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I Was Diagnosed With Autism in My 40s. It Gave Me a Lot of Answers.

By 43, Mary HK Choi had come up with many explanations for her strangeness around other people. Was it something else all along? podcast By Mary H.K. Choi

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Jodie Turner-Smith Takes Control After a very public relationship and split, the actress is renegotiating how much of herself to share.

relationships Sports Are the New Dating Apps Single people all over the city are turning to running clubs, team sports, and members-only gyms to find dates. By Avery Stone
merch The Only ‘The Bear’ Merch I Want Is Sydney’s Bandannas I can think of something better than a workwear-inspired J.Crew collab. By Danielle Cohen

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Does ‘Reef Safe’ Actually Mean Anything? By Jennifer G. Sullivan
7 Best Classic Jeans, According to Fashion Experts By Morgan Evans
The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Beauty Deals By Chinea Rodriguez
The Best Early Prime Day Deals in Every Category By Hanna Flanagan

yikes Is a Gun-Shaped Bag Ever a Fashion Moment? Angela Simmons thought it was, until she received backlash. By Asia Milia Ware
haute couture fall 2024 At Balenciaga, a Tee Becomes Couture You won’t find too many designers questioning the values and assumptions about couture like Demna. By Cathy Horyn

obsessive tester By Katie Heaney and Bianca Nieves The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With SPF Moisturizer It’s important which product(s) you use, but also how much.

trends The Summer’s Hottest Bag Matches Your Crocs These giant rubbery monstrosities that can comfortably fit a Stanley tumbler and half your fridge are coming to a pool near you. By Lindsay Gellman
amazon prime day 2024 The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Beauty Deals Discounts on sunscreen, hair tools and viral skincare. By Chinea Rodriguez
now trending Bubble Hems: Ranking the Biggest, Roundest, and Puffiest According to how likely they are to pop. By Laura Pitcher

life after roe 78 Patients and 10 Hours Inside an Abortion Clinic in the South “There’s a zombie-apocalypse mind-set in this building: We are going to survive.” By Andrea González-Ramírez
2024 election What a Time for Gretchen Whitmer to Publish a Memoir The Michigan governor has a book to promote as she swats down talk of replacing Biden. By Tariro Mzezewa

crime By Claire Lampen What We Know About the Trial of Karen Read Prosecutors say she drunkenly hit her boyfriend with a car. Her defense has accused police of a massive cover-up.

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career ‘I Can’t Keep Up at Work’ Alison Green responds to two readers: one who feels like the weakest link on her team and another who doesn’t but is treated as though she is. By Alison Green

2024 election Panic! At the Debate Trump lied unchecked, but Biden was in such stunningly poor form that it will haunt him the rest of the election. By Laura Bassett

personal finance ‘What I Did With My Personal-Injury Settlement’ Three people on how the money affected their lives. By Charlotte Cowles

career Slow-smoked mackerel with chili flakes. Albacore tuna in spicy olive oil. These once-sneered-at snacks have become trendy in recent years thanks in part to Becca Millstein and her buzzy company, Fishwife. The brand’s chic sardines have become a mainstay for girl dinners, snack plates, and protein-packed lunches. Here’s how Millstein gets it done.

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dispatch Pegging Class Is in Session Sixty minutes at a Brooklyn kink collective. By Bindu Bansinath
parenting Summer Child Care Is a Special Kind of Hell Thoughts and prayers to any parents who didn’t make camp plans in February. Also the parents who did. By Amil Niazi

wait what is happening on tiktok? By Angelina Chapin Exposing Cheaters Isn’t Always a Flex How would you feel if a stranger put your relationship on blast?

dreaming How to Interpret Dreams About Practically Anyone From exes to co-workers to celebrities, here’s a guide. By Candice Jalili, Gretty Garcia, and Katja Vujić

relationships A Summer Without Sex Celibacy is all the rage right now. By Kelsey Osgood

esther calling ‘Why Can’t I Stop Cheating?’ Every marriage for this week’s “Esther Calling” caller has ended with infidelity. Now, in a relationship, she’s scared of history repeating itself. By Esther Perel

the bigger picture When she launched Girls Run NYC in 2014, Jessie Zapo wanted to make it easier for women of all abilities to run “in fellowship with others”: “Our goal was to create a space where it didn’t feel scary, and you weren’t going to get left behind in the dust.” Now Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group.

parenting Why Do Parents Obsess Over Kids’ Athletics? Being a committed Sports Parent™ is a path toward absolution of any guilt. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
family The Last Thing My Mother Wanted Healthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us. By Evelyn Jouvenet

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culture There’s Smut for Everyone If a steamy enemies-to-lovers romantasy plot isn’t for you, perhaps you might like a book about banging an alien? By Olivia Craighead
culture Martine’s Latest Performance? Hollywood Actor. In a meta turn, the shape-shifting artist is playing one on HBO’s Fantasmas. By Harron Walker

books By Brooke LaMantia Your Smut Reading List Featuring monster love interests, classic tropes, and more. Enjoy!

music Are We Getting ‘Nasty’ This Summer? Tinashe enters the song of summer competition with her viral new single. By Cat Zhang

scene report Filth and Glory at Twinks vs. Dolls Olympics 3.0 Inside the Pride event of the year. By Muna Mire

royals When Will Kate Middleton Return to Public Life? Her treatment is reportedly going well, but sources say she “may never come back in the role that people saw her in before.” By Danielle Cohen

celebrity Jamie Foxx Is Talking About His Mysterious Medical Emergency The actor told fans that things started with a “bad headache.” By Tariro Mzezewa
men Nick Cannon’s Balls Are Insured for $10 Million He had to protect the family jewels. By Olivia Craighead
celebrity Nobody Puts Usher in a Corner BET is really sorry for accidentally muting some of the singer’s speech on Sunday night. By Emily Leibert

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scene report Filth and Glory at Twinks vs. Dolls Olympics 3.0 Inside the Pride event of the year. By Muna Mire
love and war How the NDA Became the Defining Legal Document of Our Time Love and other negotiations in the time of the non-disclosure agreement. By Reeves Wiedeman
fashion Who Will Lead Chanel? At Paris Couture Week, it was the one question on everyone’s lips. By Cathy Horyn
power Florida’s Trans Activists Aren’t Going Down Without a Fight Andrea Montanez went head-to-head with Pablo Escobar. Now she’s taking on Ron DeSantis. By Aviva Stahl
life after roe 78 Patients and 10 Hours Inside an Abortion Clinic in the South “There’s a zombie-apocalypse mind-set in this building: We are going to survive.” By Andrea González-Ramírez
books How I Fell For Monster Sex Books Monster smut is the big new thing in publishing. It’s not just about the extra-long tongues. By Emily Gould
relationships A Summer Without Sex Celibacy is all the rage right now. By Kelsey Osgood
parenting The Transgender Family Handbook 144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
cut covers Normani, On Her Own Time Five years after “Motivation,” her debut album Dopamine is finally here. Normani explains the wait. By Connor Garel
keep it moving Miss Piggy Has a Mother Everyone’s heard of Jim Henson. It’s time to give Bonnie Erickson — creator of beloved Muppets and mascots including the Phillie Phanatic — her due. By Nell McShane Wulfhart
family Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son? Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last. By Caitlin Moscatello
cut covers No One Sounds Like Tems The Nigerian singer-songwriter mesmerized music’s biggest names with a handful of songs. That was just the beginning. By Connor Garel