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Child's play: Saved — and damned — when mature vamps Louis (Brad Pitt) and Lestat (Tom Cruise) give her a transfusion, Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) becomes part of a perverse nuclear family.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024
The state privileges traditional nuclear families in which the father is the breadwinner and the mother is in charge of domestic activities and childrearing.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
The book rallied against prevailing beliefs about ‘traditional’ nuclear families and that women would find the most fulfilment staying in the household, performing domestic duties and caring for children.
—Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2024
The sudden absence of her nuclear family none-heless forces Suzie to seek help, whether from her mother-in-law, Noriko (Judy Ongg), or her new friend Mixxy (musical comedian annie the clumsy), a bartender who offers to assist Suzie’s investigation into her family’s fate.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 July 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024
The state privileges traditional nuclear families in which the father is the breadwinner and the mother is in charge of domestic activities and childrearing.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
The book rallied against prevailing beliefs about ‘traditional’ nuclear families and that women would find the most fulfilment staying in the household, performing domestic duties and caring for children.
—Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2024
The sudden absence of her nuclear family none-heless forces Suzie to seek help, whether from her mother-in-law, Noriko (Judy Ongg), or her new friend Mixxy (musical comedian annie the clumsy), a bartender who offers to assist Suzie’s investigation into her family’s fate.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 July 2024
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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