Preparing for a Post-‘Roe’ World; Inventing and Undoing ‘Adulting’; ‘Only Murders’ TV Exclusive

Plus: The End of the Age of the Aircraft Carrier? View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR May 5, 2022 ON THE BRINK The Fights to Come in a Post–Roe v. Wade World As the Supreme Court seems prepared to overturn the landmark ruling, reproductive-rights activists are gearing up for new battles. "The other side has had a long game," says one. "We need both a short- and long-term plan." By Eric Lutz Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. AT SEA Is This the End of the Age of the Aircraft Carrier? By Marc Wortman Ukraine's sinking of Russia's Moskva has military analysts rethinking the value of such $13 billion behemoths. Read More IN CONVERSATION She Invented Adulting. Her Life Fell Apart. She Wants You to Know That's Okay. By Delia Cai Best-selling author Kelly Williams Brown reflects on coining that now dreaded phrase, her 700 worst days, and the messy business of growing up. Read More EXTREME MEASURES “If you think conservatives will stop at merely refusing to allow pregnant people to obtain abortion care, you have very much underestimated them.” — Bess Levin on a proposal in Louisiana to classify abortion as homicide Read More ON SCREEN The Power of Abortion in Film By Lisa Wong Macabasco "Not being able to get the abortion you want is a horror experience," says researcher Steph Herold, voicing a viewpoint at the center of the harrowing new film Happening. Read More EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK Only Murders in the Building's Mysterious, Meta Second Season Hulu's breakout mystery-comedy is back. Vanity Fair has your exclusive on what's next for the Arconia trio, new characters played by Amy Schumer and Shirley MacLaine, and much more. By David Canfield Read More ICYMI Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch, Part 1 By Evgenia Peretz For years, a Grey's Anatomy writer told her personal traumas in online essays, and wove those details into the show's plots—until a surprising email accused her of making it all up. Part two of this story goes inside how Elisabeth Finch twisted her wife Jennifer Beyer's traumatic past into her own false narrative. Read More This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.