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In Brooklyn, a Honduran-Inspired Backyard Dinner
Cathleen O’Neil and Feisal Lagos, two friends who met in the New York events industry, have started a vibrant, collaborative meal series of their own.
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At the Australian State Dinner, Jill Biden Stays Neutral
The first lady wore a dress by designer Reem Acra.
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The Exhibition Making the Case for Art Without Men
Loved in her day, the French painter Marie Laurencin depicted a dreamy vision of a world of women. What does she have to say to audiences now?
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A Hazy Issue for Couples: One Smokes (Pot), the Other Doesn’t
In many relationships, tensions arise as recreational cannabis use becomes more routine.
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The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear
Amid the chaos of climate change, humans tend to focus on humans. But Earth is home to countless other species, including animals, plants and fungi. For centuries, we have been making it harder for them to exist by cutting down forests, plowing ...
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My Son Poses a Threat to My Safety. Should I Evict Him?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether parental responsibility should outweigh a person’s well-being.
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Poem: Suddenly, Last Summer
Lisa Jarnot’s “Suddenly, Last Summer” develops, through ecstatic repetition, a theology of lostness. The sea-turtle hatchlings, with their instinctual desire to move toward light, risk this desire’s fatal consequence when knowing no better, they ...
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Judge John Hodgman on the Tangled Yarn
Erin writes: I started crocheting during lockdown. Recently, I made the mistake of washing seven skeins of yarn at once, turning them into a giant wad. It took two days to untangle one skein. My husband says I should throw the wad away because the ...
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The Taylor and Travis Fan Fiction That’s Tearing TikTok Apart
“Roughing the Princess,” an erotic e-book inspired by an actual relationship, veered too close to reality for many of Taylor Swift’s fans.
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Why Do Fan-Made Trailers Rule the Internet?
Fan edits — short montages of films and television shows like “Bottoms” and “Succession” set to music — have become a staple of online life.