New Yorkers are resilient, at least when it comes to their nightclubs. As the pandemic drags on, fun-seeking locals have found creative spots to blow off steam and let loose. While some have flouted social-distancing rules at illicit underground raves, New Yorkers who want to feel safe, and do their part to keep the city’s…
Just over a decade ago, when the world was reeling in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Jil Sander, the German designer whose uncompromising approach to minimalist luxury had defined a certain kind of soft-power dressing for ambitious women, swooped in to offer much needed palliative care. Joining forces with Uniqlo, the Japanese fast-fashion giant,…
Every morning, after cleansing her skin, before applying her serum and while making her coffee, Alyssa Bonanno spritzes her face with a rosewater and aloe mist she discovered on TikTok. “I let it soak in,” said Ms. Bonanno, 27, an owner of a marketing studio in Los Angeles. “It helps my skin look a little…
Dean Browning is a white former Republican congressional candidate for the dynamic commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His pinned tweet suggests that “What Trump built in 4 years, Biden will destroy in 4 months.” Earlier today, he issued a tweet that confused most people who saw it. It began with “I’m a Black gay guy” and went…
It’s common knowledge that consumer behavior and industrialization have a major impact on the environment; as consumers, we’re responsible for both the current and future condition of our planet. We may think that our small, individual actions won’t have an immediate or major impact on the environment, but we all need to start somewhere. First…
Beth Harmon was facing a “sudden death” of sorts. The fictional chess star overcame her childhood as an orphan, she battled her addiction to pills and alcohol, and she managed to make it into the world championship in Russia. The problem now? She had spent all her money on clothing and couldn’t afford her $3,000…
Just Me and My Sea Monkeys I was in love and in lockdown in a small flat in Leith, Scotland. I had a lot of feelings and nowhere to put them. So I bought sea monkeys. I poured in the powder and checked the water temperature. For weeks, nothing. My last-ditch effort at finding something…
Six months into his bid for the presidency, Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his position on pets abundantly clear. “Some Americans celebrate #NationalCatDay, some celebrate #NationalDogDay,” he wrote in a tweet. “President Trump celebrates neither. It says a lot. It’s time we put a pet back in the White House.” In January, when President-elect Biden…
Don ArnoldGetty Images Oprah’s Favorite Things 2020 is officially here. It’s full of covetable loungewear and epic gift ideas, but most importantly, this year’s list champions small businesses and businesses owned by people of color. As the legend herself put it in her letter on OprahMag.com: “…This year, there’s a special twist. Because so many…
Dr. Libby Torchia’s pandemic breaking point came one morning in May, when she and her boss got into an argument over whether staff members should wear masks at the Columbus, Ohio, clinic where they worked. (“We should!” said Dr. Torchia, 32, a veterinarian.) Her colleagues knew just how to comfort her: Blast the Spice Girls’…