The Global Accent Cartel: How Alec Baldwin’s Wife Convinced the World She Was Spanish—And What It Says About All of Us
From Madrid to Manila, the phrase “Alec Baldwin’s wife” has become a universal shorthand for a very modern form of global rubber-necking. Hilaria Baldwin—née Hillary Hayward-Thomas of Boston—has managed, without holding elected office, firing a missile, or releasing a K-Pop single, to spark simultaneous outrage on four continents. It’s a remarkable feat for someone whose…