A World Without MenThe women of South Korea’s 4B movement aren’t fighting the patriarchy — they’re leaving it behind entirely.
ByAnna Louie Sussman
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.
ByLauren Larson
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.
ByElla Quittner
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.
BySamhita Mukhopadhyay
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.
ByMatthew Schneier
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.
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.”
The Promise of Pyer MossKerby Jean-Raymond was one of fashion’s most celebrated young designers. Then what happened?
ByTahirah Hairston
spring fashion
It’s Glo TimeGrammy nominee GloRilla is figuring out how to be famous while staying F-R-E-E.
ByTirhakah Love
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.
ByLindsay Peoples
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.
Life After ParklandA shooting at their high school turned X González into an activist, a celebrity, a “survivor” — and the pressure almost killed them.
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.
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.
Bythe Cut
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.
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.
ByLydia Kiesling
culture
Rebranding MidlifeCelebrities like Naomi Watts, Stacy London, and Judy Greer are determined to make a business out of menopause.