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The screen heroines of 2020 wound up meeting their moment in unexpected and diabolically cathartic ways.

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The honesty right now?

God, its brutal out here.

Again, as Hornaday noted, a lot of the art being released now was conceived and created pre-pandemic.

She latertweeted, I feel another op-ed about to rage through my body.

Last weekend, the New YorkTimespublished an essayby Tamblyn with the headline Britney Spearss Raw Anger, and Mine.

You took my childhood.

You took my choices.

You tried to break me, she says.

But youre never going to do that to anybody ever again.

You know, fake it til you make it?

But now I am telling you the truth, okay.

Im so angry its insane.

(FYI:The Linda Lindas will notshhhfor you.)

You cant do it.

On television, the Mad Girl Summer energy has been running extra-rampant.

On Apple TV+, Rose Byrne viciously attempts to aerobicize her way out of a stifling home life inPhysical.

Why shit only happen to me?

Biles feels like she has a responsibility to honestly stand up and speak out.

Williams said after two queries related to her age Williams commended Roger Federer for his sense of humor.

Youre funny, too, responded tennis legend and ESPN commentator Chris Evert.

Youre on fire today, added analyst Darren Cahill.

Williams responded with a laugh.

Because I just dont care anymore.

Im telling the truth, and if you cant take it, then Im fine with that too.

Ive done a thousand interviews and just the truth comes out now.

A lot of women had it before, and theyvereallyhad it now.

And even when it stops being hot outside, theyre not going away.