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20+ most popular The Cut articles, as voted by our community.
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How I Get Strangers to Talk About Their Sex Lives
To 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.
How to Deal With ‘Inflation Creep’
The sneaky, maddening phenomenon of not being able to afford your life anymore.
Was ‘Adulting’ Actually Good for Us?
If the self-help top-seller were written now, its lessons would look a lot different.
The Cut on Beauty
In the Pursuit of Hotness
How one subreddit community is defining our beauty standards — and then striving for them at all costs.
She Was YouTube’s Biggest Beauty Star. Then She Vanished.
The baffling disappearance — and even stranger reappearance — of Michelle Phan.
The Cut on Fashion
Sheryl Lee Ralph Never (But Almost) Gave Up
And now she’s Emmy nominated for Abbott Elementary. We popped in to visit the legend.
Can Fashion Designers Really Learn to Be Sustainable?
The next generation of fashion students are more eco-conscious than ever — but they still face an uphill battle.
The Cut on Happiness
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet to Happiness
The most talked-about college course in America isn’t about making money or saving the world. It’s about how to be truly happy. We took it for you.
«In psychology, this sense of not having enough time is known as “time famine.” The sense of having plenty of time is called “time affluence.”»
The Cut on Influencer Marketing
Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram?
Confessions from inside the algorithm.
Meet the Unfluencers
Notes on the people ruining vacations, golden lattes, and wide-leg pants everywhere.
The Cut on Lifestyle
Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform Fame
Throughout the 2010s, she demonstrably shifted American culture, changing the way we understand fame and the internet.
The Cut on Love Language
Insults Are My Family’s Love Language
I love them so much. Just don’t tell them I said that.
The Cut on Motivation
‘I Have Zero Motivation to Do My Job’
Ultimately, it all comes down to who you want to be professionally.
The Cut on 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.
Actually, It Takes Real Skill to Be a Momfluencer
Transforming family life into something people want to buy is harder than it looks.
The Cut on Quiet Quitting
So ‘Quiet Quitting’ Is Actually Just … Work?
Setting healthy boundaries shouldn’t be synonymous with quitting.
The Cut on Relationships
There’s a Divide in Even the Closest Interracial Friendships
Shared by 55, including Carl Morris, Liam Bright, Christina Sommers
‘Why Do I Always Have to Be the One to Initiate Plans?’
Most people are waiting for someone else to break through the quiet.
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How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running
Research in neuroscience shows a solid link between aerobic exercise and cognitive clarity.
What Romance Really Means After 10 Years of Marriage
It's not about suspense; it's about survival.
How an Aspiring ‘It’ Girl Tricked New York’s Party People — and Its Banks
Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey’s fabulous new life. The city was full of marks.
The Poison of Male Incivility
When a woman dares respond to it, she’s seen as “disruptive.”
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