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“If you can do lunch duty, you can preside over the Senate.” By Andrea González-Ramírez

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sex diaries The Talent Agent Flying to L.A. for a Younger Actor This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky
drama What’s Going On With Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni? People have begun to speculate that the It Ends With Us co-stars are feuding and Colleen Hoover has taken sides. By Olivia Craighead
2024 election Debunking the Idea That a Black Woman Can’t Win Political scientist Sanne van Oosten finds gender and race are less influential in voters’ views of candidates like Kamala Harris than people think. By Andrea González-Ramírez

how i got this baby The Mom Who Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant “A wave of pain hit me so badly that I catapulted up from the recliner, landing with my back arched like a cat ready to attack.” By Yolanda Wikiel
beauty Can a Supplement Supplant Your Sunscreen? We asked skin-cancer specialist Dr. Orit Markowitz about taking niacinamide as a preventative for non-melanoma skin cancer. By Valerie Monroe

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The Dermstore 25th-Anniversary Sale Is Here By Morgan Evans
The 18 Best Toners for Every Skin Type and Concern By Lauren Adhav and Kendall Becker
What to Wear for Summer Errands By Morgan Evans
The Best Bath Towels for Upgrading Your Shower Situation By Shanna Shipin and Bianca Nieves

fashion Chucks and Pearls Are So Back The widespread movement that paid homage to Kamala Harris’s signature style is gaining traction once again amid her presidential campaign. By Andrew Nguyen and Hanna Flanagan
beauty How to Make Sure Your Empty Beauty Products Get Recycled Three key tips to make sure they don’t end up in a landfill. By Jennifer G. Sullivan

style By Brooke LaMantia Big Year for Olympians Who Wear Glasses Athletes are proving you don’t need 20/20 vision to win gold.

merch Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Are Part of the ‘Femininomenon’ The campaign’s latest piece of merch is a direct nod to one of the fastest-growing Gen-Z pop stars. By Brooke LaMantia
teens Meet the Teen Boys Getting Perms So long, shaggy boy-band hair. Hello, alpaca mops. By Jennifer G. Sullivan
always shopping 29 Cute and Comfy Pajamas for All Kinds of Sleepers Whether you prefer a chemise or a button-down menswear situation. By Chinea Rodriguez

2024 election Does Trump Even Know What Mifepristone Is? He suggested he’s open to restricting abortion pills in a rambling press conference. By Andrea González-Ramírez
2024 election Kamala Harris Was Interrupted by Pro-Palestine Protesters “If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that,” she said to protesters chanting about genocide. By Tariro Mzezewa

health By Tariro Mzezewa The CDC Is Finally Taking IUD Pain Seriously New guidance urges doctors to talk with patients about their options before insertion.

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career ‘How Do I Announce My Pregnancy at Work?’ It’s okay if your plans aren’t set in stone yet. By Alison Green

2024 election How ‘Republicans Are Weird’ Caught Fire Two weeks ago, Tim Walz introduced the perfect political insult. Now everyone’s laughing at a GOP that can’t laugh at itself. By Claire Lampen

personal finance Are You Ready For a ‘Mini-Retirement’? Meet the 20-somethings trying to save up enough money to quit their jobs and travel the world. By Charlotte Cowles

career Well before the WNBA started breaking attendance and viewership records this season, sports journalist Arielle Chambers championed the league. “The WNBA is so important,” Chambers first wrote on Facebook in 2016. She continued to use the phrase when she saw players “do dope things in the community,” and it caught fire with fans. Here’s how she gets it done.

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advice ‘I Can’t Stand My Husband’s Gross, Messy Family’ No matter how weird they are, you should probably find a way to be present for their get-togethers. By Emily Gould
parenting Is Homeschooling Isolating Us Too Much? Relationships make up a lot of — sometimes most of — what happens in school. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

relationships By Shannon Keating Is Cheating Okay If You End Up With the Love of Your Life? A close examination of one of the dating world’s golden rules.

sex diaries The Talent Agent Flying to L.A. for a Younger Actor This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky

health When Your Kid’s Eating Disorder Is Mistaken for ‘Picky Eating’ At 6, Hannah was diagnosed with ARFID, an eating disorder rooted in fear and anxiety. To get her to try new foods, her mother started filming her. By Isabel Ling

esther calling ‘My Partner Wants Children, But I Don’t. Now What?’ This week’s “Esther Calling” caller is anxious about future and needs advice about how to discuss this openly with his partner. By Esther Perel

the bigger picture When she launched Girls Run NYC in 2014, Jessie Zapo wanted to make it easier for women of all abilities to run “in fellowship with others”: “Our goal was to create a space where it didn’t feel scary, and you weren’t going to get left behind in the dust.” Now Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group.

astrology This Mercury Retrograde Is Turning Up the Heat in August You know, in a meltdown sort of way. By Aliza Kelly
first person Looking for the Woman Who Made Us After a lifetime apart, my brothers and I went searching for our biological mother. Instead, we found a family we never could have imagined. By Casey Kahn

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culture Everybody in the Bar Plays Shaboozey The country musician’s verses have the potential to unite Americans of all stripes. By Suzy Exposito
encounter What Does It Take to Get a Rich Kid Into Kindergarten? Sophie Brickman’s novel is about the absurdity of New York’s private-school-admissions process. Much of it seems pulled directly from her own life. By Katie Arnold-Ratliff

books By Brooke LaMantia Your Smut Reading List Featuring monster love interests, classic tropes, and more. Enjoy!

culture Katy Perry Is Stuck in 2016 Which explains why the pop star’s album rollout has been so confusing. By Cat Zhang

the internet The Meatfluencers Who’ve Sworn Off Veggies “Carnivore diets” have cured them of skin, gut, and energy issues. But is it actually healthy, or are their followers falling for the rage clickbait? By Daisy Schofield

olympics 2024 A Guide to the Must-Watch Events at the 2024 Olympics You really need to tune in for surfing. By Olivia Craighead

scene report Ice Spice Celebrates the Bronx With Her Y2K Tour The Bronx rapper kicked off her Y2K tour in New York with hometown heroes Sheff G and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. By Shamira Ibrahim
drama What’s Going On With Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni? People have begun to speculate that the It Ends With Us co-stars are feuding and Colleen Hoover has taken sides. By Olivia Craighead
sports What We Know About the Man Who Died During a CrossFit Race The popular workout brand is facing accusations of negligence after a swimmer was found dead in a Texas lake. By Danielle Cohen

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health When a Mammogram Misses Breast Cancer Women with dense breasts can be blindsided by advanced diagnoses — even after years of negative screenings. By Dyan Neary
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
keep it moving The Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark Drama Is Only The Beginning Is this what “growing the game” looks like? What the media frenzy says about the WNBA now. By Emma Carmichael
olympics 2024 For 120 Million, 13 Reasons to Hope The Refugee Olympic Team wants more than just medals. At the Paris Games, the group’s female athletes hope to remind us of what refugees can achieve. By Claire Lampen
culture Move Over, Glen Powell The storm chaser behind the New York Metro Weather account is hotter than a heat wave. By Danya Issawi
chapters What My Clients Told Me About Their Wives My allegiance was forever shifting between the men I went to bed with and the women back at home. By Charlotte Shane
encounter Here’s a Refreshing Way to Think About Election Day Reproductive-justice pioneer Loretta Ross on not waiting for politicians to save you. By Andrea González-Ramírez
the body politic Why Not Kamala? A conversation with professor Brittney Cooper about dumping Joe Biden and making peace with the K-Hive. By Rebecca Traister
wait what is happening on tiktok? I Went Looking for a Man in Finance Are private-equity bros really having a moment? I went bar-hopping in search of blue-eyed, six-foot-five men with trust funds to ask them. By Joanna Rothkopf
dating I Changed My Race to White on Hinge And got better matches. Is the algorithm the problem, or the men? By Jamilah Lemieux
culture Katy Perry Is Stuck in 2016 Which explains why the pop star’s album rollout has been so confusing. By Cat Zhang
family ‘People Say, You Sold Your Baby’ How Utah became the most exploitative state in private adoption. By Gabrielle Glaser