Gender Letter helps you keep up with the world, and the women shaping it. Tell me what you think at dearmaya@nytimes.com. “When a woman is emotional, she’s ‘hysterical’ and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same, he’s ‘outspoken’ and there are no repercussions.” That was the message the tennis great Billie Jean…
Amid the uproar surrounding Serena Williams’s U.S. Open defeat and the clamor of the primary elections, the shows in New York this season were calibrated to cut through the city’s noise — with more noise. Prabal Gurung’s collection was heavy on suits in divergent vertical halves, wearable schisms in kaleidoscopic colors. Eckhaus Latta’s show —…
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Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliate BGC Partners held their annual Charity Day on Sept 11. to commemorate those who died in the 2001 attacks; all of the day’s proceeds are donated to charity. This year’s participants included Bill Clinton and Saquon Barkley, left.
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William noted that many had great acidity, which gave them freshness, and he felt that many of the wines were enjoyable with food, or on their own. Our top bottle was the 2016 Hacienda Secoya from Ceritas, which is better know for its wines from the Sonoma Coast and Santa Cruz Mountains. The husband-and-wife proprietors,…