women and power

Powerful Women Talk About Power (And Powerlessness)

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sealed with a kiss
When Brown Lipstick Was the Only Thing I Could Control I worshipped my babysitter. That’s why I stole her makeup.
By Alex Beggs
fixations
I Think About This a Lot: The Bagel Scene on The Leftovers Justin Theroux’s Kevin Garvey desperately tries to get a grip on his sanity — and his carbs — in a world of unknowns.
By Sarah Nechamkin
it's complicated
By Addie Stuber
It’s Complicated: Adventures in Dating While Christian I didn’t mean to make my faith an ultimatum. Not at first, anyway. 

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Viktor & Rolf’s First Fashion Show Smelled Like a Subway The two fashion designers love the scent of paper.
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Style

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How Did the CEO Meltdown Become Ordinary? Why we couldn’t look away from Brandon Truaxe’s social-media collapse.
By Heather Havrilesky
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying Perfect Red Lipstick With help from a celebrity makeup artist.
By Kathleen Hou
i want to believe
By Katie Heaney
Can This Jade Roller Make Me Smile Again? Ah, a few moments’ peace. 
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This Slicker Is Almost Too Good to Save for a Rainy Day A wildly stylish all-red outfit.
By Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Sarah Spellings
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The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
By Jessica Boddy

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The 7 Best Nude Lipsticks, According to an Obsessed Editor Nudes might be quiet, but they’re never boring.
By Ashley Weatherford
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A History of Lipstick As Warfare How lipstick has been used to both oppress and overcome.
By Arabelle Sicardi
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I Wish I Were a Lipstick Person It makes the wearer look so on purpose.
By Kelly Conaboy

Power

women and power
What Power Means to Lena Waithe, Stormy Daniels, and More The first chapter in a series about women and their relationship to power.
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Rape Survivor Confronts Man Who Laughed As Trump Mocked Ford She’s a local Democratic Party chair and he’s an election commissioner.
By Irin Carmon
women and power
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Powerful Women Talk About Power (And Powerlessness) (And Powerlessness) 
ask a boss
‘My Co-workers Are Hanging Out Without Me!’
By Alison Green
women and power
What the Prune Chefs Hoped to Do With the Spotted Pig Gabrielle Hamilton and Ashley Merriman dreamed of writing the second chapter in the #MeToo story. Instead, they got scorched.
By Maggie Bullock
my two cents
‘Working With Rich People Is Making Me Depressed’
By Charlotte Cowles
how i get it done
New York Times features writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner on her morning routine, tips for interviewing celebrities, being a “mystery brunette,” and yes, her wellness routine.

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Self

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Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of October 15 If the world throws obstacles in your path this week, know that it will also offer gifts.
By Claire Comstock-Gay
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A History of Lipstick As Warfare How lipstick has been used to both oppress and overcome.
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science of us
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Can Novels Help Us Care More About Climate Change? Even though it’s already impacting our lives, climate change is scarcely mentioned in fiction. 
science of us
My Life As a Psychopath
By Katie Heaney
it's complicated
It’s Complicated: Adventures in Dating While Christian I didn’t mean to make my faith an ultimatum. Not at first, anyway.
By Addie Stuber
science of us
I’m Blushing. Does It Reveal My Rotten Soul?
By Edith Zimmerman
scent memories
Natasha Gregson Wagner recently added a new fragrance, La Rose, to the line inspired by her late mother, Natalie Wood. Based on the roses her mom kept in their garden, the realistic scent smells freshly picked thanks to a mix of rose essence, geranium, and heliotrope. The Cut spoke with Wagner about the smell of dog paws, hamburgers, and oil on canvas.
sex diaries
The Freshly Single Man Refusing to Answer Texts From His Ex This week’s sex diary.
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Culture

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Samin Nosrat Is a New Kind of Domestic Goddess Making a BLT with the host of Netflix’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.
By Madeleine Aggeler
i love this song!
‘Shallow’ Isn’t Even the Best Song From A Star Is Born But is the best song Bradley Cooper mumbling “all you have to do is trust me” or one of Lady Gaga’s pure pop bops?
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Give Bradley Cooper’s Dog an Oscar The A Star Is Born supporting actor deserves to be recognized. 
fixations
I Think About This a Lot: The Bagel Scene on The Leftovers
By Sarah Nechamkin
nature is beautiful
What Is Fat Bear Week and Why Is It So Good? Everything to know about America’s premier competition for the fattest bears.
By Gabriella Paiella
you know what i heard
Are Kim and Kanye in a ‘Long-Distance’ Marriage?
By Allie Jones
scent memories
Viktor & Rolf’s First Fashion Show Smelled Like a Subway The two fashion designers love the scent of paper.
By Erica Smith
you know what i heard
Everything We Know About Channing Tatum Dating Jessie J And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column.
By Allie Jones
kontinuity errors
This Vacation Episode of KUWTK Isn’t Exactly Relaxing Kim Kardashian has a lot of ideas about what her sisters should and shouldn’t wear during their trip to Japan.
By Mariah Smith

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Marisa Tomei Knows What She’s Worth A frank conversation on money, beauty, and sticking with work you love.
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Summer of Rage White men are the minority in the United States — no wonder they get uncomfortable when their power is challenged.
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Meet Jorja Smith: The Soul Singer Who Turned Down Drake “Maybe I am a bit of a siren.”
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6/4/2018
Time’s Up, Bill Is Bill Clinton the only one who doesn’t realize he needs to join the #MeToo reckoning?
By Rebecca Traister
5/28/2018
How an Aspiring ‘It’ Girl Tricked New York’s Party People — and Its Banks Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey’s fabulous new life. The city was full of marks.
By Jessica Pressler
5/13/2018
What I Learned on My Date With a Sex Robot Maybe they need to be more like us. Or maybe we’re already learning to be more like them.
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5/1/2018
In Her New Book Motherhood, Sheila Heti Confronts an Eternal Female Crossroads The writer takes up the problem of whether to have a baby in her engrossing autobiographical novel.
By Molly Fischer
4/5/2018
Busy Philipps on Instagram, Her BFF Michelle Williams, and Losing Heath Ledger Instagram’s favorite storyteller has so much more to say.
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The ‘Mirror Face’ of 17 New York Women Women, photographed through a two-way mirror, reveal what they desire in themselves.
By Molly Fischer
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Teens Already Know How to Overthrow the Government You would too if you’d grown up reading the Hunger Games.
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