The costume designer and wardrobe stylist Zerina Akers does not want people to think that her life is picture-perfect, even if she spends her time making sure that her clients are. “I want to dispel the thought that it is glamorous,” she said of her days, which often ...
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As more states legalize recreational cannabis, Wrigley and others are suing over look-alike THC treats. They’re protecting their brands — and also, they argue, your kids.At first glance, the Skittles package appears to be just like the one sold in the candy aisle of a supermarket: It has ...
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SPF, summer reading, and to-go cocktails.Welcome. It’s getting to be last-day-of-school sunny and warm here in the Northeastern United States. We’re on the verge of summer again. Last May, a return to normal life felt almost impossible to ponder. This year, while we still have many questions about ...
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Here is a place that your family can now leave feeling more (gasp!) enlightened than when they arrived — provided they keep their distance from the casinos.A decade ago, after a rained-out Thanksgiving desert camping trip with our five kids, my wife, Kristin, and I headed to the ...
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Neither Amanda Lauren nor Adam Mann, both models with significant Instagram followers, were actually looking to date when they joined Hinge. But then he saw her profile.Not everybody who signs up for dating sites is looking to date. Amanda Lauren, a Playboy and Maxim model, joined Hinge in ...
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She intended to win the game of spades, but she won over her opponent instead.On the last day of Raquel Smith’s freshman year of high school, in 2006, she found herself on a card team opposing Gavin Hall and his partner in a game of spades. They were ...
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Every three hours, every day, for the past seven and a half years, an anxious, spirited Twitter bot has transmitted a short message of perseverance and hope into the universe.“The Space Jam website is still online,” it tweets. Or: “Hooray! Space Jam is still online!”To date, the bot, ...
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A young woman with a prosthetic leg hopes to make the world a more empathetic place. If only she didn’t have to do it on first dates.Rob and I had been talking on Bumble for about a month. We matched while he was apartment hunting in New York ...
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A company is encouraging workers to share pictures of their vaccination cards in exchange for gift cards. One reader is feeling wary.The large company I work for has offices throughout the United States. After Covid vaccines became available, a companywide email went out encouraging employees to send in ...
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8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the CultureFrom music to movies, canceled podcasts to toppled monuments, our writers take stock of the culture we shared in the year after George Floyd’s murder.Richard A. ChanceBlack Squares, Mass-Produced
by Amanda Hess
The ‘Reply All’ Meltdown
by Reggie Ugwu
Racism Became the Genre
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Growing up, Sade’s music had always given Emily Shakeshaft a feeling of comfort. Years later, when she met the recording artist’s son, Izaak Adu-Watts, their connection felt familiar.The soundtrack of Emily Margaret Shakeshaft’s childhood became a means of comfort and grounding as she grew older. One of the ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher“After touring the place, my grandmother seemed reluctant to leave. Finally, she bent down and said, ‘I am going home, but you are staying here.’”Brian ReaKacey Vu Shap had no desire to return to the Vietnamese orphanage of his ...
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Finding a new balance between solitude and socializing.Welcome. “Sinead O’Connor is alone, which is how she prefers to be.” So begins Amanda Hess’s profile of the musician most famous for her 1990 version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” and for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul ...
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From the Met Gala roster to your lunchtime salad bowl, the tennis champion is suddenly ubiquitous.LOS ANGELES — In today’s world of celebrity branding, captions speak louder than words. But Naomi Osaka’s are decidedly understated.“Keep on keeping on,” the 23-year-old tennis champion posted on Instagram under two on-court ...
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