Revisiting an Ancient Theory of Herbalism

HOW, I HAVE often wondered, did people first discover the highly specific applications of particular plants and herbs? That ginseng improves energy, say, or that ginger alleviates nausea, or that horsetail, which contains silica, might help hair to grow? One theory, possibly apocryphal and certainly much maligned by modern medicine, is that the physical characteristics…

All The Best Holiday 2020 Fashion Campaigns

© 2020 Christelle de Castro In a year as turbulent as 2020, there’s a reason fashion designers are looking towards the holidays to provide inspiration. The holiday 2020 campaigns are here, celebrating the spirit of connection during peak cozy season. Coach unveiled its “Holiday Is Where You Find It” campaign, starring the families of J.Lo…

Emily Ratajkowski, Nude Photographs and Justice

In September, the model and actress Emily Ratajkowski published an essay describing, among other injurious experiences, being sexually assaulted by a photographer named Jonathan Leder when she was 20. For years afterward, Ms. Ratajkowski wrote on The Cut, nude and seminude Polaroids from that shoot have been shown in galleries and republished without her permission.…