Visits: 25 He’s quick on the reply, she’s slow to respond: Are they doomed? With little else to go on in the early stages of dating, minor matters of text etiquette can take on outsize importance. Imagine someone messages you …
Want to Feel Bad? Ask TikTok How Old You Look.
Visits: 24 A new trend has people asking to be roasted by commenters. Cherri Gervais got her first gray hairs as a teenager. “It’s genetic,” she said. Her hair color, a striking shade of silver, is the first thing people …
‘Let’s See You at 21’ Puts Fun Spin on the Unrelenting March of Time
Visits: 23 Hundreds of thousands of Instagram users responded to a recent prompt asking them to post pictures of their younger selves. Photo quality varies. Most of the photos are slightly faded. The hairlines fuller. Some feature braces. Old friends. …
Adiós al LOL, bienvenido el IJBOL
Visits: 30 Para la generación Z, es un remplazo oportuno a una retahíla de vocablos que ya no parecen adecuados para transmitir risa en línea. En el principio estuvo LOL, un acrónimo aparecido en la década de 1980 que se …
The Dad Canon (Circa Now)
Visits: 26 In the spring of 2020, a few months after we became parents, my wife asked what I wanted for Father’s Day. Being a dad still had new-car smell, so I felt a little funny about celebrating what is …
Welcome to the Era of Very Earnest Parenting
Visits: 27 Millennials, guided by influencers like Dr. Becky and the women behind Big Little Feelings, are trying to deal with their children in a new way. A second after the plastic shovel hit my son’s arm, the other boy’s …
Why Are So Many People Rewatching ‘Girls’?
Visits: 16 Viewership of Lena Dunham’s HBO dramedy is surging as many millennials reassess their 20s and a show that defined them. Jill Badlotto was in her 20s when she developed a “love-hate” relationship with the HBO dramedy “Girls.” While …
Dry for January? New Bars Cater to the ‘Sober Curious’
Visits: 26 A former barfly samples alcohol-free bars and mocktail pop-ups in New York City. I stopped drinking six years ago. There are many things I don’t miss: hangovers, empty checking accounts, throwing up on the subway. Then there are …
Boomers Are All the Rage
Visits: 21 The film “Mack & Rita,” coastal grandmother style and cottage-core all address a “spirit age,” where younger people honor their older souls. In the new film “Mack & Rita,” 30-year-old writer Mackenzie “Mack” Martin (Elizabeth Lail) longs to …
Subverting a Preppy Classic
Visits: 23 Customized L.L. Bean tote bags have become blank canvases for a contemporary sense of humor. When Gracie Wiener ordered a canvas Boat and Tote bag through the L.L. Bean website in July 2021, she filled out the “add …