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Betty Gilpin has what perhaps could be called character dysmorphia: the feeling that, as an actress, her body isn’t right for the roles she wants to play. That’s not exactly a groundbreaking notion in Hollywood; actresses have complained for decades about looks-based typecasting and its correlation to the glut of two-dimensional women onscreen. But Gilpin—the
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PORTRAIT BY J. Waite / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since
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Spoilers for all of The Handmaid’s Tale below. If you’re desperate for answers after the season 4 finale of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, don’t fret: a fifth installment has already been confirmed. The cast, led by Elisabeth Moss, starred in an Instagram video to announced the good news in December 2020—a full five months before
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In November 2020, musician Mickey Guyton went down in history as the first Black woman to earn a Grammy nomination in a country category for her hit single, “Black Like Me.” She released the song, which she then performed at the awards show, as a way to help people heal from and process the murder
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