Performers like Dua Lipa and Rosalía are peppering their tours with dance moves and gestures that can seem specifically engineered to go viral. In some cases, they are.By the time Dua Lipa announced that there would be a Latin American leg of her “Future Nostalgia” tour, Will Laura ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Forever IntertwinedMy first friends were my cousins and siblings. After eating early family dinners, we spent many Sunday evenings sprawled across our grandparents’ bed. We lay sated, entranced by the television, our limbs crossing limbs, our ...
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In this digital age, a handwritten note may seem like a relic. But etiquette experts say they can be more powerful than ever.These days, checking your mailbox can be a disheartening experience. You shuffle past catalogs and bills, riffling through political fliers and advertising postcards addressed to “Resident.” ...
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Maggie Doherty attended a lot of weddings as an entertainer. So when she married Josh Zager, there was no doubt what the focus would be.When Margaret Allison Doherty and Joshua Michael Zager were married on Oct. 9 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., there was a reason Ms. Doherty’s mother, ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. — It was her last time as an election night anchor, but Judy Woodruff was not in the mood to talk about how she was feeling. With Congress hanging in the balance and election denialism in the air, she was too busy, too focused on the ...
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My wife has kicked me out five times. Another time I left on my own. Why are we still together?Alone one evening in early spring, seated on a green park bench beside the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass., I waited for Deb. The sun was setting and the ...
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As excitement peaked over a record-breaking Powerball, TikTok creators cashed in by offering financial advice.Unless you are the person (or people) who bought Tuesday’s winning Powerball ticket in Los Angeles County, stop reading. This article is not for you. If you don’t have in your possession a Powerball ...
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Blackbird Spyplane, a popular but niche “dude-leaning” newsletter, introduces Concorde, a new endeavor aimed at women.Blackbird Spyplane is a newsletter written for enthusiasts: rabbit-hole shoppers who stockpile extremely specific saved searches on eBay as if it’s a competitive sport. There is nothing chill or low-key about it, other ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music‘In our cozy bed, my disability disappears behind nuzzles and entwined legs. We have a connection strong enough to convince me that there is still a world outside of my discomfort and twisted vision.’Brian ReaAri Diaconis ...
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A reader wonders if his online-only relationship with a woman who lives abroad is complicating his search for a partner in morning-breath range.I met a woman online a few months ago. We exchanged numbers and have texted nearly every day since. (She lives in Spain; I live here ...
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Noah Beck’s first TikTok post was a flop.In January 2020, while home in Arizona during winter break from the University of Portland, his sister, Tatum, introduced him to TikTok. “She had, like, 8,000 followers, and I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a lot.’” Mr. Beck said. “I was the annoying ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Across the AisleLaura and I spent the fall of 1960 bantering about the upcoming presidential election. Both freshman at Texas Lutheran College, we discovered that we shared an interest in politics, though from opposite sides. As ...
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The CFDA awards recognize a diverse slate of designers amid further calls for change.The night before the midterm elections the winds of change were blowing through the halls of Casa Cipriani on South Street at the tip of Manhattan, whooshing over the step-and-repeat of celebrity entrances at the ...
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