The Victoria’s Secret fashion show, Sally Rooney and the Girls reboot

The Victoria’s Secret fashion show is back and seemingly more popular than ever, just years after it was dismissed as sexist and outdated. So how did we get here, and why are we suddenly celebrating a version of femininity we thought we’d left behind? Also this week: the newly-announced reboot of Lena Dunham’s Girls and whether it can capture the zeitgeist again, the controversy surrounding Sally Rooney’s book ban, plus reviews of Florence Pugh’s East of Eden adaptation and Ben Affleck’s new Netflix thriller.

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Recs/ reviews:

East of Eden, NetflixAnimals, NetflixJon Ronson on The Louis Theroux PodcastOffice Romance, Netflix The Sheep Detectives, Amazon PrimeSo, Girls is coming back for 5 fresh eps… Lena Dunham’s substackWho Exactly Is The Victoria’s Secret Show For? Otegha Uwagba for GraziaWhy terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK, Today in Focus .

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