Visits: 29 The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the most popular classes to be offered in the university’s 320-year history. The class was only ever taught in-person once, during …
From Britney Spears to Janet Jackson, the Era of the Celebrity Reappraisal
Visits: 24 Such reappraisals have become common over the past several years. In the midst of #MeToo and a reckoning over racial injustice, people have begun to re-examine the art, music, monuments and characters on whom cultural significance has been …
Does Anyone Wear Pantyhose Anymore?
Visits: 19 My daughter is getting married this spring. It will be a small daytime wedding in a park. I bought a knee-length wrap dress and neutral-colored low heels to wear, and though I have not bought or worn stockings …
Team Molly: The Family After Molly Steinsapir’s Death
Visits: 21 Strapped in the front seat of an ambulance as her daughter lay injured in the back, Kaye Steinsapir took out her phone and began to type. “Please. Please. Please,” she wrote in part. “Everyone PRAY for my daughter …
Weddings Are Coming
Visits: 24 Since reopening last summer, the Breakers has hosted weddings with an average guest count of 50 to 100; its largest wedding had 150. “We meet every other week with our risk management department and some members of the …
You’re Not Imagining It: The Pandemic Is Making Your Hair Fall Out
Visits: 24 With every month that passed in 2020, Samantha Hill’s part seemed to widen, the increasingly bald stripe of skin a representation of what she calls “a four-part terrible play” in her life. Reeling from the death of her …
Do Men Self-Care?
Visits: 18 The commercials are always the same: A razor is likened to a racecar or a jet. A shower gel purports to make men smell like a bear. There are also truly absurd ads for male hygiene products, one …
How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Career
Visits: 31 A FedEx driver hand-crafting soaps. A hairstylist hawking porkless bao buns. A restaurant manager repurposing denim jackets. The dream of turning a hobby in to a Plan B career is almost a cliché of the gig economy, with …
Any Advice on What to Wear for Your First Job?
Visits: 26 I am a college senior entering a teaching program next year, and I am starting to consider what to wear as a professional. I have long legs, so dresses or skirts can’t be too short, but many of …
Mushroom Grow Kits: Yes, They Work
Visits: 26 Smallhold, which opened in a shipping container in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2017, has seen the sudden interest in fungi firsthand; in three years, the company has grown to 25 employees from two, and is still …