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After years of time-consuming skin-care routines, med-spa visits, and plastic-surgery before-and-afters, some creators are now reversing it all. By Laura Pitcher

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Brittney Griner’s Joyful Next Chapter The basketball star talks to Megan Rapinoe about the life she’s survived — and the happily ever after she gets to enjoy now.

celebrity The Reviews for Jax’s Aren’t Looking Good The mediocre bar-to-separation pipeline strikes again. By Emily Leibert
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Father’s Day Subscription Gifts That Are Anything But Lazy By Bianca Nieves
10 Father’s Day Gifts You Don’t Have to Pay Full Price For By Hanna Flanagan
It’s Not Too Late to Get Your Dad a Father’s Day Gift By Chinea Rodriguez
How to Dress for a (Vacation) Date Night By Cortne Bonilla

styled by the cut How to Dress for a (Vacation) Date Night Sex appeal has no PTO. By Cortne Bonilla
beauty Are Pricey Sunscreens A Gimmick? Not if they get you to use sunscreen as often and as liberally as you should (most people don’t). By Jennifer G. Sullivan

gift guides By Chinea Rodriguez It’s Not Too Late to Get Your Dad a Father’s Day Gift Stop procrastinating.

hot takes Abolish Jean Shorts As a society, we need to progress past these glorified buttocks corsets. By Danya Issawi
beauty The Joys of Jowls (and What You Can Do About Them) Sofwave, Ulthera, and Radio Frequency (RF) microneedling can reduce the appearance of jowling. But read this before you consider. By Valerie Monroe
fashion Why Does Every Nice Dress Cost $500 Now? No, you’re not imagining things. Here’s why every summer dress you find is so expensive (or Shein cheap). By Chantal Fernandez

politics What to Know About Mexico’s First Female President In a historic feat, the country has elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next leader. By Emily Leibert
2024 election The Catharsis of Stormy Daniels Taking Down Trump The former president’s attorneys tried to slut-shame the porn star at his hush-money trial. It didn’t work. By Laura Bassett

power By Andrea González-Ramírez and Tariro Mzezewa All of the Allegations Against Diddy A recent Rolling Stone investigation details years of alleged abuse and misconduct.

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career How to Shut Down Gossip at Work It helps to decide if the rumors are helpful or harmful. By Alison Green

israel-hamas war There’s No Place Left for Displaced Gazans Oxfam’s humanitarian policy chief on the deteriorating conditions in Rafah and the insecurity facing people who’ve fled. By Andrea González-Ramírez

personal finance Now Prices Are Going … Down? Retailers including Walgreens and Target are finally cutting prices. But why now? By Charlotte Cowles

career Casey Tanner is a sex therapist and social-media educator whose account @queersextherapy is a must-follow for lost souls furiously searching “am I a lesbian reddit.” Tanner recently published their new book, Feel It All, which challenges readers to let go of these assumptions and figure out what feels good for themselves. Here’s how they get it done.

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relationships Is Dating a Total Nightmare for You Right Now? You’re not alone. Trying to date as a young woman has gotten so bad it’s gone viral. By Angelina Chapin
both sides of a breakup Both Sides of a Breakup: He Didn’t Think Trump Was So Bad Two exes explain why it ended. By Alyssa Shelasky

parenting By Lindsay Gellman Is It Really Safe to Fly With a Baby in Your Lap? Experts say all infants should use car seats — but that could mean fewer ticket sales for airlines.

astrology Rising Sign: What Is It, and What Does It Mean? Your ascendent sign explains everything — like, actually. By Aliza Kelly

relationships How To Marry Rich Meet the influencers who urge their followers to find wealthy men. By Bindu Bansinath

mental health 21 Ways To Break Up With Your Therapist From plain old ghosting to switching to ketamine. By Alyssa Shelasky

the bigger picture When she launched Girls Run NYC in 2014, Jessie Zapo wanted to make it easier for women of all abilities to run “in fellowship with others”: “Our goal was to create a space where it didn’t feel scary, and you weren’t going to get left behind in the dust.” Now Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group.

aging Welcome to the Millennial Midlife Crisis As we enter our 40s, we’re being forced to confront something awful — not our mortality. Our finances. By Amil Niazi
family The Last Thing My Mother Wanted Healthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us. By Evelyn Jouvenet

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encounter How Nikki Glaser Became Toast of the Roast The comedian has been in the business for decades. But her set on the Tom Brady roast seems to have shifted something. By Gracie Hadland

internet drama By Gabrielle Bluestone Dancing in the Name of the Lord The “cult” claims about a TikTok-famous set of performers shocked everyone — except L.A.’s dancefluencer community.

music Are We Getting ‘Nasty’ This Summer? Tinashe enters the song of summer competition with her viral new single. By Cat Zhang

culture We’re Getting Women’s Ambition All Wrong From Jennifer Lopez to Harrison Butker, the “Is ambition feminist?” debate rages on — and it’s exhausting. By Jennifer Romolini

royals When Will Kate Middleton Return to Public Life? Her treatment is reportedly going well, but sources say she “may never come back in the role that people saw her in before.” By Danielle Cohen

celebrity The Reviews for Jax’s Aren’t Looking Good The mediocre bar-to-separation pipeline strikes again. By Emily Leibert
keep it moving Coco Gauff Got Into a Tense Exchange During the French Open This is hardly the first time the U.S. Open champion has had to call out an umpire. By Emily Leibert
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internet drama Dancing in the Name of the Lord The “cult” claims about a TikTok-famous set of performers shocked everyone — except L.A.’s dancefluencer community. By Gabrielle Bluestone
parenting The Last Kid in Ninth Grade Without an iPhone They’re not in the group chat. But they’re not social pariahs either. By Liz Krieger
aging Welcome to the Millennial Midlife Crisis As we enter our 40s, we’re being forced to confront something awful — not our mortality. Our finances. By Amil Niazi
fashion Why Does Every Nice Dress Cost $500 Now? No, you’re not imagining things. Here’s why every summer dress you find is so expensive (or Shein cheap). By Chantal Fernandez
scene report I Waited 3.5 Hours for a Something About Her Sandwich. Was It Worth It? Surviving opening day at the newest Vanderpump Rules restaurant — and grading every sandwich on a scale of zero to five goat-cheese balls. By Katie Heaney
men Inside the Penis-Filler Boom Some Girthmasters are made, not born. By David Mack
relationships Where Have All My Guy Friends Gone? As we get older and couple off, it feels harder and harder for men and women to remain platonically close. But what if we made it easier? By Sarah Wheeler
mental health Do ‘Parentified Children’ Really Have It So Bad? One eldest daughter speaks. By Rachel Connolly
power ‘Mitzvah Night Is CANCELLED’ Inside the sex strike that has infuriated husbands and shaken the ultra-Orthodox world. By Talia Lavin
parenting Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook? Meet the women logging on for fresh semen and the men who get their kicks offering their seed. By Anya Kamenetz
mental health Is It Time to Quit Therapy? For years, we were told it was the key to living a good life. What if we don’t want to go anymore? By Melissa Dahl
health Don’t Trust That ‘Veneer Tech’ Fake certification courses — and their horrifying results — are all over TikTok. By Lindsay Gellman