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55-Year-Old Mother of Toddler Seeks Mom Friends

When I became a parent, I was excited for the sparkly mom-group camaraderie and guidance that I assumed would follow. I’m still waiting. podcast By Anna David

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Olivia Wilde Had to Disappear

Her last movie — and her life — became publicly dissected: “I don’t think you know what you’re made of until you fall apart.”

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The Best Early Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Deals to Shop Now By Hanna Flanagan
It’s a No-Mascara Summer By Carol Lee
The Best Portable Fans to Survive the Heat By Chinea Rodriguez
Wrap This Around Your Waist By Bianca Nieves

always shopping What to Wear on Game Day: World Cup Edition Go, sports! By Bianca Nieves
beauty The Beauty Stuff Hudson Williams’s Hairstylist Aika Flores Uses to the Last Drop Flores is technically a “men’s groomer,” a hair and makeup pro rolled into one. She uses Color Wow curl spray, Ciele skin tint, and Rhode blush. By Carol Lee
style Fashion That Makes Us Want Again The luxury industry has forgotten how to stoke our desire — with three standout exceptions. By Cathy Horyn

ask a beauty editor By April Long I Tried the New Vampire Facial A guide to PRF from someone who tried it and has photos to tell the tale.

always shopping These Are the Sunglasses We Wear the Most Cut Shop–approved frames. By Chinea Rodriguez
style The Odyssey Press Run Is the Best Runway The Greek-goddess look is officially back. By Kathleen Walsh
beauty The Korean Exfoliating Mitt That Will Always Be In My Shower Sluff is the brainchild of former beauty editor Christina Han, who wants to bring the traditional Korean bathhouse scrub into everyone’s homes. By Carol Lee

power Why Didn’t Graham Platner’s Many Red Flags Matter? The women who pointed out his unfitness for office long before the rape allegation were painted as nagging hags. They were right all along. By Andrea González-Ramírez
first person The Women Who Taught Me to Be a Tradwife Over Bible-study doughnuts and discipleship-group tea, I learned the rules of submission. podcast By Britt Tisdale

power By Angelina Chapin The Girlbossification of AI Reese Witherspoon, Mel Robbins, and Sheryl Sandberg are telling women to use ChatGPT or get left behind.

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career Ask a Boss: ‘Is Everyone Working 40 Hours a Week Except Me?’ Some people work faster than others. Don’t feel guilty about finishing all your tasks with time to spare. By Alison Green

power The Woman Who’s a Citizen of Nowhere Daiana Lilo, a law student at Tulane University, is stateless. Under Trump, her life has been thrown into chaos. By Andrea González-Ramírez

personal finance ‘Becoming a Plumber Completely Changed My Life’ Women make up less than 5 percent of skilled trade workers. The ones that succeed wish more would join them. By Charlotte Cowles

how i get it done DonYé Taylor is part creative director, part cultural observer, part emotional translator for a generation of women who are tired of being told to go niche when their real gift is their range. She isn’t just building products or posting inspiration; she’s building language for people who are still becoming themselves. Here’s how she gets it done.

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personals Both Sides of a First Date: He’s Glad She’s Into Rick and Morty We set up Abi and AJ to see if they’d vibe. Now, they’ve reported back with every detail — red flags, first kisses, and all. By Emily Leibert
self Sex As a Single Mom After my marriage ended, I began compulsively dating in order to figure out what kind of woman I wanted to be. podcast By Emily Ratajkowski

first person By Jordana Brewster Making Peace With My Surrogacy The choice to carry my kids was taken from me — and with it, I thought, the feeling of motherhood. Eventually, thankfully, I learned I was wrong.

sex diaries The Man Searching for a Girlfriend After a Thorny Divorce In this week’s story, a 38-year-old marketing manager has sex in New York and meets a single mom in Connecticut. By Alyssa Shelasky

chapters Did a Cult Land Me in the Psychiatric Ward? Even after I was hospitalized and given a diagnosis, it was hard to stop believing in magic. By Hannah Murray

astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of June 21-27 Don’t be surprised if you’re a bit more sensitive than usual — just don’t let your fear of being burned prevent you from trying to connect at all. By Claire Comstock-Gay

sex ‘What It Took for Me to Finally Have an Orgasm’: The so-called pleasure gap continues to persist. Of course it doesn’t, it shouldn’t, have to be that way. Eight women who’d struggled to “finish” share the moment it eventually happened. This story is part of “Good in Bed,” a series exploring the ways we are — and aren’t — finding satisfaction right now.

encounter The Mom Who Runs a Household With a Staff of AI Agents Between parenting and homeschool, Jesse Genet’s time was scarce. Then she hired an ever-multiplying team of eager, tireless assistants. By Lane Brown
self My First Orgasm Cost $10,812 The price I paid to heal my body after a string of biblically bad luck. By Lily Majteles

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recommendations This Summer, We’re Drinking Vodka-Cran The two chicest words you could ever utter in a bar. By Tom Smyth
culture Kelsey Lu’s Divine Reckoning The American singer and multi-instrumentalist returns with a new clarity on their latest album, So Help Me God. By Cat Zhang

sports By Brooke LaMantia How Much Does Going to a World Cup Match Actually Cost? We tallied up the cost of tickets, transportation, merch, and concessions for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

baby they said yes Every Single Thing We Found Out About Taylor Swift’s Wedding Who designed the dress? What have guests said? Was that really Adam Sandler? By Olivia Craighead

culture Hayley Kiyoko is Always Down for a Game of Charades The singer makes her directorial debut with ‘Girls Like Girls,’ a feature film based on her 2015 music video of the same name.

celebrity Inde Navarrette Is Obsessed With Dating Herself The Obsession breakout star has some words of wisdom when it comes to relationships. By Michel Ghanem

the royals King Charles Just Reunited With His Grandkids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet hadn’t seen their grandpa in four years. By Emily Leibert
celebrity breakups? Margaret Qualley Denies Infidelity Rumors The couple has reportedly separated — but not for the reasons being posited online. By Brooke LaMantia
celebrity Kristin Cavallari Leaves Her Kids in Coach “I want them to know, ‘This is not your money. This is my money.’” By Emily Leibert

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fall fashion The Forever-35 Face The face-lift is better than ever, and everybody wants one. Deep inside the uncanny world of the surgically ageless. By Bridget Read
self The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands Rather than deal with the inconveniences of divorce, more and more women over 40 are choosing to just check out. By Monica Corcoran Harel
power The Nanny Who Moved in and Wouldn’t Move Out A couple thought they’d found Mary Poppins. Until she refused to leave. By Bindu Bansinath
crime Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter? For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along. By Lauren Smiley
first person In Sickness and in Health Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart may not have been a couple, but they remained family. Revisit Gayheart’s essay about facing his ALS diagnosis together. By Rebecca Gayheart and Jen Ortiz
style It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl A new generation has transformed the neighborhood — and reshaped the fantasy of New York City living. By Brock Colyar
body image The Era of Emaciation Celebrities and influencers have become worryingly thin. It’s impossible not to notice. By Angelina Chapin
spring fashion Bienvenido a Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio’s new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, is a history lesson and a homecoming. By Jen Ortiz
beauty The Beauty Products Heated Rivalry Star Hudson Williams Uses to the Last Drop The Heated Rivalry star can’t get enough Skin1004 sunscreen, Beauty of Joseon serum, and an iRestore red-light helmet. By Carol Lee
fall fashion The True Story of Miley Cyrus And Family, In Their Own Words They fell apart, came back together, and kept dominating the charts. Now, Tish, Brandi, Miley, and Noah let us in on Cyrus lore. By Szilveszter Makó
spring fashion Buy All This, Look Rich How Quince, the one-stop shop for everything from cashmere sweaters to caviar, seduced a generation of jaded shoppers. By Chantal Fernandez
fall fashion What Happened at Wondermind? Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart. By Angelina Chapin