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Best Of The Cut

  1. feature
    The Oracle’s DaughterSarah Green escaped her mother’s cult 22 years ago. She still thinks about those she left behind.
    By Harrison Hill
  2. culture
    The Return of FOMOThe pandemic forced us to simplify our lives and look inward. Now it’s time to have fun again. That should be easy, right?
    By Matthew Schneier
  3. fiction
    You Owe MeThe government’s system wasn’t made for couples like Dan and Sasha, but they followed the new rules anyway.
    By Eliza Smith
  4. encounter
    Michelle Zauner Is Not Quite Ready to RetireThe writer and Japanese Breakfast front woman is excited about the future of her art.
    By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
  5. reckoning with a reckoning
    Eavesdropping on $5,000 Anti-Racist Dinner PartiesTwo entrepreneurs have built a business dredging up white women’s shame.
    By Molly Fischer
  6. career
    When Your Business Is 100 Years Older Than YouMei Lum is the fifth-generation owner of Wing On Wo & Co., the oldest store in Chinatown.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  7. minding our business
    ‘What I Learned From Seeing My Business Fail’Three successful entrepreneurs on the wisdom they gained from setbacks.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  8. reckoning with a reckoning
    White People Are SquirmingEight writers on what happens when the people around you are suddenly forced to confront race.
  9. fiction
    Talking Around the Elephant in the RoomThey could publish books about bitcoin and black holes, but they couldn’t understand why it was important to have more diverse authors.
    By Zakiya Dalila Harris
  10. last days of manhood
    Before I Came Out As Trans, I Tried a Men’s Support GroupSince I didn’t belong in the room, I could see this place for what it was.
    By Alex McElroy
  11. reckoning with a reckoning
    Stop Hustling Black DeathSamaria Rice is the mother of Tamir, not a “mother of the movement.”
    By Imani Perry
  12. women in the workforce
    What It Takes to Make It in the Food IndustryTen women who run their own restaurants, bakeries, and catering businesses on finding success in a notoriously precarious industry.
    By Olivia Evans
  13. minding our business
    Survival Secrets From Small-Business OwnersSix women share the advice no one gave them when they were starting out.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  14. cut covers
    Where Would Food Be Without Padma Lakshmi?The food expert and author speaks with Sohla El-Waylly about this past year’s reckoning, double standards, and bringing inclusivity to the table.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  15. memory lane
    Life As a HalstonettePat Cleveland shares the true story behind Netflix’s new miniseries.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  16. book excerpt
    ‘You Must Play Basketball’He wants to see my moves. My Black athleticism will turn him on. But my body is a marionette with tangled and impossibly knotted strings.
    By Brian Broome
  17. bennifer
    J.Lo and Ben Affleck Have Never Been Low-KeyThat’s what makes them perfect celebrities.
    By Allie Jones
  18. science of us
    The Clock-Out CureFor those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care.
    By Katie Heaney
  19. power
    Tarana Burke Is Just Trying to Do Her WorkA long talk about Black women, Me Too, and intentions with the activist and founder.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  20. the bigger picture
    Our Mothers, OurselvesMagdalena Wosinska’s family photos will make you want to call your mom.
    By the Cut
  21. dream date
    Shrill’s Love Interest Believes in Queer-Strength SupremacyE.R. Fightmaster adds to the show’s pantheon of warm, thoughtful identity representation.
    By Maggie Lange
  22. first person
    My Mother in ThereThat was her, in an iPhone, a hospital bed, and my memories, free of her sickness for the first time in 40 years.
    By Marie Mutsuki Mockett
  23. black lives matter
    Who’s Keeping Black Children Safe?A recent spate of horrific reminders that the American system of policing has not been held accountable.
    By Mary Retta
  24. book excerpt
    My Heartbreak WorkbookSomewhere, between my troubles and attempts to fix them, I will find myself.
    By Elissa Washuta
  25. the office
    How the Office Has Become a Prime Site for MisconductIts very structure protects predators.
    By Rebecca Traister
  26. first person
    Was That Racism?I ask myself this question almost every day.
    By Julie Kim
  27. book excerpt
    What My Mother AteI remember her taste clearly because that was how my mother loved you, in subtle observations of what brought joy.
    By Michelle Zauner
  28. the future
    Wild Speculation: A Series About What Comes NextWhat we’ll take with us when the pandemic ends.
    By the Cut
  29. cut covers
    Andra Day and Angela Bassett on Black Joy and ResilienceIn conversation for the Cut’s April cover.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  30. wikifeet
    An Interview With the Man Who Keeps Uploading My Feet to WikiFeetI tracked down Robert, a 58-year-old man living in New Jersey, and asked him: Why??
    By Laura Bassett
  31. mental health
    The Therapy-App FantasyAn overwhelming demand for professional counseling has spawned slickly marketed companies promising a service they cannot possibly provide.
    By Molly Fischer
  32. cut covers
    Abby Phillip Asks the Right QuestionsMedia’s voice of sanity and clarity, in conversation with Gayle King.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  33. breonna taylor
    I Was Charged With a Felony for Demanding Justice for Breonna TaylorThe charges were dropped, but they were a clear attempt at intimidation.
    By Rep. Attica Scott
  34. black lives matter
    A Conversation With Breonna Taylor’s Mother and SisterThe Cut’s new editor-in-chief spoke with Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, and her sister, Ju’Niyah Palmer, about the past year.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  35. covid-19
    This Sexless YearFinally, the singles and the partnered have something in common.
    By Katie Heaney
  36. covid-19
    A Year of SecretsCOVID-era confessions, from ski trips to lovers to second jobs.
    By Anna Silman
  37. style
    The Fashion Industry Can’t Seem to Get Enough of Carlos NazarioThe stylist did 14 covers in 12 months.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  38. style
    The Row’s Beige AmbitionMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen grew up to make New York’s most desirable clothes. But can even perfection survive the pandemic?
    By Matthew Schneier
  39. second acts
    Jenna Lyons on Coming Out (and Being Outed) After 40“I was tumbling into love with a woman and I didn’t have any guideposts.”
    As told to Katie Heaney
  40. new yawk style
    Thank You, Dr. ZizmorThe newest fashion trend in New York is — unironically, hyper-specifically — New York itself.
    By Stella Bugbee
  41. new yawk style
    The City Ate My ClosetAn utterly fractional sampling of some of the most-worn (and most-coveted) New York merch.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  42. power
    Alexander Wang Off DutyThe designer was famous for his partying. Now, he could become infamous.
    By Angelina Chapin and Matthew Schneier
  43. dream date
    Making Julien Baker BlushThe singer is too self-conscious for your compliments.
    By Amanda Arnold
  44. covid-19
    All My Friends’ Quarantine Bubbles Are BurstingSuddenly, everyone I know is abandoning their pod.
    By Maggie Lange
  45. power
    Britney Spears Was Never in ControlWhy did I ever believe a teen girl could hold all the power?
    By Tavi Gevinson
  46. crime
    What We Know About the Killing of Elijah McClainA scathing report by independent investigators says Aurora police “stretched the record to exonerate the [responding] officers.”
    By Claire Lampen
  47. asians in america
    Swallowing Our BitternessThe burden of swallowing anti-Asian racism is making America and me sick.
    By Kathleen Hou
  48. power
    What Was the Wing?To the extent that it’s remembered, it will be as an artifact of the Trump era.
    By Molly Fischer
  49. mirror mirror
    My Stress-Induced Hair Loss Is Stressing Me OutEither my hair needs Xanax or my soul needs Rogaine.
    By Sarah Caldwell
  50. power
    Marilyn Manson ‘Almost Destroyed Me’Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco says her relationship with the singer left her with physical scars and PTSD.
    By Angelina Chapin
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