The Ariana Grande discourse, ACOTAR and Nicole Kidman’s Vogue backlash

Ariana Grande’s tour has been getting rave reviews, but the increasingly feverish discussion around her weight has us asking whether it’s more harmful to comment or stay silent, and what this and the tragic case of Jason Arday tell us about how journalists can lose sight of the real people behind headlines. Also this week: romantasy fans rejoice as Sarah J Maas reveals the covers, titles and blurbs for ACOTAR 6 and 7, Nicole Kidman faces backlash for looking “unrecognisable” on the cover of Vogue and the passing of actor Hayden Panettiere.

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Recs/reviews

• DTF St Louis, HBO Max  
• The A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Sarah J Maas 
• The Last House, Netflix 
• The Invite
• Camp Miasma
• How do you assign a star rating to Ariana Grande? Ellie’s Substack
• When the Snowflakes Pretend They Played No Part in the Avalanche, Conquest of the Useless Substack
• “Where Am I Going? And What’s Next?”: Nicole Kidman Is Keeping Her Heart Open, Vogue
• We call her Emma podcast
• This Is Me: A Reckoning, Hayden Panettiere

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