finer things

This Spring Jacket Feels New and Vintage at the Same Time Has wallpaper-print ever felt so modern?

By Bobby Doherty and Rebecca Ramsey
scent memories
Tory Burch Loves the Smell of Saltwater Taffy and Fresh Tennis Balls The designer on what heaven and purple islands smell like.
By Kathleen Hou
we ship it
A History of Janelle Monáe And Tessa Thompson’s Maybe-More-Than Friendship A guide to Hollywood’s cutest maybe-couple.
By Anna Silman
power
By Ann Friedman
Glennon Doyle Is Coming to Get the White Women The Oprah-endorsed, former mommy blogger is working to turn anti-Trump women into resistance warriors. But will they listen? 

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Liz Phair, 25 Years Out of Exile A quarter century after her career-making album, she’s still writing songs first and foremost for herself.
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let's makeup
Hourglass Cosmetics’ New Skin-Care-Meets-Makeup Products They call it a “veil.”
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science of us
The Misunderstood Science of Sexual Desire It isn’t always a spontaneous drive that hits us out of nowhere.
By Sarah Barmak

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Style

hashtag mood
Tired of Millennial Pink? Try Melodramatic Purple A spring mood.
By Emilia Petrarca
in her shoes
A Diversity Activist on Dressing to Be Heard How Ann-Gel Palermo, chief program officer of Mount Sinai’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, dresses for work.
By Diana Tsui
what is happening
By Stella Bugbee
I Think I Might Want a Bolo Tie? A new fashion taboo. 
space of the week
12 Dazzling Moments at the Milan Furniture Fair This year’s Salone del Mobile was the most energized, bountiful, and populated of design happenings in recent memory.
By Wendy Goodman
finer things
This Spring Jacket Feels New and Vintage at the Same Time Has wallpaper-print ever felt so modern?
By Bobby Doherty and Rebecca Ramsey

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the cut shop
You Can Now Wear Headlines Like This One on a Cut T-shirt We’ve launched our own merch shop!
By Emilia Petrarca
it's complicated
That Time My Ex Found the Fake Wedding Registry I’d Made Us As he was putting together a real one with his new fiancée.
By Melanie Caduhada
gallery
Inside the Atelier of Dior’s Longest-Serving Designer Marc Bohan was the creative director from 1961–1989.
By Mary Dellas

Power

toronto van attack
The Deadly History of Gender Violence in Canada Even a progressive, nonviolent country is not immune to misogynist violence.
By Toula Drimonis
power
Who Will Stand Up for Chikesia Clemons? What happened to the 25-year old could have happened to me.
By Brittany Packnett
sexual harassment
By Boris Kachka
WNYC Employees React to This Week’s Harassment Report An investigation found there was no “systemic” problem. 
ask a boss
‘My Co-Worker Constantly Complains!’
By Alison Green
encounter
Talking Feminism With a Medieval Times Queen Erin Zapcic went from “bar wench” to Queen Doña Maria Isabella.
By Allison P. Davis
my two cents
How Can I Get My Mom to Spend Less Money?
By Charlotte Cowles
how i get it done
Barbara Corcoran may have sold her namesake real-estate empire, Corcoran Group, in 2001, but the 68-year-old entrepreneur shows no signs of slowing down. Some of her latest projects include writing a book, commissioning a screenplay on her “rags to riches” story, and appearing on the reality-TV series Shark Tank. Here’s how she gets it all done.

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Self

ask polly
‘I Don’t Want a Big Job Offer to Change My Life!’ You have to tune in to your deepest feelings as you explore this possibility.
By Heather Havrilesky
sex diaries
The Assistant Who Wants a Sex and the City Experience This week’s sex diary.
By The Cut
science of us
By Rainesford Stauffer
What Happened When I Took a Year Off From My Personal Life No dates, no plans, almost no texts. 
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By Sarah Barmak
it's complicated
That Time My Ex Found the Fake Wedding Registry I’d Made Us As he was putting together a real one with his new fiancée.
By Melanie Caduhada
parenthood
Can Scientists Tell Me If I’m a Good Mom?
By Katherine Reynolds Lewis
scent memories
Tory Burch just launched Just Like Heaven Extrait de Perfume (more concentrated than a typical scent). Named after her favorite high school song, Burch calls it “my favorite perfume we’ve done.” Burch spoke with the Cut about her favorite scents, including the smell of an entirely purple island and the smoothest tequila.
astrology
Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of April 23 This is a good week for being surprised.
By Claire Comstock-Gay
sex negative
The Time I Almost Lost My Job for Having Sex at Work “I was really into it — the little hint of danger was exciting. That’s when I heard the front door open.”
By Anonymous as told to Priscilla Pine

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Culture

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Liz Phair, 25 Years Out of Exile A quarter century after her career-making album, she’s still writing songs first and foremost for herself.
By Emily Gould
we ship it
A Comprehensive History of Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson A guide to Hollywood’s cutest maybe-couple.
By Anna Silman
cut chats
By The Cut
Jason Mantzoukas Is … Totally Kind of Hot? Three Cut staffers discuss how Jason Mantzoukas, of The Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, is totally kind of hot. 
fixations
I Think About This a Lot: This Song About Zach Braff
By Elisabeth Donnelly
we watched it so you don't have to
Most Traumatizing Moments From The Handmaid’s Tale Premiere The darkest show on TV has gotten even more brutal.
By Anna Silman
you know what i heard
Scarlett Johansson Let Colin Jost Come to Her Premiere!
By Allie Jones
hashtag mood
Tired of Millennial Pink? Try Melodramatic Purple A spring mood.
By Emilia Petrarca
fame
Keeping Up With Kanye: A Screenplay Inspired by recent tweets.
By Mariah Smith
royal inquiries
Can You Bring Your Baby to a Royal Wedding? The first inquiry for our royal expert.
By Lisa Ryan

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By Molly Fischer
3/16/2018
Teens Already Know How to Overthrow the Government You would too if you’d grown up reading the Hunger Games.
By Lisa Miller
3/1/2018
Zazie Beetz on Deadpool, Atlanta, and Overcoming Her Anxiety In the chaotic world of Atlanta, she’s a grounding force.
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1/10/2018
I Started the Media Men List My name is Moira Donegan.
By Moira Donegan
1/10/2018
Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants After a year of changes, the quietly commanding High Maintenance co-creator embarks on a new life.
By Emily Gould
1/7/2018
Lena Waithe Is Creating the Culture The Emmy winner simply tells the stories that she knows best. The difference is that, suddenly, everyone wants to listen.
By Allison P. Davis
12/5/2017
The Chef Who Stood Up to Ivanka Trump Chef Angela Dimayuga gets ready to party.
By Sierra Tishgart
11/26/2017
Every Parent Wants to Protect Their Child. I Never Got the Chance. To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.
By Jen Gann
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The Life and Death of a Radical Sisterhood Fifty years ago, a group of women convened in New York with one clear goal: Dismantle the patriarchy. Their struggle feels all too contemporary.
By Joy Press
11/12/2017
We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein Reckoning As stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves.
By Rebecca Traister