Jennifer Wilson

So, for instance, Hello Prenup has something called an equalization clause.

So if you are a woman who's left the workforce to raise small children, you can assign, for instance, a dollar amount in the prenup that says, for every year I stayed home with the children, I would be awarded this much money or a greater percentage of the assets.

New York law is already supposed to consider those things.

That's what equitable distribution means.

And so I am sympathetic, even though I don't think I would get a prenup, I'm sympathetic to people who do because I do think it's an expression of anxiety.

It's an expression of, you know, fear that the social contract is just frayed, that policy, that, you know, public policy, but also corporate policies are just not where they need to be.

And so they're kind of like a privatized solution to this problem.

Of course.

I mean, so millennials, you know, we tell these jokes about avocado toast, but, you know, we are, we came of age in the Great Recession.

And, you know, there's a lot of anxiety about the future.

So who wouldn't want to try to have some modicum of control over what's going to happen in

Thank you for having me.

Jennifer Wilson is a critic at The New Yorker, but one with a very wide purview. She'll write about digital breakups or finding an apartment, as well as her latest obsession in the world of literature, which at the moment is a new book by Katie Kitamura.

Jennifer Wilson is a critic at The New Yorker, but one with a very wide purview. She'll write about digital breakups or finding an apartment, as well as her latest obsession in the world of literature, which at the moment is a new book by Katie Kitamura.

Jennifer Wilson is a critic at The New Yorker, but one with a very wide purview. She'll write about digital breakups or finding an apartment, as well as her latest obsession in the world of literature, which at the moment is a new book by Katie Kitamura.

The New Yorker's Jennifer Wilson spoke with Katie Kitamura about Audition, which comes out this week.

The New Yorker's Jennifer Wilson spoke with Katie Kitamura about Audition, which comes out this week.

The New Yorker's Jennifer Wilson spoke with Katie Kitamura about Audition, which comes out this week.

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