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Are We All Protecting Our Peace Too Much?
Earlier this year, I made a conscious decision to stop doing anything I didn’t want to do, unless I was being paid to do so (look: I even wrote...
Jenna Ortega Takes the Mall Goth Shoe to Its Glamorous Extreme
We know Ortega loves a frankenshoe. (Just yesterday, she wore a mesh-stiletto hybrid from Black Suede Studio). It was in her choice of footwear that she deviated from what...
That’s Amore! Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Do Dolce Vita Dressing To Make Some Tiramisu
What could ever get between Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco? Maybe, just maybe, a good tiramisu. How about a pistachio and caramel tiramisu. How about a tiramisu inspired by...
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King Princess’s Homecoming
After the Civil War, the German-born Jewish businessman Isidor Straus moved with his family to New York City. Straus was enterprising and handsome, with small round spectacles, an angular...
There Is More to French Opera Than “Carmen” and “Faust”
Virginia Woolf, in her essay “The Lives of the Obscure,” savors the potential fascination of reading authors whom posterity has cast aside: “One likes romantically to feel oneself a...
The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen
Strange to think, but there was a time when the United States’ most steadfast ally in the Middle East was Iran. In 1953, the C.I.A. had backed a coup...
Amy Sherald’s “Trans Forming Liberty”
The cover of the August 11, 2025, issue, by the artist Amy Sherald, is a portrait of the trans model and performance artist Arewà Basit. The art work is...
