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The grave sites also include features that suggest a strong emphasis on monogamy and the nuclear family.
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
Stories about women living together are proliferating—and offering alternative visions to the nuclear family, Lily Meyer writes.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
In both Evil Dead Rise and The Mummy, Cronin displays a curiosity for using these tropes to display the rot at the heart of the nuclear family unit.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
The nuclear family was Black, apparently at the insistence of the show’s young star.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2026
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
Stories about women living together are proliferating—and offering alternative visions to the nuclear family, Lily Meyer writes.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
In both Evil Dead Rise and The Mummy, Cronin displays a curiosity for using these tropes to display the rot at the heart of the nuclear family unit.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
The nuclear family was Black, apparently at the insistence of the show’s young star.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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