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how i get it done Rebecca Carroll is a cultural critic at WNYC. She’s also the host of the podcast Come Through, a series of conversations about race in America in 2020. She’s the author of several books, including her forthcoming memoir, Surviving the White Gaze, about her experience being raised by a white family in a nearly all-white town. Here’s how she gets it done.

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they seem cool The Stylist Who Calls Dries Van Noten ‘Papa Dries’ Meet Amanda Murray. By Devine Blacksher

you know what i heard What Will Become of Olivia Jade? And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column. By Allie Jones

the wedding files A Zoom Wedding Only Two Digital Creatives Could Produce The couple coordinated multiple video segments, breakout rooms, and a dance party. By Kaitlin Menza
art and soul The Artist Who’s Always Known How to Care for Herself Billie Zangewa on strength, femininity, and the healing nature of domesticity. By Enuma Okoro
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