2023 was Taylor’s Version, but it’s bigger than that, writes CNN Opinion’s Jane Greenway Carr in a look back at 2023 in cultural commentary: Barbenheimer, Beyoncé, Simone Biles and Damar Hamlin, AI, Ozempic, the power of fantasy, the happiness trap and more.
Mary Gabriel, the author of “Madonna: A Rebel Heart”, writes that, at a time when LGBTQ rights are under threat globally, Madonna has produced a concert that not only embraces and reassures the gay and trans community, but introduces audiences to the world as she sees it.