“The new kind of AI skincare ad is a subgenre in a rampant category that I have come to think of as ‘Purification Slop.’ ”

“Whatever else it is (frequently delightful, well crafted, et cetera), West End Girl strikes me as a rather neat, crowd-pleasing, bias-confirming presentation of nonmonogamy that casts male extramarital libido as the bad guy and Allen as the victim who just wants to be allowed to go about the business of being a good wife.”

“Marriage might be the ideal place to process a bad sexual encounter with someone else.”