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The Best, Easiest Way to Apply Eyeliner Without jabbing yourself in the eyeball.

By Kathleen Hou
deep cleansing on a dime
Pantene Is Making Charcoal Shampoo The Pro-V collection is a budget-friendly way to test out the detoxifying properties of charcoal
By Hayley Schueneman
over easy
What Does Your Cheese Platter Say About You? My laborious quest to seem effortless.
By Madeleine Aggeler
it's complicated
By Danielle Sepulveres
When the Relationship Can Never Live Up to the Meet-Cute I met a guy in the most romantic way possible while on vacation, then worried that actually dating would ruin a great story. 

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What Went Wrong at Kylie Jenner’s 21st Birthday? The night was perfect and glamorous. Until a woman left in a stretcher.
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Clé de Peau Created a New Concealer A new release from the brand known for one of the best concealers ever.
By Hayley Schueneman
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Aretha Franklin Understood How to Sing About Women In praise of her best song.
By Allison P. Davis

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Style

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The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
By Aubri Juhasz
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The Best Robes for Lazy Days Or whenever you just want maximum comfort.
By indya brown and Leora Herman
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By Kelly Conaboy
The Perfect Candle to Remember That ‘Early Summer’ Scent Diptyque’s “Tilleul” is a classic warm-weather scent, good for reminiscing. 
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This Mask Is Like Sunday Riley’s Good Genes for Your Body An acid that leaves you with softer skin.
By Kathleen Hou
summer of love
Don’t Tell Lana Condor Who She Can Love The star of the summer’s best romantic comedy, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, on scrunchies, representation, and how she handles the haters.
By Kathleen Hou

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Aretha Franklin Knew How to Dress Like a Diva So much fur. So many crystals.
By Sarah Spellings
space of the week
A Sunny California Cottage Filled With Vintage Décor When Corre Larkin started furnishing her family’s new house in Newport Beach with lots of antiques, her inner decorator took hold.
By Wendy Goodman
they seem cool
The Woman Behind New York’s Cult-Favorite Vintage Store Meet Jessica Gonsalves.
By Sarah Spellings and Diana Tsui

Power

money
My Divorce Cost Me $250,000 “At one point, my ex-husband said, ‘You’re going to be left with nothing at the end of this.’”
By Charlotte Cowles
roe v. wade
11 Essential Stories on Abortion What access to reproductive care looked like before Roe v. Wade, what it’s like now, and what it’s in danger of becoming again.
By Sarah Nechamkin
power
By Eliza Griswold
The Fierce Feminists of Appalachia Among the radicals of Western Pennsylvania. 
ask a boss
‘My Boss Is Having Sex in the Office!’
By Alison Green
state politics
Exclusive: Nixon & Teachout to Announce Dual Endorsement “New York State should be the living counterexample to Donald Trump’s America.”
By Gabriella Paiella
my two cents
How to Stop Cheating on Your Budget
By Charlotte Cowles
how i get it done
When Samantha Bee launched Full Frontal With Samantha Bee on TBS in February 2016, she became the first female comedian to host a late-night satirical news show — and transformed late-night TV. The 48-year-old Canadian lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband, comedian Jason Jones, and three kids. Here’s how she gets it done.

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Self

astrology
Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of August 13 Mercury ends its retrograde this week, thank goddess!
By Claire Comstock-Gay
over easy
What Does Your Cheese Platter Say About You? My laborious quest to seem effortless.
By Madeleine Aggeler
science of us
By Melissa Dahl
The Bleeding Edge Is 2018’s Best Horror Film I can’t stop thinking about one detail in particular. 
science of us
My Life As a Psychopath
By Katie Heaney
it's complicated
I Accidentally Emailed an Old Love-Letter Draft to My Ex While going through my unsent messages with my new boyfriend.
By Christina McCausland
parenthood
The Single Mom Who’s Not Worried About Her Son
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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 Las Vegas Accountant Wondering If Her Date Is Married This week’s sex diary.
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my two cents
How to Stop Cheating on Your Budget The key is to catch yourself at just the right moment.
By Charlotte Cowles

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Culture

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Aretha Franklin Understood How to Sing About Women In praise of her best song.
By Allison P. Davis
celebrities
The Evangelical Celebrities and Pastors Dominating Hollywood In the past four years, Justin Bieber’s done for Pentecostal megachurches what Tom Cruise did for Scientology and Madonna did for Kabbalah.
By Allie Jones
birthday disaster
By Mariah Smith
What Went Wrong at Kylie Jenner’s 21st Birthday? The night was perfect and glamorous. Until a woman left in a stretcher. 
kontinuity errors
Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé Try Sister Therapy
By Mariah Smith
quiz
Celebrity Besties Interviewing Each Other: A Bad Media Trend Can you tell the actual celebrity compliments from the fake ones? A quiz.
By Madeleine Aggeler
you know what i heard
Why Won’t Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Get Divorced?
By Allie Jones
parties!
The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
By Aubri Juhasz
summer of love
Don’t Tell Lana Condor Who She Can Love The star of the summer’s best romantic comedy, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, on scrunchies, representation, and how she handles the haters.
By Kathleen Hou
tributes
Aretha Franklin on Love, Loss, and Respect Her most memorable quotes on music, aging, and of course, respect.
By Sarah Nechamkin

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8/6/2018
Sonoya Mizuno Doesn’t Just Want to Dance A conversation with the ballerina-turned–Crazy Rich Asians star about representation and following your gut.
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By Stella Bugbee
6/29/2018
Summer of Rage White men are the minority in the United States — no wonder they get uncomfortable when their power is challenged.
By Rebecca Traister
6/7/2018
Meet Jorja Smith: The Soul Singer Who Turned Down Drake “Maybe I am a bit of a siren.”
By Allison P. Davis
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.
By Allison P. Davis
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.
By Allie Jones
4/2/2018
The ‘Mirror Face’ of 17 New York Women Women, photographed through a two-way mirror, reveal what they desire in themselves.
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.
By Allison P. Davis