As protests over the war in Gaza unfolded blocks away, last week’s Met Gala was largely devoid of political statements on the red carpet. That the organizers of fashion’s most powerful annual spectacle (one for which tickets cost $75,000 this year) achieved this proved surprising to many observers. Less than two weeks later, though, a…
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Fathers don’t fare well in my fiction. They are white supremacist killers and domestic abusers. They trick their wives into becoming pregnant. They have affairs. They abandon their families. My biological father, Albert Coleman Bryan Jr., was 22 when I was born. He was a dashing air force pilot who flew off into the wide…
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The question of what is and what is not technically a sandwich grips us tightly. The question won’t die. But one day I will, and I can imagine that the last thing I hear will be some guy explaining to me why a hot dog is a sandwich, or why a hamburger is a sandwich,…
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Love it or hate it: Broccoli is an incredibly popular and versatile vegetable. And it can be unbeatably delicious when prepared right, as the cookbook author and chef Sohla El-Waylly does in her latest installment of “Cooking 101.” Learn how to shop for broccoli, the difference between organic and nonorganic, and when to buy each.…
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A 7-year-old girl hawks cat-themed souvenirs in Flemish outside her parents’ shop. Two women in matching cat print dresses wander down a crowded street looking for a place to buy stuffed plush kitties. In every store and restaurant window, a cat figurine or statue signals allegiance to the feline persuasion. This is Kattenstoet, Belgium’s cat-themed…
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Mera Caulfield was watching television a couple of months ago when the screen suddenly erupted with characters doing their best evil laughs. Ms. Caulfield turned to her two roommates, Alixandra Matos and Megan Mandrachio. “I was like, ‘That’s literally us,’ ” Ms. Caulfield said. Their apartment in Queens was soon filled with a cacophony of…
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Molly Baz, the cookbook author, and her pregnant belly, rhinestone bikini and breasts will be back up in Times Square, uncensored. A week after The New York Times reported that her billboard for lactation cookies had been “flagged for review” and swapped out for a more conservative image by the company that powered the billboard,…
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We had to throw in a rain jacket here because you never know what thunderstorms summer will bring… Sizes: XS-XL Colors: Powder, Black, Night, Storm, Fire Materials: 100% polyester with polyurethane coating Customer review: “The color, material, quality, zipper, construction, pockets! I love everything about it!”
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Since 2006, Cartier has championed female entrepreneurs whose business ventures have a positive effect on society and the environment. Cartier, the Richemont-owned jewelry house, is doing this through a program called the Cartier Women’s Initiative. The initiative awards women-owned or female-led businesses from any sector with grant money, networking opportunities, loans and professional advice designed…
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Parsing your meticulously curated TikTok feed comes with guaranteed stops at the hypnotic, aspirational, sometimes ostentatious, and wholly unbridled entertainment central to the short-form app. “Get Ready With Me (GRWM)” is one, the four-word precursor to a deeply confessional sit-down style makeup tutorial; then, the quintessential “Outfit of the Day (OOTD),” sometimes documented in the…
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