Every Woman Can Benefit From This Pelvic Floor Workout
It’s time to show these overlooked muscles more love.
A Relationship That Moved Like a Rolling Stone
In May 2022, Kevin Patrick Gleeson upended his life. He was in the process of dissolving his marriage with his second wife, had retired, left Woodside, Queens, where he had lived for the majority of his life, and relocated to Macon, Ga. He had no idea that love would uproot him once more a few…
Waffles, Gentle Slopes and Cloudberries Everywhere: Skiing in Sälen, Sweden
Negative 24 degrees Celsius is not as bad as it sounds. That’s what I tell my children when we board a wooden sled attached to a snowmobile and wrap ourselves in reindeer skins. It’s actually only negative 11 Fahrenheit! If my kids hear me, they give no indication. They’re buried in layers of long underwear,…
Streetwear and Style Trends From New York Fashion Week
For much of New York Fashion Week, temperatures hovered on the warmer side of cool. The crowds, in turn, ditched the dark, drab layers that typically characterize the style outside the February shows for more creative outfits. Some of that creativity came in micro doses. Among the black leather jackets, seemingly a staple for cool…
Do You Have to Be an Optimist to Work Toward a Better World?
For professionals in fields such as suicide prevention and climate science, the future can seem bleak. But sometimes action is the most effective form of optimism.
The Terrifying Plushie Taking Over Gift Shops Everywhere
You’ll meet his bloodshot, menacing gaze in any number of neighborhoods in New York, his mouth stretched into an open, hungry grin, his tentacle-like limbs ready to envelop you. On Mott Street in Chinatown, he is lashed to display racks in front of shops selling New York City-themed cooking aprons or “Got Weed?” T-shirts; in…
What Dentists Wish You Knew
Don’t get high before your appointment, step away from the charcoal toothpaste and a few other lessons to learn.
A Study Abroad Cut Short. A Relationship That Endured.
“Because we had grown so close on a spiritual level during our long-distance relationship, when we moved in together it felt so familiar, like we had dated in person over the last year and a half,” Mr. Plaza said. “We knew and loved everything about each other.” Mr. Plaza proposed on Jan. 29, 2022. He…
Must We Feel Shame Over Divorce?
In my South Asian community, where ending a marriage is relatively uncommon, the answer seemed to be yes.
Everything to Know About Fashion Week (So Far)
Hundreds of runway shows will have taken place in New York, London, Milan and Paris by the end of those four cities’ consecutive fashion weeks — or fashion month. Even for the most clothes-obsessed, that’s a lot to keep up with. And what happens inside the fall 2023 shows is only part of the action:…