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An Idealistic and Imperfect American Love Story April 13, 2023
When things go bad, one has to pick oneself up, dust off, and keep on moving. Americans used to believe and embody that philosophy in the past, even when it wasn’t clear whether they’d be met with great success or great failure. “You can’t have it al...
Did Heteropessimism Kill the Rom-Com? April 06, 2023
Men are trash. Or at least, this is the consensus in places where single, educated, liberal, youngish women gather to lament the heterosexual state of affairs. Actually wanting to be loved by a man now represents an embarrassing shortcoming, and dati...
Why Bros Failed at the Box Office October 17, 2022
The new gay rom-com, Bros, has bombed at the box office. Director Nicholas Stoller and star Billy Eichner, in full Nietzschean ressentiment mode, are in little doubt about why the film flopped: homophobic weirdos refusing to go and see it. The indign...
