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Gift Of The Day: A Delightfully Pillowy Down Vest

For those who like to spend time outdoors during the winter months. By Aemilia Madden

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crime By Bindu Bansinath A Palestinian Student Is Paralyzed After Vermont Shooting Family of Hisham Awartani say a bullet lodged in the 20-year-old’s spine, paralyzing him for the chest down.

israel-hamas war Julianna Margulies Addresses Backlash to Bigoted Gaza Rant “I did not intend for my words to sow further division, for which I am sincerely apologetic.” By Olivia Craighead
astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of December 3 Guess what happens when the planet of love and desire enters the most intense sign of the zodiac. By Claire Comstock-Gay

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The Beauty Products Caroline Robinson Uses to the Last Drop By Akili King
Gift of the Day: A Nike Bag You Won’t Stop Petting By Aemilia Madden
Gift of the Day: Gucci Loafers That Are Worth the Splurge By Aemilia Madden
12 Best Workout Shoes, According to the Experts By Lauren Adhav

year in review The Year of Commuter-core Bring on the cargo pants. By Shelby Ying-Hyde
style Splurge Gifts for the Hard-to-Please Gifts of exceptional craftsmanship and quality. By Joanna Nikas

beauty By Valerie Monroe TikTok Is Taking Over My Teen’s Multistep Skin-Care Routine What’s the harm in an elaborate skin-care routine for young girls? Dermatologists weigh in.

year in review Time Traveling With J.Crew’s Olympia Gayot Her mind, like her office, is flooded with old things. By Danya Issawi
always shopping The Ultimate Guide to Cocktail Attire Dresses, skirts, and all the accessories you need to look party-ready. By Diana Tsui, Leora Herman, and Morgan Evans
beauty The Beauty Products Jenni Kayne Uses to the Last Drop Beautycounter’s Tinted Moisturizer, Oak Essentials’ Cleansing Balm, and more. By Akili King

gift guide All I Want for Christmas Is a George Santos Cameo The former congressman has set his sights on front-facing video content. By Olivia Craighead
celebrity Susan Sarandon Has Apologized for Her Comments at a Pro-Palestine Rally She wrote that suggesting Jews had not been persecuted was “a terrible mistake.” By Danielle Cohen

health By Dyan Neary What Happened to Maya Kowalski When a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?

career How to Survive the Office Holiday Party Yes, you should go. But as long as you spend a few minutes talking to your boss, you can probably get away with leaving early. By Alison Green

action item How to Help Civilian Victims of the Israel-Hamas War Hamas’s attacks and Israel’s military response and its blockade of Gaza have created a large-scale humanitarian crisis. By Andrea González-Ramírez

personal finance How to Tell People You Don’t Want Gifts A guide to de-escalating the holiday-shopping frenzy. By Charlotte Cowles

how i get it done Gallerist Rachel Lehmann is interested in art that crosses borders and disciplines, and has gained recognition for introducing artists to new parts of the world. When we spoke to her, she had just returned from a visit to China, where she sensed a renewed artistic energy; she feels a closeness to the region through the artists that she represents.

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as told to 8 Women on Living With HIV-AIDS Long-Term On the 35th anniversary of World Aids Day, eight HIV-AIDS survivors and activists share their experience with health care and stigma. By Vivian Manning-Schaffel
first person Happily Ever Divorced After my Instagrammable marriage fell apart, my ex-husband and I finally found peace — off the grid. By Molly Rosen

health By Bindu Bansinath What to Know About Zepbound The diabetes drug Mounjaro has now been approved for weight loss.

parenting The Dad Who Became a Widower at 30 With 8-Month-Old Twins “I couldn’t stop thinking, How am I going to do this without her? We wanted to do this together.” By Kristen Mascia

advice ‘Am I Letting My Ex Off the Hook?’ It takes a lot of strength to forgive the people who’ve hurt us. By J.P. Brammer

parenting TikTok’s Version of Parenting Is a Nightmare Fantasy Having a baby isn’t easy, but it’s far from the hellscape I can’t stop watching on my FYP. By Amil Niazi

the bigger picture What exactly is queerness and how should we define it? For this group, queer identity is about more than who you’re kissing. Their queerness emerges through their external expression. Through their nonlinear, arresting visual representation and their determination to live as open-hearted as the soul can bear, comes the extreme beauty of knowing oneself.

sex diaries The Lawyer Having Breakup Sex Before Work This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky
health The Truth Behind All That Cortisol Talk If you learned about — and then obsessed over — high cortisol with Dr. TikTok, it’s time for a reality check. By Annaliese Griffin

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cut covers The Joy of Being Alicia Keys Twenty years after her debut and with a new musical out loosely based on her life, the singer finally learns to take it easy. By Asia Milia Ware
celebrity Ashanti Is Reportedly Pregnant After getting back together with Nelly earlier this year. By Olivia Craighead

year in review By Emily Kirkpatrick The Year Celeb Meal Deals Got Weird From Cardi B and Offset’s date-night dinner at McDonald’s to the Reneé Rapp bowl at Sweetgreen.

cut chats Every Thought We Had Rewatching Practical Magic Just what, exactly, was in the aunts’ margaritas? By the Cut

reality reckoning Bethenny Frankel, Still Dragging Everyone TikToking a baked potato with the self-described “Erin Brockovich” of the reality TV reckoning. By Brock Colyar

fall fashion issue 2023 Dylan Mulvaney’s Girlhood, Interrupted She never expected to be attacked by the right-wing ghoul squad for just being so delightfully herself. She’s ready to make the most of it. By Brock Colyar

culture A Fan Threw an Object at Florence Pugh’s Face Video shows her wincing and putting a hand to her eye. By Tariro Mzezewa
celebrity Are Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan Dating? They were spotted roaming around a Brentwood parking lot. By Danielle Cohen
books Could This Be Melissa Broder’s Most Audacious Sex Scene? Let’s talk about that erotic cactus in Death Valley. By Ruth Madievsky

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reality reckoning Bethenny Frankel, Still Dragging Everyone TikToking a baked potato with the self-described “Erin Brockovich” of the reality TV reckoning. By Brock Colyar
cut covers The Joy of Being Alicia Keys Twenty years after her debut and with a new musical out loosely based on her life, the singer finally learns to take it easy. By Asia Milia Ware
first person Happily Ever Divorced After my Instagrammable marriage fell apart, my ex-husband and I finally found peace — off the grid. By Molly Rosen
encounter Paige Lorenze Is Selling Life in the Suburbs “If this is fake country, I want to be fake country forever,” says the influencer. By Emily Sundberg
torn up and apart 10 Confessions of Hard Feelings Over the Israel-Gaza War “They don’t stand by me or understand that I feel vulnerable.” By Bindu Bansinath and Anya Kamenetz
the body politic Abortion Wins Again. Now What? Democrats can’t coast on the issue’s popularity. By Rebecca Traister
parenting The Final Frontier for Helicopter Parents Inside the Facebook and WhatsApp groups where moms arrange playdates for their college kids. By Juno DeMelo
parenting Does Anyone Feel Like an Actual Adult? Or are we all just cosplaying adulthood? By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
power Maya Kowalski’s $211 Million Verdict A Florida jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg liable on all counts, including contributing to her mother’s suicide. By Dyan Neary
health What Happened to Maya Kowalski When a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it? By Dyan Neary
culture Erewhon’s Secrets Japanese utopians. Corporate glow-ups. $400 smoothies. The strange history of the world’s most cultish grocery store. By Kerry Howley
encounter The Couple Behind the Skims-Industrial Complex A big chunk of the Kardashian family business rides on Emma and Jens Grede. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz