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It's giving 2023

A look back at the moments and stories that shaped the year in the US

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    ‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival

    A new film on the doctor is weak on the facts. But it marks a year in which we’ve turned to his theories to comprehend suffering – and to get treatment
  • illustration of hand holding tomato and tomatoes thrown at standup comic

    ‘Lying for the laugh’: should comedians tell us the truth?

    The controversy over Hasan Minhaj’s onstage storytelling was a sign of the shifting demands placed on standup comics
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    Brawny billionaires, pumped-up politicians: why powerful men are challenging each other to fights

    Musk and Zuck challenged each other to a fight; the former House speaker allegedly shoved a colleague. It was a bumper year for male insecurity
  • Donald Trump court sketch

    Tough mouths, tears and ‘accordion hands’: a courtroom sketch artist’s banner year

    Elizabeth Williams has been sketching since the 1980s – but with Trump, De Niro, Sheeran and Trump again, nothing quite compares to 2023
  • FILE PHOTO: Students walk out to protest DeSantis's education policies in Florida<br>FILE PHOTO: Students stage a walk out from Hillsborough High School to protest after Florida education officials voted to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades, expanding on a law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that barred such lessons for younger students and was derided by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill in Tampa, Florida, U.S., April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

    ‘I’ve been called groomer, pervert, creep’: teachers and banned authors on fighting this year’s ‘ed scare’

    Facing book bans and laws like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ measure, educators describe threats against them – and what keeps them going
  • A gallery view of Women Dressing Women.

    Women Dressing Women review: it felt like a screening of the Barbie movie

    Metropolitan Museum of Art’s survey of more than 70 female designers celebrates overlooked brilliance. It is long overdue – but still won me over
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    Marvel, crypto, Tucker Carlson: eight of 2023’s most spectacular downfalls

    Experts on tech, politics and culture weigh in on the year the hype faded and what could come next
  • illustration of man sitting in a bin with a frowny face, in a broken ring next to another ring that is intact with a diamond

    This year, women said ‘enough’ to modern marriage

    The institution has progressed from its earliest, brutal form. But Marriage 3.0 still hands men the lion’s share of benefits
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