Years ago, my boyfriend and I moved into our first apartment together. I was unpacking dishes in the kitchen and whimpering from sciatica pain that made my left leg feel like a chainsaw was ripping it in half, when he called out, “Why don’t you come in here and take a break?” I dropped the […]
The streetwear brand Supreme is known for inspiring rabid devotion in its followers, but there are limits. This past Sunday, fans of the brand were invited to gather outside Dover Street Market, a high-end boutique on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, and walk some 40 blocks downtown to Soho. The event was billed as “the first […]
It’s no secret that Meghan Markle loves Givenchy. She’s worn the brand for numerous public appearances, including to marry Prince Harry and to reveal her baby bump. Markle’s public persona — approachable yet elegant — is a perfect match for the sensibility of Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller, who has a knack for making women […]
Rachel Dratch and I are supposed to be having a leisurely ladies’ day out, but as is often the case when you’re trying to have scheduled fun, things aren’t quite going as planned. Our pedicures have run late, so we’ve been forced to jam our wet toenails into our socks and then jog six blocks […]
No one used to take Janet Porter seriously. The Ohio activist who pioneered so-called “heartbeat” six-week abortion bans was mostly known for the gags — a YouTube video with a tinny voice singing “Have a heart, don’t let them kill / Help us pass the heartbeat bill” sung to the tune of “99 Red Balloons,” […]
On Saturday, passengers of an American Airlines subsidiary received some, well, surprising news while waiting to board their flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. Their pilot had been arrested — for murder, CNN reports. Pilot Christian Richard Martin, 51, was arrested for the November 2015 deaths of a couple — […]
What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves? That is the question Stephen Colbert asked John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum star Keanu Reeves during his appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Friday, and also the question I have often found myself contemplating in moments of silent reflection. Because truly, […]
Doris Day, one of the most prominent actresses reigning over the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 97. Her foundation, the Doris Day Animal Foundation, confirmed the news to the Associated Press, stating she had been “in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia.” […]
Last week, Pratt Institute celebrated its 120th annual fashion show by honoring Brooklyn-born Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond with the Pratt Fashion Visionary Award. The event also included a runway show featuring the top work from seventeen student collections from the class of 2019. Standouts from the show included Ruojing Wang’s unisex collection that touched on the […]
Warning: This post contains extensive spoilers for Game of Thrones season eight, episode five, along with some generally messed up thoughts about bowl cuts. The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, “The Bells,” featured several cataclysmic ends for its characters: Varys was executed by Daenerys before she went on to raze King’s Landing with Drogon; […]