The Idea of You — and the idea of age gaps

Meanwhile, over the past few months, the Cut has twice gone viral with articles about age gaps. In December, it published a reported article by Lila Shapiro interviewing multiple couples with significant age gaps. In March came a personal essay by Grazie Sophia Christie about her relationship with her husband, who’s 10 years older. On social media,... See more

In her new memoir Consent , writer Jill Ciment revisits her celebrated memoir of 20 years ago, Half a Life , about her marriage to the man she met when she was 17 and he was her 47-year-old art professor.

“Should I refer to him in the language of today — sexual offender , transgressor , abuser of power ?” Ciment asks, referring to her late husband,... See more