Braids as tethers, visible face tape, hip-hop-inflected preppiness: Recent looks by the Grammy-nominated rapper have inspired fascination and at least one nail-art tribute.It wasn’t long after Natasha Shrestha, a seventh-grade history teacher in New York City, saw the cover for Doechii’s latest mixtape that she decided to claim ...
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After a year of dating, Adrian Burrus and Quinn Sames began considering marriage. But when the presidential election results were announced, getting married became a priority.It was a provocative sign about racism that Adrian James Burrus was carrying that first caught Quinn Dipboye Sames’s eye at a Black ...
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A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.I am in my pajamas, watching a Netflix documentary about space telescopes when I begin to think about my mother.“The iron in our blood and the calcium in our bones was literally ...
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Dean Withers argues online with right-wing stars like Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro. His goal? To reach their young, male followers.In a YouTube video that was uploaded about a month before the election, a young, blond man in baggy jeans and a graphic T-shirt sits alone at the ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaAlways TalkingWhen I was small, we lived above my father’s office in Bed-Stuy. My father said he would spot me and my mother out the window and wonder, “What could those two be talking about?” ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘My biggest advice is to protect your peace and trust your gut.’Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background ...
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This article was originally published on Dec. 24, 2022.The holidays are the ideal time to see friends and family, reflect on the year that’s passed and, of course, sit down and watch that beloved seasonal classic you’ve already watched 38 times before. But how well do you really ...
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A shoeless talk-show appearance leads a reader to contemplate the current rules around going barefoot in public, and our critic weighs in on naked feet in fashion and society.Is it really OK to go barefoot in public? I was shocked to see Angelina Jolie without shoes on “The ...
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The storybook holiday season in New York brings a certain coziness to Central Park, even as the landscape’s palette fades from autumnal reds, oranges and yellows to muted greens and browns. Stroll around and you are likely to spot telltale signs of wintertime in the city: couples bundled ...
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On a cold and snowy night in November 1978, the members of Randy Brooks’s country band, Young Country, found themselves stranded after a gig at the Hyatt Hotel on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. The brakes on their van were frozen. With nowhere to go, Mr. Brooks ...
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The Wallace Collection in London says a new exhibition is its first on horology.Five ornate 18th-century clocks attributed to André-Charles Boulle, the furniture maker to the glamorous court of Louis XIV of France, are usually scattered around the London mansion that is home to the Wallace Collection. But ...
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Santiago Calatrava designed Gübelin’s first watch in 20 years to celebrate the house’s anniversary as well as his friendship with its owners.Gübelin, a multifaceted Swiss brand that makes jewelry, sells watches from many brands and operates a gem analysis laboratory, had not produced a new watch model of ...
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Her pronouns changed. Our bond didn’t.Our story never failed to charm at cocktail parties. We were college sweethearts addicted to one another’s company, pen pals while abroad, intellectual soul mates who moved together from Montana to Manhattan, goofy newlyweds who never stopped rooting for each other.This is the ...
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