Strippers Find Community on TikTok

Teauryajya DuBenion, 29, started her stripping career in Los Angeles with the encouragement of some friends. “In Los Angeles, everyone is a stripper. Your local nurse is a stripper, teacher is a stripper, babysitter is a stripper, your dog walker is a stripper,” she said. “I was tired of skipping meals.” Now, over two years…

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Citing new data, Pfizer outlined a case for booster shots, but there’s a debate over whether they’re needed.

Pfizer reported on Wednesday that the power of its two-dose Covid vaccine wanes slightly over time, but nonetheless offers lasting and robust protection against serious disease. The company suggested that a third shot could improve immunity, but whether boosters will be widely needed is far from settled, the subject of heated debate among scientists. So…

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The Imaginary Summer

Welcome. It’s difficult to believe that another month is coming to a close, the summer seeping into its back half again. Summer is always freighted with a certain amount of expectation, with the burden of its own clichés: Now is when you’ll dispense of your cares, when you’ll frolic outdoors, perhaps take a vacation. The…

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