If you were to ask me how I was doing, say, two years ago, I would’ve offered up some variation of: “I’m good!” And I was! I had just landed a fancy job at a glossy magazine in New York; I had a tight-knit group of close girlfriends; my Instagram […]
This story contains discussion of sexual violence. Please proceed with care. The 2019 release of explosive documentary Surviving R. Kelly played an important role in the legal pursuit of the R&B singer, highlighting a laundry list of truly disturbing allegations of sexual violence that spanned the course of decades. Today, […]
When 35-year-old part-time recruiter Sarah Hatton informed her parents that she was having a third child, the text message conversation went quiet. She knew they might be a bit taken aback but the reply, four hours later – “You’re going to have your hands full” – left her feeling nervous. […]
I’ll never forget the first time I tried retinol. It was three years ago during summer, right before an important work trip. I lathered on the long-loved anti-ager before bed, eagerly awaiting the transformative results, then scrimped on SPF the following day and arrived in France with one of the […]
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off on Friday with the traditionally over-the-top opening ceremony. And as SNL’s Stefon would say, it had everything: Tennis phenom Naomi Osaka lighting the Olympic cauldron to begin the Games, John Legend and Keith Urban joining a group of international singers to […]
Last Friday marked the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic Games to have been rescheduled — and the first to happen amid a pandemic. While the fact that the Games were able to happen at all could be seen as a cause for celebration, there’s actually an […]
The plates are lovely: They’re ceramic and adorned with rough, blue brushstrokes and dotted with yellow stars. But it isn’t their aesthetic appeal that I like so much, it’s what they mean. They were our Hanukkah plates when I was young; my mother passed them off to me when I […]
Year in, year out, Sundance Film Festival remains a steadfast celebration of independent filmmaking, platforming only the most mind-bending, eye-opening storytellers. And for 2021, it’s clear to see the festival coming on leaps and bounds for diversity and progress, with over half of the films in the lineup helmed by […]
Megan Fox is known for telling it like it is, and in a new interview she has spoken candidly about the incident which compelled her to give up alcohol. During an interview with Who What Wear, the actress revealed that her watershed moment came at the Golden Globe Awards in […]
There’s something fascinating about baby names even if you aren’t thinking of starting a family. They’re a reflection of pop culture trends – which is why Bridgerton and cottagecore-inspired names are having a moment – and they also signpost our hopes and aspirations for the future. Inevitably, as some baby […]
