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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    The unspoken rules of MAGA womanhood
    Culture

    How Kristi Noem and Karoline Leavitt offer two visions of conservative femininity.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideologyThe strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology
    Culture

    Meet the lonely men who think the tariffs will get them girlfriends.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Purity culture is back. Of course its latest victim is a teen girl.Purity culture is back. Of course its latest victim is a teen girl.
    Culture

    Bush-era purity culture is so back.

    By Constance Grady
    Vox Book Club
    Ask a Book Critic: I want a book that won’t stress me out before bedAsk a Book Critic: I want a book that won’t stress me out before bed
    Vox Book Club

    Tiny, lovely books for luxurious reading, and other recommendations.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    How fashion advice swung from “what not to wear” to “wear whatever you want”How fashion advice swung from “what not to wear” to “wear whatever you want”
    Culture

    I tried to find my personal style and all I got was this existential crisis.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The skeleton key that unlocked Disney’s empireThe skeleton key that unlocked Disney’s empire
    Culture

    Snow White built Disney. Why is the studio screwing up her story so badly now?

    By Constance Grady
    Vox Book Club
    It’s spring. Take a breath. Read a book.It’s spring. Take a breath. Read a book.
    Vox Book Club

    A deceptively comic novel of transitioning, a beautiful divorce memoir, and more recommendations.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Trump’s petty revenge on the Kennedy CenterTrump’s petty revenge on the Kennedy Center
    Culture

    The theater world powerfully criticized the president’s first term. Now, he’s striking back.

    By Constance Grady
    The great American classic we’ve been misreading for 100 years
    Vox Book Club

    The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    With Love, Meghan is bland and inoffensiveWith Love, Meghan is bland and inoffensive
    Culture

    She’s not an expert like Martha Stewart. She’s not an icon like Princess Diana. Where does she go from here?

    By Constance Grady