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Carrie Bradshaw’s Tutu Is Back

And other hot takes from the fashion shows in Paris this week. By Emilia Petrarca

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The Only Black Woman at the Helm of a Major Wellness Brand
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Cori Bush Moving Her Office Away From QAnon Congresswoman
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We May Soon Have Another COVID Vaccine
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my two cents By Charlotte Cowles ‘My Sister Is So Cheap and It’s Driving Me Nuts!’ She might not know better, or she could just be a jerk. You won’t really know unless you talk to her.

hairy situations The Product That Finally Convinced Me to Oil My Hair This scalp and hair prewash hacks an age-old Indian ritual. By Parizaad Khan Sethi
q&a Advice From Bling Empire’s Most Mysterious Billionaire Anna Shay on rude guests, skin care, and body oil. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

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hairy situations The Product That Finally Convinced Me to Oil My Hair This scalp and hair prewash hacks an age-old Indian ritual. By Parizaad Khan Sethi
campaign trail The Best Fashion Campaigns From Spring 2021 This season’s best from Prada, Versace, Miu Miu, and more. gallery By Florence O'Connor

a beautiful life By Kathleen Hou The Only Black Woman at the Helm of a Major Wellness Brand Meet Golde’s CEO Trinity Mouzon Wofford.

spring 2021 couture How to Get Ripped, the Fashion Way Three spring 2021 couture shows to jump-start your week. By Andrew Nguyen
finer things A Puffer Coat Meets a Blazer And they fall in love. By Emilia Petrarca

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I Knew This Conditioner Was ‘The One’ After One Wash By Kathleen Hou
How Victoria Beckham’s Facialist Gets Her Skin So Good By Daise Bedolla
This Nectar Makes Any Moisturizer Feel Like La Mer By Kathleen Hou
Wardrobe Essentials Picked Out for You By Andrew Nguyen

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screen time Some Fun Outfit Ideas for Ella Emhoff And a niche Bernie meme you might have missed. By Emilia Petrarca
2021 inauguration An Encouraging Day for Democracy, and Coats The Republic has been damaged, but the outerwear is strong. By Emilia Petrarca
2021 inauguration Oh My God, Michelle Obama The former First Lady wore a burgundy look by Sergio Hudson to the inauguration. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

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the body politic America Is Back, Indeed With Biden, we’ve restored our country’s favorite tradition: basic, middling, white patriarchy. By Rebecca Traister
2021 inauguration An Encouraging Day for Democracy, and Coats The Republic has been damaged, but the outerwear is strong. By Emilia Petrarca

congress By Madeleine Aggeler Cori Bush Is Moving Her Office Away From QAnon-Supporting Congresswoman She says it’s for her team’s safety.

ask a boss ‘Should I Be Exaggerating Enthusiasm in Job Interviews?’ If you do, you need to be prepared to keep up the act once you’re on the job. By Alison Green

reading the signs Good-bye to Trump’s Patriotic Cosplay He gave Americans of all stripes a chance to witness and play at masquerade. What will his supporters do with that impulse now? By Rhonda Garelick

my two cents ‘My Sister Is So Cheap and It’s Driving Me Nuts!’ She might not know better, or she could just be a jerk. You won’t really know unless you talk to her. By Charlotte Cowles

how i get it done Heading into law school, Rhiannon Hamam knew she wanted to focus on the rights of marginalized and displaced peoples. Now 32, Hamam is a public-defense attorney in Texas, where she represents people who have been accused of state crimes — often assault, theft, or possession — and cannot afford to hire a lawyer. Here’s how she gets it done.

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star material A Guide to the Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius Air signs are intellectual and communicative, and prone to overindulging in fantasy. By Liana Mack
astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of January 25 Mercury goes retrograde this week, and there’s a full moon in dramatic Leo. By Claire Comstock-Gay

hot bod By Maggie Lange Have You Found Your Favorite Fitness App? Here are 10 to get you started, from Apple Fitness+ to the be.come project.

public health Time to Start Double-Masking (If you haven’t already.) By Amanda Arnold

it’s complicated I Wanted to Feel Athletic and Hot, So I Dated an Awful Jock We didn’t have anything in common but sex. By Shayna Goodman

niche drama What’s All This Drama About a Pro-Trump Parenting Guru? Receipts have surfaced documenting four years of donations from the Taking Cara Babies founder to the MAGA Committee. By Claire Lampen

the bigger picture New York–based photographer Jasmine Clarke got a breath of fresh air during the pandemic when she was invited to experience a weekend at Activation Residency, a Black trans–led artist-residency program in the Catskills. Clarke described her experience as almost reminiscent of childhood, owing to the endless amount of time she had for exploration and rest.

coronavirus news We May Soon Have Another COVID Vaccine Johnson & Johnson, whose vaccine is highly protective against severe cases, plans to apply for emergency FDA authorization as soon as next week. By Amanda Arnold
dreams What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Drowning? An expert suggests seven possible reasons. By Claire Lampen

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encounter What Does Lauren Oyler Like? With the release of her debut novel, the hard-to-please literary critic has to offer up her idea of a good book. By Anna Silman
cut covers Sarah McBride’s Neighborhood The new Delaware state senator is making history in her hometown. By Brock Colyar

celebrity By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz Just Vibe With Kyle MacLachlan On his delightful TikTok account.

fixations I Think About These 2008 Gossip Girl Ads a Lot I felt guilty for watching innocent kisses on TV, but it was okay to display soft porn on public transit? By Mycah Hazel

dream date Bollywood Just Gave Us Our Next Leading Man Hollywood should take note of The White Tiger’s Adarsh Gourav. By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

you know what i heard What Will Become of Olivia Jade? And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column. By Allie Jones

how i get it done How TV Personality Bevy Smith Gets It Done On painting in the bathtub, avoiding burnout, and not fearing the word “no.” By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
the bigger picture Another Year Together Photographer Lula Hyers documented New Year’s Eve with her pod. By Emilia Petrarca
the bigger picture A Quiet New Year’s Eve in Baltimore Photographer Shan Wallace takes a walk around her city. By Emilia Petrarca

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