‘Heteropessimism’ is all over our feeds right now, so this week we’re asking: where are all the eligible men? Plus, our verdict on the Freaky Friday sequel (Freakier Friday), Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson’s rumoured romance, “recreational argument” families and the recent but inescapable rise of rage-bait, from Sydney Sweeney’s genes and the Skims chin strap, to sex stunts and wedding cake-smashing. Also: why Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne’s Platonic might just be our favourite TV show of the year!

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Recs/reviews:

• Freakier Friday, in cinemas now
• Freakier Friday is humiliating to everyone involved, Time 
• Cosmetic procedures make Freakier Friday confusing as hell, Allure 
• ‘Generations of women have been disfigured’, Jamie Lee Curtis, Guardian 
• Platonic, AppleTV
• My Oxford Year, Netflix
• The Store, Oxford
• How the Right Shaped the Debate over Sydney Sweeney ads, New York Times 
• From Kim Kardashian’s ‘face shapewear’ to Sydney Sweeney’s jeans controversy, is everything rage bait now? Glamour 
• Heteropessimism and our declining faith in the straight, cis man, Glamour 
• Where Are All The Eligible Men? British Vogue 
• Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson Are Dating: 'It's Clear They're Smitten' People 
• The Emma Guns Show 

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