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  1. cut covers
    Reintroducing Ali WongHer next phase includes dipping into dramatic roles on TV and testing the dating-app waters.
  2. divorce
    9 Women on the Moment They Knew Their Marriage Was Over“I found the receipt for the lingerie he’d bought her.”
  3. first person
    My Marriage Was Never the Same After ThatIn 2016, I wrote a poem that went viral. My home life got complicated.
  4. the body politic
    Abortion Wins ElectionsThe fight to make reproductive rights the centerpiece of the Democratic Party’s 2024 agenda.
  5. the hard part
    Gentle Parenting Is Too GentleAnd brutal as hell for us parents.
  6. profile
    Nan Goldin’s Happy EndingThe demimonde photographer long considered herself a filmmaker. Then Laura Poitras made a documentary about her.
  7. exclusive
    Law Roach on Why He Retired From Celebrity Fashion StylingThe image architect speaks out for the first time since shocking the fashion industry by announcing he’s done with celebrity styling.
  8. cut covers
    Lucy Liu Is the Least-Bothered Person You Know“I’m sure there are tons of people who don’t like my work or my career or me. I’m not here to change somebody’s mind.”
  9. media
    Let’s Have a Real Conversation About Barbara WaltersSeventeen leading broadcasters on her legacy and making their way in the world she made.
  10. relationships
    The Man of Your DreamsFor $300, Replika sells an AI companion who will never die, argue, or cheat — until his algorithm is updated.
  11. feature
    Do Those Free Panties Make You Feel Good About Yourself?Parade, the social-justice undies brand, tries to go mainstream and still be cool.
  12. feature
    A World Without MenThe women of South Korea’s 4B movement aren’t fighting the patriarchy — they’re leaving it behind entirely.
  13. love and war
    Ghosted by an AppDating apps gave us new paths toward love, but more and more banned users think they’ve also given us new channels for revenge.
  14. culture
    Life Is Easier With a Fake AssistantTikTok is full of advice on how to get free stuff by pretending to be your own assistant. So I tried it out myself.
  15. first person
    Mounjaro and MeBody positivity was my salvation from an anti-fat world. Then my doctor prescribed me an injectable weight-loss drug that upended everything.
  16. health
    Life After Food?A diabetes miracle drug has become an off-label appetite suppressant, changing the definition of being thin and what it takes to get there.
  17. feature
    ‘Call Me a Scammer to My Face’Madison Campbell is determined to get DIY rape kits into survivors’ hands, no matter who tells her it’s a bad idea.
  18. brooding
    Cup of Jo’s Joanna Goddard Opens Up About Her Divorce“There’s something really nice about waking up in a house alone. It feels kind of quietly revolutionary.”
  19. style
    I Never Asked to Be the Face of a Movement“TikTok turned me into a body-positive influencer,” Remi Bader says. “I still ended up at an eating-disorder treatment center.”
  20. cut covers
    Nia Long Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks for AskingThe ’90s icon has always lived a life in the public eye but lately has been hypervisible. Now, finally, she’s ready to have fun.
  21. power
    Inside the ‘Rampant Culture of Sex’ at ABC NewsT.J. Holmes and Amy Robach weren’t the only ones — “It felt like everybody was sleeping around,” said one former GMA staffer.
  22. brooding
    What If You Just Didn’t Clean That Up?Our ideas about cleanliness are stuck in the mid-20th century. Today, women can afford to care less.
  23. rich people stuff
    The Fleishman EffectIn a city of Rachels and Libbys, the FX show has some New York moms worried they’re the ones in trouble.
  24. culture
    This Is Pamela, FinallyThe model-actress’s memoir and documentary reveal only what she wants us to know. It’s about time.
  25. problem solving
    The New RulesHow to text, tip, ghost, host, and generally exist with others in society today.
  26. spring fashion
    Everyone’s Dissolving Their Pillowy Filler FacesThe filler era has ended. Now, everyone’s scooping out their face.
  27. spring fashion
    The Cool Tang of Ice SpiceVisiting with New York’s princess of rap.
  28. spring fashion
    The Laundress Was Supposed to Be the Nice DetergentUntil people started breaking out into hideous rashes.
  29. spring fashion
    The Promise of Pyer MossKerby Jean-Raymond was one of fashion’s most celebrated young designers. Then what happened?
  30. spring fashion
    It’s Glo TimeGrammy nominee GloRilla is figuring out how to be famous while staying F-R-E-E.
  31. spring fashion
    The Hustle of Women in Hip-HopEditor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples on launching the celebration of 50 years of women in hip-hop who’ve changed the game.
  32. spring fashion
    12 Ways of Looking at André Leon TalleyThe friendships and love stories found inside his estate auction, as told by Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford, and more.
  33. the hard part
    There Is No Break Coming for Parents — EverNew year, same shit.
  34. feature
    The Stolen Kids of Sarah LawrenceWhat happened to the group of bright college students who fell under the sway of a classmate’s father?
  35. life after roe
    A Texas Single Mother’s Abortion Story“It’s like the system is set up to fail mothers. We can’t survive like this.”
  36. keeping up with the royals
    Prince Harry’s Open BookWith its relentless candor, Spare reveals more than the author may have intended.
  37. beauty
    I Got Rid of My Buccal Fat Years Ago and Never Looked BackNo one noticed my cheeks after the 45-minute surgery that changed my face. And that’s exactly what I wanted.
  38. power
    Life After ParklandA shooting at their high school turned X González into an activist, a celebrity, a “survivor” — and the pressure almost killed them.
  39. history
    Ms. Magazine Turns 50Looking back at half a century of truth-telling and rebelling.
  40. extremely online
    The Internet’s Most Hellish YearWe spent 2022 giving our online souls over to dark forces. Maybe next year we’ll get ’em back.
  41. year in review
    The Cut’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2022The articles our readers were most deeply engaged with this year, from a murder solved in DMs to Meghan Markle’s palace-exit interview.
  42. sex diaries
    How I Get Strangers to Talk About Their Sex LivesTo write the Sex Diaries column every week, I stop people on the bus, ask my cashier at CVS, or even beg my next-door neighbors.
  43. sex diaries
    The 69 Best Sex DiariesThese are the diaries that blew up our group texts, inspired an internet conspiracy or two, and still make us blush all these years later.
  44. aging
    We’re Getting Midlife All WrongWe’ve been so obsessed with what it looks like that we forgot to warn each other what it’ll feel like.
  45. abortion rights
    Puerto Rico Is an Abortion Haven — Just Not for LocalsThe archipelago doesn’t restrict abortion, but residents face a number of obstacles to getting care.
  46. parenting
    What Is It This Time?When my younger child recently woke up barfing, I tried to figure out if she had RSV, flu, COVID, hand, foot, and mouth disease, or yet another thing.
  47. culture
    Rebranding MidlifeCelebrities like Naomi Watts, Stacy London, and Judy Greer are determined to make a business out of menopause.
  48. first person
    A Month in a Tuscan Villa Didn’t Fix My BurnoutIt’s easy to have perspective at the birthplace of the Renaissance. But what about when rent’s due?
  49. soho grifter
    Riding the Subway With Anna DelveyIn four-inch Manolos — to meet her parole officer.
  50. cut covers
    Lourdes Leon Never Thought She’d Drop a RecordThe stakes are a little higher when your mother’s a pop icon.
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