The Complexities of Tara Reade’s Allegation; the Final Word on Flynn; and More

[Listen to Rhiannon Giddens’s Socially Distanced Tribute to Bill Withers]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks May 08, 2020 [Confronting the Complex Discomfort of Tara Reade’s Joe Biden Allegation]( [Over and over again—with John Edwards, with Bill Clinton—Jennifer Palmieri has watched firsthand as women, herself included, have been forced to answer for the actions of men. It’s a dynamic that makes her uneasy. But, she writes, it doesn’t mean the allegation against Joe Biden is true.]( [READ MORE »]( [A First Look at Charlize Theron’s Immortal Warrior in The Old Guard]( [The Fury Road actor plays a fighter with more than one life to give in the graphic novel adaptation.]( [READ MORE »]( [Mother’s Day Gifts Inspired by TV’s Most Fascinating Moms]( [An updated red lip for Moira Rose, a pearl necklace for Betty Friedan, and more.]( [READ MORE »]( [Could a Judge Override Barr in the Flynn Affair?]( [Dropping the charges against Trump’s former national security adviser involved a shocking rewriting of history—but Judge Emmet Sullivan, who convicted him, still has a card to play.]( [READ MORE »]( [Review: The Eddy Captures a Life in Jazz]( [Netflix’s hyper-intimate limited series with André Holland and Amandla Stenberg is a joy, even when the story meanders.]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Clinton and Women]( [President Clinton’s sordid entanglements with Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, and Monica Lewinsky drew barely a squeak of protest from the powerful writers, lawyers, activists, politicians, and academics who call themselves feminists. As they struggled with fresh allegations from Kathleen Willey, Marjorie Williams revealed some ugly truths about the women’s movement and the then commander in chief.]( [READ MORE »]( [][Vanity Fair]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( 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 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.