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LONDON CALLING

Freya Skye is running through central London in sky-high hot pink heels, a neon green tulle duster and a full-on sparkly sequin dress, like you do.

"Ugh! My family is so...

OK. we're just going to say it: It's valid to sometimes get furiously frustrated and downright disappointed with your nearest and dearest. (Take that as permission to feel *all* your feels rn.) Our gift to you? Breaking down these daunting holiday dynamics so you can get back to being a fa-la-la family again.

THIS IS THE YEAR YOU CHANGE THE WORLD

It's exciting to be a part of the generation people say will transform the future.

Dear Carol

CRUSHING ON A POPULAR BOY There is this boy I've been crushing on.

READ THIS before you hard launch

You and your crush are one what-are-we convo away from making it official...except for that one thing.

Spread some cheer (here and there and everywhere)

You know that girl who's always bringing the holiday hype? Oh wait...that's you!

YOUR 2025 CONFIDENCE GLOW-UP

Sure, you could whisper some mantras, ask your besties to gas you up and listen to \"Bejeweled\" on repeat...or you could try these simple (but srsly effective) hacks for making 2025 your most confident era yet.

Now loading: Meditation mode

Haven't tried it yet? Here's your start-this-second strategy to find your center, no matter the strom.

Marissa Bode is here to represent (and be your new favorite actor)

How a \"copycat little sister\" went from hanging out with her cats to starring in Wicked, this season's biggest blockbuster.

GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK

Hunter L., 16, is really tired. Not the kind of tired when you stay up scrolling on TikTok, but tired of, well, being a teenager.

NEW YEAR'S resolutions officially OUT

What's in, you ask? New Year's intentions, aka the strategy that'll *actually* make all your end-of-December dreams come true.

THE SHY GIRL'S GUIDE TO MAKING THE FIRST MOVE BEFORE WINTER BREAK

The countdown to the holidays is officially on, and you’re pumped…mostly.

How to eat more vegetables (even if you truly hate them)

GOING DAYS—OR EVEN, YIKES, WEEKS—WITHOUT A SINGLE GREEN? THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

A LONG WAY HOME

Ordinarily, I hate staying at someone's house, but when Hugh and I visited his friend Mary in Maine we had no other choice.

THIS ELECTION JUST PROVES WHAT I ALREADY BELIEVED

I hate to say I told you so, but here we are. Kamala Harris’s loss will go down in history as a catastrophe that could have easily been avoided if more people had thought whatever I happen to think.

HOLD YOUR TONGUE

Can the world's most populous country protect its languages?

REBELS WITH A CAUSE

In the new FX/Hulu series “Say Nothing,” life as an armed revolutionary during the Troubles has—at least at first—an air of glamour.

AGAINST THE CURRENT

\"Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!,\" at Soho Rep, and \"Gatz,\" at the Public.

GAINING CONTROL

The frenemies who fought to bring contraception to this country.

GET IT TOGETHER

In the beginning was the mob, and the mob was bad. In Gibbon’s 1776 “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” the Roman mob makes regular appearances, usually at the instigation of a demagogue, loudly demanding to be placated with free food and entertainment (“bread and circuses”), and, though they don’t get to rule, they sometimes get to choose who will.

METAMORPHOSIS

The director Marielle Heller explores the feral side of child rearing.

THE BIG SPIN

A district attorney's office investigates how its prosecutors picked death-penalty juries.

STEVE BANNON'S SECOND TERM

Within seven days, he GOT OUT OF PRISON and helped WIN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Now it's time for war.

A Belfast Lad Goes Home

After playing some iconic Americans, Anthony Boyle is a beloved IRA commander in a riveting new series about the Troubles.

WHO EVER THOUGHT THAT BRIGHT PINK MEAT THAT LASTS FOR WEEKS WAS A GOOD IDEA?

Deli Meat Is Rotten

THE REDDENING OF NEW YORK

How Trump's rising popularity in the city (and everywhere else) exposed a Democratic Party DEEP IN DENIAL.

Trapped in Time

A woman relives the same day in a stunning Danish novel.

Neighborhood News: Our Wildfires

In Prospect Park, Inwood, and beyond.

Going Dull

Being interesting is a burden. Is there relief in choosing to be bland?

Manic, STONED, Throttle, No Brakes

Less than six months after her Gagosian sölu show, the artist JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLAND lost her gallery and all her money and was preparing for an exhibition with two the biggest living American artists.