Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now? Vogue’s viral piece arguing that male partners have become “culturally loserish” has broken the internet, so we dive in and discuss whether it’s a feminist reckoning or pure TikTok rage bait. Also this week: Millie Bobby Brown’s bullying claims against David Harbour, Jennifer Aniston’s Hollywood hypnotist boyfriend, People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Jonathan Bailey, Cruz Beckham’s new music, and The Cut’s hot take on high-earning women dating younger men. Plus some far from mid TV for you to enjoy! 

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Recs/reviews

• Down Cemetery Road, Apple TV 
• Emma Thompson: The spy thrillers I read as a teenager told me women should fall in love and get killed, Radio Times
• The Dead of Winter
• Girl Bands Forever, BBC iPlayer
• Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive, People
• Millie Bobby Brown Reportedly Filed Harassment and Bullying Claim Against David Harbour, Vanity Fair
• Jennifer Aniston Finally Hard-Launched Her Hypnotist Boyfriend, The Cut
• OPTICS and Lick The Toad, Cruz Beckham
• Just Find a Younger Man: Dating is horrible right now, but some women have discovered a loophole, New York Magazine
• All Fours by Miranda July
• The myth of having it all and how to break free, our bonus from last week
• Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? Vogue
• Is it really outrageously uncool to have a boyfriend? the Guardian

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