How Psychiatry Broke the Top 40
Pop stars are increasingly incorporating references to therapy and mental illness in their lyrics.
Coping With the Loss of a Pet? They Can Offer Grief Support.
Weeks after Maria Sandomenico’s Chihuahua, Luigi, died last August, she shared a long post in a Facebook group for residents of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn about how she was struggling to come to terms with her adopted rescue dog’s passing. In an interview in January, Ms. Sandomenico said that in the seven years…
How to Finally Clean Out Your Closet
Behind the closed door of my closet lies a world of possibility. Give me a few hours to clean it out, and perhaps I’ll finally become a person with a wardrobe of chic, coordinating neutrals instead of someone with four different black turtlenecks that I hate for four different reasons. I know there can be…
A Slide Show of a Neighborhood, as Some Saw It
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Walk along a certain stretch of North Sixth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and you might wonder if you’ve stumbled into any upscale shopping district in the United States. A block away from an Hermès store,…
Our Five-Star French Onion Soup Is Worth the Tears
We here at New York Times Cooking love a good cry, whether we’re attending a wedding, watching that one episode of “The Last of Us” or chopping three pounds of onions for French onion soup. As Sara Bonisteel notes in her recipe, which has five stars and over 5,000 reviews, you’ll spend a good bit…
When a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home
Even as the signals of approaching dementia became impossible to ignore, Joseph Drolet dreaded the prospect of moving his partner into a long-term care facility. Mr. Drolet, 79, and his beloved Rebecca, 71, both retired lawyers and prosecutors in Atlanta, had been a couple for 33 years, though they retained separate homes. In 2019, she…
El sueño americano nos costó nuestra intimidad
Algunas mañanas pueden parecer excepcionalmente hermosas sin razón aparente. Una mañana de hace muchos años, 18 meses después de que mi mujer y yo nos mudáramos a Nueva York desde Daca, Bangladés, mi corazón se sentía tranquilo. El sol brillaba con fuerza, disipando la penumbra que había nublado el cielo durante días. Quizá me sentía…
She’s Not Celibate — She’s ‘Boysober’
A flock of mostly 20-somethings gathered on Tuesday night in a chapel-like building in Brooklyn to hear about a subject that has been a hot topic in religious spaces for centuries: celibacy. Except no one was using that term. Instead, they were calling it “boysober.” “I hate the word celibacy,” said the host of the…
Gender-Inclusive Wedding Fashion for the Modern Era
Moments before MJ Zayas and Donald John Krams exchanged vows on Sept. 24, 2022, at the Loft by Bridgeview, an events space in Island Park, N.Y., Mr. Krams was brought to tears when he saw his soon-to-be spouse for the first time. “The green was a must. It’s my favorite color,” said Mx. Zayas, who…
How Coco Jones Got Ready for the Spotify Best New Artist Party
Coco Jones is ready for the Grammys. Ahead of Sunday’s ceremony, the singer joined her fellow nominees at Spotify’s Best New Artist Party last night, where she dazzled on both the red carpet and the stage. First, she arrived in a look by Moschino, mixing textures in a lace corset top and a crochet midi…