Archive - Mad Woman

The desire for a ‘normal’ sex life

In Babygirl, the age-gap affair faces off with the impossible sexuality of motherhood and marriage

Jan 8 •

It’s not the economy. It’s the misogyny.

What else is there to say?

Nov 6, 2024 •

The banality of white male rage

Travis Kelce's little blowup, and now this

Feb 14, 2024 •

The banality of white male rage, again

And affective labor on the debate stage

Sep 11, 2024 •

Cow moms v. cat ladies

Ballerina Farm & JD Vance & the effort to pathologize women’s solitude

Aug 8, 2024 •

From Bad Girl to Bad Mother

What Britney Spears's new memoir 'The Woman in Me' tells us about the challenges of feminine self-actualization

Nov 1, 2023

Remember the patriarchy

In 'Blink Twice,' memory is the most powerful weapon women wield against a culture of forgetting

Oct 9, 2024 •

A midlife sexual reckoning

Miranda July's new novel, All Fours, suggests a 'sexless marriage' can be the first step on a path to awakening

May 30, 2024 •

It's not you, it's marriage

Some dirty laundry

Sep 18, 2024 •

The Golden Bachelor Changes Nothing

The show traffics in a vague politics of anti-ageism. But where are all the crones?

Oct 19, 2023 •

Quitting the Adjunct Hustle

This is one of those leaving the academy essays— sort of

Dec 7, 2023 •

Marrying Peter Pan

Reality dating shows highlight the absurd risk of marriage, especially for women

Mar 6, 2024 •

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