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Magazine
Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of…
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Politics
‘The Idol’ and Our Backlash Times
During the Trump presidency, one of the strongest currents in our culture was the struggle for social justice, from #MeToo…
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World
Armed Guard Is Charged With Raping a Migrant at a Federal Building
The guard, Jimmy Solano-Arias, forced a migrant, who was waiting to file an asylum application, to perform oral sex on…
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Food
Is ‘The Idol’ as Sleazy as HBO Says?
At Cannes, the sex-filled show is drawing plenty of controversy. That just means “we’re about to have the biggest show…
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Politics
Amending the Constitution Is Still Possible. Start With the E.R.A.
Last week, the Senate held a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment — the latest development in a century-long effort…
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Politics
How Gay Men Saved Us From Mpox
For weeks, the same awkward scene played out again and again in sexually transmitted infection clinics across the United States.…
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Magazine
Perfumes for Primal Urges
A whiff of strawberry sweetness hits you as soon as you walk into “The Pink Bedroom,” an exhibit at the…
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Politics
Dan Savage on Where the Sexual Revolution Went Wrong
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Even if you don’t recognize the advice columnist Dan Savage by name, it’s possible…
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Magazine
Reading Erotica Anywhere and Everywhere
Almost everything was as usual at the Sbarro in Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan on Saturday night — the rumble of…
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World
Chinese Court Sentences Canadian Singer to Prison for Rape
Kris Wu, a Canadian Chinese pop singer who was once one of China’s most popular entertainers, was found guilty of…
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