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What It's Really Like to Cut Off Your Parents
More and more young people have entered their family estrangement era, for better or worse. But mostly for better.
the venuture
One summer 2009 night, Julia's manager pulled her aside. A silver-haired gentleman's date was being kind of loud and messy-Julia should intervene, be extra nice to him. She got the okay to take the man up to the roof for a quiet smoke. This guy must be a big deal, she thought.
VICTORIA
Monét fans are having a thrilling 2024. Almost perfect, really, thanks to the artist's seven Grammy nominations, including Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, and Best R&B Performance.
SOUND OF NOW
Thanks to our three cover stars-Kim Petras, Victoria Monét, and Kali Uchis-the future of music looks like something entirely new. More original, more exciting, more f*ck-yesput-this-on-my-playlistright-now. Which is exactly what each of them has been manifesting all along.
You Deserve to Take a Dating Sabbatical
And dare we say...you probably should?
The Chicest Places to Elope Right Now (Sorry, Mom)
An unforgettable vow-filled vacation with your soulmate vs. a lukewarm catered dinner with people you were forced to invite. Yeah, you get it too.
We Need to Talk About the Fentanyl in Your Party Pills
The potentially deadly substance is virtually impossible to see, smell, or taste and it's creeping into drugs you might have once considered \"safe.\"
I Hooked Up With My Friend's Dad on Vacation in Spain
It was an accident. It was also inevitable.
Black-Owned Is for Everyone
A friendly and very important-reminder from beauty editor-at-large Julee Wilson.
Becoming a Surrogate Impacted Every. Single. One.of My Relationships
It looks great on The Kardashians. But the reality can be...messy.
We Need to Talk About Perimenopause
It's a milestone health experience that may come for us all...so why are we so clueless?
Alex Cooper – Pass the Mic
The thing about expanding your podcast empire to global domination? There's not a single damn moment of calm. Luckily, Alex Cooper likes it that way.
In Case You Want to Know What Happens After You Cancel Your Wedding, Here You Go
Losing everything helped me find exactly what I was looking for.
6 Acne Treatments Our Editors Swear By
The experts (hi, we're the experts) have spoken.
3 Ways to Keep Your Dog From Freezing This Winter
...and from just hating every single thing about the cold.
Welcome to Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic
Yes, it's a real thing, providing real medical care. And its outlandish strategy may just be the most genius reproductive justice play of our time. Or a detrimental distraction, depending on who you ask.
Get In, GirliesWe're Going Hot-Springing
Fact: Hot springs make the ultimate vacation destinations. And we found seven across the world worthy of your precious PTO. Let's all percolate in (Mother-Nature-made!) paradise.
I Get Paid to Scratch Backs (Yes, Really)
Some people sharpen their pencils before work.... I sharpen my nails.
My Sugar Mama Flew Me First Class to Shanghai So We Could Have Sex Without Her Husband
Turns out, you can get paid to go on vacay.
It's Time to Reclaim Wash Day
Let's turn a historically annoying task into something distinctively more dope, says beauty editor-at-large
Goth Glam
Because beauty's getting in on it too.
Rise of the Planet of the Dupes
Do people even care about the \"real\" deal anymore?
You're About to See Biba de Sousa Everywhere
Fellow pimple-prone friends, this one's for you.
Fragrance Is Suddenly That Girl
Perfume is peaking, and we couldn't be more pleased.
Ticket for One, Please
The case for a new type of cinematic experience.
Tai Verdes Is Calling...
...and he wanted me to tell you that pillows are for suckers, actually.
The Hottest Club Is Your Couch
Who needs plans when you have content like this?
Are We All In The Same Weirdly Devastating Three-Month Situationship?
Turns out, everybody goes through-er, grows through?-this kind of thing.
The Sides You Haven't Seen
Yeah, Halle Bailey did the whole mermaid thing. And reached a new level of stardom while she was at it. But the really exciting stuff starts now.
The Never-Ending Pregnancy of Kaitlyn Braun
Her story was unthinkably tragic: a frightened young woman with minimal support and in dire need of help, about to give birth to a rapist's baby. Now, she faces 52 criminal charges for making it all up-and traumatizing at least 17 doulas with a continuous chain of gruesome labor-and-delivery hoaxes. In their first major magazine interviews, five of Kaitlyn's accusers describe how they fell under her chilling, persuasive power.