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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

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    Ask a Book Critic: Help me love reading againAsk a Book Critic: Help me love reading again
    Culture

    Our book critic recommends books to get out of a reading rut and more.

    By Constance Grady
    How Gossip Girl broke the fantasy of being the world’s most special girl
    Culture

    The original Gossip Girl sold viewers a romantic fantasy — then proved the fantasy was always a lie.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The new Pursuit of Love TV show means it’s time to remember the MitfordsThe new Pursuit of Love TV show means it’s time to remember the Mitfords
    Culture

    The family with three Nazis, two socialists, and a duchess, explained.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The magic, sex, and violence of the 14th-century poem behind The Green KnightThe magic, sex, and violence of the 14th-century poem behind The Green Knight
    Culture

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a bizarre and thrilling story about lust and war and shame.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Ask a book critic: What’s a good summer read with a Wonder Years feel?Ask a book critic: What’s a good summer read with a Wonder Years feel?
    Culture

    Our book critic recommends good summer reading and more.

    By Constance Grady
    Whitney Houston’s story shows the danger of being America’s sweetheart
    Features

    Why America embraced Whitney Houston, and how it destroyed her.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Did anyone actually want more Gossip Girl?Did anyone actually want more Gossip Girl?
    Culture

    HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot is an expensive, tired retread.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Why the original Zola Twitter thread worked so wellWhy the original Zola Twitter thread worked so well
    Culture

    Reading Zola’s story as an epic poem.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    It’s incredibly hard to get a rape conviction. Bill Cosby’s release makes it feel pointless.It’s incredibly hard to get a rape conviction. Bill Cosby’s release makes it feel pointless.
    Culture

    After Cosby’s vacated conviction, is rape a crime?

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Zola is a slick, seedy Florida odysseyZola is a slick, seedy Florida odyssey
    Culture

    The new movie brings a viral tweetstorm to life with absurdist, madcap glee.

    By Constance Grady

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