用法学习: 1. vainglorious [veɪnˈɡlɔːriəs] If you describe someone as vainglorious, you are critical of them because they are very proud of what they have done and boast a lot about it. showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements: In Britain he is regarded as a vainglorious fool.
David and Victoria Beckham family drama pulls in a generation unafraid to go 'no contact': For a few hours this week, it felt like the world and all its horrors stopped with one subject taking over the internet: Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. People feasted on every morsel ( morsel [ˈmɔː.səl] 一小片的 I. a very small piece of food. A morsel is a very small amount of something, especially a very small piece of food. ...a delicious little morsel of meat. a morsel of cheese. The prisoners ate every last morsel. II. a very small piece or amount: a morsel of good news. ) after the eldest child of David and Victoria Beckham dropped six slides on his Instagram Stories accusing his famous parents of planting stories in the media about him, portraying "inauthentic relationships" on social media and trying to ruin his wedding to his wife, Nicola Peltz. Peltz Beckham launched his broadside with a statement of purpose: "I do not want to reconcile with my family." With that, though he didn't use the term himself, Peltz Beckham entered the fervent discourse shaking Gen Z and their Gen X and Boomer parents: going "no contact," or dropping those family members deemed too toxic and incapable of change. In private conversations and very publicly on TikTok, the idea of going "no contact" is debated from all sides. On the one hand are those who choose to drop relationships — often hailed by their peers for choosing themselves over whatever situation led to the fissure. On the other are the parents who have been banished 驱逐 by their children, some expressing confusion, and others finding their own influencer lane in telling their side of the story. Karl Pillemer, a professor of human development at Cornell told CNN that though there is a heightened awareness about adult children going no contact, thanks in part to social media, there is no actual hard data to show that there has been an increase. What he now sees at play is that younger people, including Gen Z, are receiving more support on social media when they decide to break with their families, even as their parents struggle to understand the language their kids are using to express why it's happening, like "gaslighting" and "narcissistic parenting." There's this kind of disconnect between what some young people seem to expect from the parent-child relationship that is very different from their parents' understanding of what they were doing. Another part of the draw to the Beckham scandal is the behind the scenes glance it gives into a powerhouse celebrity family. From the love-at-first-sight moment footballer David Beckham met then-Spice Girls singer Victoria Adams during a 1997 soccer game, the couple seemed to be living a fairytale. Their firstborn was an integral part of their love story. He’s been a barista, a model, a photographer and an aspiring chef complete with his own line of hot sauces. The celebrity progeny appeared to be seeking out his place in a world that had been aware of him since birth. As he grew older, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham seemed to work hard at finding his niche. The Beckham family feud previously lived only in the pages of tabloids and on social media, where there were tales 传说 of tension between the Beckhams and their eldest progeny and his wife. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham revealed how far from perfect by posting this week with a slew of accusations against his family. It was a direct move from a young man who many believe has had a soft life since the very beginning.
