What Is a ‘Beige Flag’?

To sort through the chaos of modern dating, some taxonomically minded singles apply a color-coded system to potential partners. Red flags are behaviors to avoid (deceit, poor dental hygiene). Green flags are go-ahead signs (honesty, owning floss). So what is a beige flag? According to the TikTok users who have latched on to the term…

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Love Letter: Never Inevitable

When Ariella Steinhorn was 15, a group of teenage boys tackled her at a bus stop. After that, she began to feel that physical and sexual aggression by men was almost inevitable. In her Modern Love essay, “The Slap That Changed Everything,” Ms. Steinhorn explains how, at 30, she realized that she and other women…

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