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An Oslo Home With a Peach-Pink Palette A Norwegian family turns its back on all-white-everything.

By Wendy Goodman
never fake it
This New NARS Mascara Might Make You Blush Meet Climax.
By Hayley Schueneman
how i get it done
How I Get It Done: Samantha Bee The Full Frontal host on packing chili for lunch, SoulCycle, and learning to bake croissants.
By Lisa Ryan
advice
By Heather Havrilesky
‘I Like Myself, But I Hate Being Single’ I can tell that you believe in yourself. But do you believe in love? 

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science of us
The Bleeding Edge Is 2018’s Best Horror Film I can’t stop thinking about one detail in particular.
By Melissa Dahl
think about it
Shiseido Is Reformulating All of Its Makeup All new makeup coming your way soon.
By Hayley Schueneman
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

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Style

guides
14 Designer Bags to Buy This Fall (or at Least Stalk Online) Including the new It bag, a packable travel companion, and some runway favorites.
By Sarah Spellings
obsessive tester
The 10 Best Leave-in Conditioners for Dry and Damaged Hair Softer, smoother, and shinier hair is just a spritz (or squirt) away.
By Erica Smith
blonde ambition
By Diana Tsui
Dear Justin Bieber: Here’s How to Take Care of Bleached Hair Olaplex and conditioning masks are your friend! 
obsessions
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tevas Inside one woman’s manic quest to buy an ugly pair of sandals.
By Gabriella Paiella
gone sale-ing
12 Swimsuits on Sale for the Last Month of Summer It’s not over yet.
By Sarah Spellings

The Shopper

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the cut shop
A T-Shirt You and Your Ex Can Both Wear The latest from the Cut Shop.
By the Cut
parties!
The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
By Aubri Juhasz
look book
Issa Rae’s Best Looks From Awkward Black Girl to Insecure See the star in Pyer Moss and Balmain when she’s not sporting graphic tees onscreen.
By Anaka Kaundinya

Power

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
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
science of us
Do You Freak Out When Your Friend Picks Up the Check? You’re in good company.
By Cari Romm
my two cents
I Think My Broke Roommate Is Taking Advantage of Me
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
gallery
The Yale Photography Show Dwells in Negative Space Featuring the students’ thesis projects.
By Sarah Nechamkin
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
talking to
9 Parents Whose Kids Have Been in Foster Care Speak Up
By Leah Rodriguez
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
I Think My Broke Roommate Is Taking Advantage of Me But I also feel bad for her!
By Charlotte Cowles

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Culture

dating rumors
Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson’s Relationship: A Timeline The two were recently caught kissing at London’s Heathrow Airport.
By Amanda Arnold
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
talking to
By Anna Silman
8 People on Surviving Gay Conversion Therapy “I think the key thing is that I wanted to change a lot of the time because I had so much self-hate — I was very much participating in it.” 
kontinuity errors
Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé Try Sister Therapy
By Mariah Smith
the reckoning
Vanessa Carlton on #MeToo and What’s Changed Since 2002 The piano pop star has remade herself as an indie singer-songwriter.
By Emily Sundberg
you know what i heard
Why Won’t Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Get Divorced?
By Allie Jones
robot money
You Can Buy Hair Spray With Bitcoin Now The way of the future.
By Hayley Schueneman
passions
An Ode to the Hot Men of Crazy Rich Asians The delightful rom-com is full of some beautiful sights (men).
By Lisa Ryan
gallery
The Yale Photography Show Dwells in Negative Space Featuring the students’ thesis projects.
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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.
By Kathleen Hou
7/3/2018
Marisa Tomei Knows What She’s Worth A frank conversation on money, beauty, and sticking with work you love.
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