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Isn't It Grand?

Untouched land became more than a backdrop for one family's sophisticated forever home.

Hitting Refresh

A bit of good karma allowed a creative family of three to infuse a dated home in Santa Fe with new life.

LET'S GET glossy

\"Did you do something new to your hair?\" -Everyone, the day after you try this.

RELATION TROPES

IS IT TIME TO TURN THE PAGE ON THE LESSONS FROM OUR FAVE LOVE STORIES?

MAY WE PRESENT THE NON-NEGOTIABLE RULES OF FRIENDSHIP

When it comes to the golden rules of bestiehood, being an amazing friend goes way deeper than always responding to her DMs and surprising her with Starbucks on her birthday. Sure, those smaller gestures are important, but building a bond that'll go the distance requires showing up in all the ways that really count. Take a second to check in and see if you're truly following through on your friendships...or if you need to up your bestie game.

So you messed up...

Everybody makes mistakes. What's next? Moving past the regret, repairing your rep and healing yourself.

ACTUALLY.YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME

\"It could be worse.\" \"Everything happens for a reason.\" \"Look on the bright side.\" \"Just think positive!\"

Have we become mental health obsessed?

As the line between self-reflection and overanalyzing is becoming increasingly blurry, girls are scrolling themselves into spirals.

HOW TO REPLY TO LITERALLY ANY CRUSH TEXT

All you need is their number—and these perfect responses.

WHAT'S YOUR SELF-CARE STYLE?

Understanding what truly brings you good vibes will help you feel confident and appreciated, even after sweetheart season ends. Answer these Q's to uncover your ultimate self-love strategy—and then start treating yourself like the total catch you are.

Are you secretly sabotaging your skin barrier?

You know how your quads feel on fire after a super hard workout? Turns out your skin doesn’t love too much of a good thing either (like all the serums, peels and masks you slather on after that everything shower).

Lip Liner

We get it: No one wants one more step in their super rushed get ready routine. But liner helps you define and perfect the shape of the lips, even making them appear fuller if you want them to,” says makeup artist Lauren Martinez. “And it helps your color last longer.” That’s a win-win-win in our book.

IS YOUR GUY FRIEND RUSHING ON YOU?

HE'S THE JITO YOUR SARAH, THE LEE TO YOUR ELLE, THE HARRY TO YOUR HERMIONE. BUT IS HE SECRETLY HOPING FOR SOMETHING MORE?

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST/FINAL BOOK CLUB!

Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it's taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult recreational sports leagues, it seems that we all have incredibly busy schedules.

ODD JOBS

\"Severance,\" on Apple TV+.

TABULA RASA

“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know. I have known the word since Wednesday, June 11, 1958, when I learned it from a company physician at Time Incorporated, in Rockefeller Center. He said I should have been hospitalized four days ago, but there was nothing much to do about it now, go back to work.

FEAR AND LOATHING

Are all our arguments really over who's harmed?

ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

What a long-unpublished novel reveals about her magnificent obsession.

MING HAN ONG

Thadeus had never offered to take Johnny Mac out for a meal before. This is new, Johnny Mac says, grinning. For twenty-five years, Johnny Mac worked as a tenant-rights lawyer. He is a fount of varied and surprising knowledge.

THE POISON MACHINE

The talk-show host Yinon Magal's hard-line tactics.

MAKE HIM LAUGH

How Lorne Michaels's sensibility governs \"Saturday Night Live.\"

ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Inside the movement to redirect billions of taxpayer dollars to private religious schools.

A BUNCH OF NEW START-UPS ARE HYPING THE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC AND ARE OF COURSE, HAPPY TO OFFER SOLUTIONS

IN HER OWN TELLING, every business Radha Agrawal has ever started or project she has dreamed up or mission she has embarked on was born of a persistent, lifelong desire to belong.

There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

Strongman

The tragic legacy of the mourner-in-chief.

John Derian's Apartment Is Full of Wonderful Things

Papier-mâché birds, découpage, flea-market finds from Paris, antiques, furniture he designed himself that was inspired by antiques-and more.

The Tao of Steak

Crane Club has a talented chef, big-money backing, and the whiff of a members-only sanctuary. It needs something more.

The Unknowun Number

Who was the relentless, vicious bully harassing Kendra Licari's teenage daughter?

The Pervert's Drink

Milk is for deviants, from.A Clockwork Orange to Babygirl.

CRITICS

Kathryn VanArendonk on Severance's second season... Roxana Hadadi on The Last Showgirl... Jasmine Vojdani on Aria Aber's Good Girl.