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What Do I Owe My Sister?

Online, going “no contact” with family members is often seen as liberating, empowering. If only I felt that way. podcast By Elizabeth Weil

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Hunter Schafer Says She Was Misgendered on Her Passport
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Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson Ross, In Conversation

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The 9 Best Drugstore Cleansers for All Skin Types

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The 9 Best Drugstore Cleansers for All Skin Types By Chinea Rodriguez
17 Best Eyelash Curlers for Swoopy, Lifted Lashes By Morgan Evans
I Found the Best Strapless Bras for Big Boobs By Asia Milia Ware
These Setting Powders Will Make You Look Airbrushed IRL By Hanna Flanagan

how to use it How to Use Shark’s New Cryo Mask The skin-care device promises brighter, smoother skin. By Chinea Rodriguez
beauty How Do I Prevent Botox Immunity? Botox resistance is still rare, but as more people are treated (in more spots on their faces and bodies), that could be changing. Experts explain. By Jennifer G. Sullivan

beauty By Asia Milia Ware It’s Time for Sephora Kids to Put Down the Retinol A newly proposed California bill may ban them from purchasing it.

spring fashion What Your Status Home Décor Says About You Dress your house for the life you want. By Erin Schwartz
the traitors Her Hat Is So Big Because It’s Full of Secrets The Traitors is the one show where you can cosplay as a bobblehead to do some backstabbing. By Danya Issawi
sleep week 15 Creams That’ll Repair Your Skin Overnight Wake up with the best skin. By Asia Milia Ware

power The Memeification of Deportation The casual cruelty of the White House’s social-media posts is no accident. By Andrea González-Ramírez
politics Trump’s IVF Executive Order Is a Glorified Press Release It doesn’t do much of anything, let alone lower costs or compel insurance coverage. By Andrea González-Ramírez

power By Andrea González-Ramírez What We Know About the Murder of Sam Nordquist Police say they have no evidence the “horrific” torture and killing of the 24-year-old trans man was a hate crime.

Life After Roe

career ‘Can I Apply for a Job Internally Without My Boss Knowing?’ Don’t hold yourself back just out of fear of how your manager might take the news. By Alison Green

trans rights ‘It Shouldn’t Be Happening Here’ Parents of trans children in NYC are outraged as hospitals quietly shift their approach to gender-affirming care. By Anya Kamenetz

personal finance Should I Be Worried About My Student Loans? Your questions about the SAVE plan and potential chaos at the Department of Education, answered. By Charlotte Cowles

career When Olympic runner Alysia Montaño was eight months pregnant in 2014, she won the 800-meter USA Nationals race, generating an overdue conversation around equality and respect for pregnant athletes. Today, she’s the founder, president, and CEO of &Mother (soon to be For All Mothers), a nonprofit dedicated to breaking barriers moms face in the workplace.

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how i got this baby The Mom Who Gave Birth While Incarcerated “I gave my daughter a kiss and handed her back to the nurse. And then all of a sudden, I was being taken to a different prison.” By Stephanie Booth
first person I Opened My Marriage. Maybe I Should Have Tried an Affair. When an engaged friend told me she had a boyfriend, I thought, I want that, too. By Haley Mlotek

first person By Emily Gould How I Quit Having a Grudge Against Lena Dunham After we got into a spat on Twitter, I nursed my wounded pride for a decade.

sex diaries The Woman Who’s Not Sure If Her New Friends Are Swingers In this week’s story, a woman wonders if the couple she and her boyfriend meet on vacation are hitting on them or just really friendly. By Alyssa Shelasky

advice ‘How Do I Stop Dating Men Who Are Bad for Me?’ You need to vent to a roomful of strangers. I know just the place. By Emily Gould

astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: Feb. 16–22 With the sun entering Pisces, compassion takes center stage. For now, make a point of prioritizing other people. By Claire Comstock-Gay

keep it moving If your only encounter with roller derby is Drew Barrymore’s movie Whip It, you should know that the Gotham Roller Derby skaters are serious about their sport. “The only difference between me and a professional athlete is that I’m not getting paid — in another world, this would be our full-time job,” says Molly Reitman (roller-derby name: Goddamn Goddamn).

fitness I Don’t Want to See Men in My Solidcore Class A small but vocal faction of the boutique fitness cult wants to keep it girls-only. By Bindu Bansinath
crime Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter? For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along. By Lauren Smiley

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spring fashion Which Celebrity Book Club Could (Actually) Change Your Life? We asked 15 authors and industry insiders what these clubs can really do for a book. By Emily Gould
culture In Gabby Windey We Trust How reality TV’s Renaissance woman went from Bachelor Nation to stealing hearts on The Traitors. By Katie Heaney

culture By Allie Jones Love Is Blind Has a Small-Town Problem Can the concept work if everyone already kinda sorta knows each other?

books The Onyx Storm Ending, Explained: All the Leading Theories Confused about Violet’s second signet, Xaden’s plan, and who turned venin? Here are answers to all your questions about Rebecca Yarros’s latest book. By Margaret Hartmann

culture The White Lotus’s Sinister Take on Southern Style Is The White Lotus about to unveil the show’s weirdest family dynamic yet? By Brooke LaMantia

fragrance What Does a Movie Smell Like? The Nosferatu perfume is just the start of an avalanche of film-based fragrance collaborations. By Cat Zhang

celebrity Harris Dickinson Is the New King of Chicken Shop Date Apologies to Andrew Garfield. By Olivia Craighead
spring fashion Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson Ross, In Conversation After “the deepest heartbreak of my life,” Jessica Simpson is back with new music — and ready to spill with her sister for our Family Album series. By the Cut
hbd Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are Having a Great Week The couple celebrated Rihanna’s birthday a few days after Rocky was acquitted. By Emily Leibert

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fertility Embryos Out of Reach When a Nashville fertility clinic abruptly closed its doors in April, patients demanded answers. Months later, they’re still waiting. By Rae Nudson
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
power Seeking Asylum. Pregnant. Terrified. Nothing but danger awaits my child in Honduras. Without birthright citizenship, that may be exactly where my baby is headed. By Pilar Melendez
abortion Why Were There Fetuses in Her Refrigerator? How a radical abortion opponent ended up dumpster-diving for remains. By Sofia Resnick
encounter Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Right Where She Belongs The southern-raised Nickel Boys actor has carved out her own Hollywood niche. By Morgan Jerkins
fall fashion Anora Star Mikey Madison Is Having a Fairy-Tale Year After giving up competitive horseback riding to pursue acting, the rising star earned an Oscar nomination for her Anora role as a determined stripper. By Ruth Madievsky
first person The Crisis That Gave Me My Brother Back In caring for our sick father, we found our way back to each other. By Molly Rosen
culture Tramell Tillman Is in Bloom The Severance actor is gearing up for a big year — but he always makes time to stop and smell the flowers. By Katja Vujić
culture Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” Transcends Language Even the non-Spanish speakers are feeling emotional when listening to “DtMF.” By Cat Zhang
first person To Care for My Family, I Thought I Had to Hide My Abuse I wanted to believe my children’s father wouldn’t hurt us. I wanted to prove I’d care for him no matter what. By Moa Short
family Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son? Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last. By Caitlin Moscatello