing: Netflix’s gone-too-soon Teenage Bounty Hunters is warm-hearted and whip-smartOne Good Thing: Netflix’s gone-too-soon Teenage Bounty Hunters is warm-hearted and whip-smart
    One Good Thing

    They’re teens. They’re bounty hunters. They’re Teenage Bounty Hunters!

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Celebrating Ramona Quimby’s enduring appeal, in honor of Beverly ClearyCelebrating Ramona Quimby’s enduring appeal, in honor of Beverly Cleary
    Culture

    Beverly Cleary has died at 104. Her Ramona Quimby books gave us one of the sharpest characters in American kid lit.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Keeping Up With the Kardashians is ending, but the Kardashians aren’tKeeping Up With the Kardashians is ending, but the Kardashians aren’t
    Culture

    The Kardashian brand never changes and never ends.

    By Constance Grady
    One Year Later
    The boredom and the fear of griefThe boredom and the fear of grief
    One Year Later

    What C.S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed can tell us about our year of loss.

    By Constance Grady
    The uneasy intimacy of work in a pandemic year
    One Year Later

    How capitalism and the pandemic destroyed our work-life balance.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    A reading list to understand anti-Asian racism in AmericaA reading list to understand anti-Asian racism in America
    Culture

    Hate crimes against Asian Americans go back centuries. We asked experts which books to read to understand the history.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and H.E.R. win the 2021 Grammys’ top trophiesMegan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and H.E.R. win the 2021 Grammys’ top trophies
    Culture

    This year’s awards saw Beyoncé and Taylor Swift make history, and crowned Megan Thee Stallion as queen of the night.

    By Jen Trolio and Constance Grady
    Culture
    10 winners and 1 giant loser from the mostly enjoyable 2021 Grammys10 winners and 1 giant loser from the mostly enjoyable 2021 Grammys
    Culture

    From Harry Styles in a feather boa to Beyoncé making history, the whole show went way better than it could have.

    By Constance Grady and Aja Romano
    Culture
    How Naomi Alderman’s novel The Power deconstructs the patriarchyHow Naomi Alderman’s novel The Power deconstructs the patriarchy
    Culture

    The book starts as an empowerment fantasy and turns into a dystopia.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Harry, Meghan, and the ghost of Diana: “What I was seeing was history repeating itself”Harry, Meghan, and the ghost of Diana: “What I was seeing was history repeating itself”
    Culture

    Why Princess Di’s legacy was such an important piece of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview.

    By Constance Grady