gift guide

It’s a simple fact, obvious to anybody who’s ever so much as wandered through the Met Museum Store looking at…

Before actually reading anything about author Ottessa Moshfegh’s critically acclaimed My Year of Rest and Relaxation …

It’s the most oppressive time of the year, when average people are asked to become mind readers and figure out the…

Since the pandemic began, New Yorkers have been treated to a wide variety of articles about the city’s wealthy…

Last night during the sixth—count em six—Democratic debate, PBS Newshour anchor Judy Woodruff closed out the night…

The season of forced joy and gift-giving is upon us. This year instead of spending hours looking for meaningful…

Because my skin is naturally both so dry it occasionally flakes off in sheets and so sensitive that a scented candle…

The winter holidays are upon us, which means it’s time to go broke buying consumerist trash that nobody really needs…

Happy holidays, sister Santas! With the best time of year right around the corner, I thought it would be all too…

Every year I await Goop’s—and by loose extension—Gwyneth Paltrow’s annual holiday gift guide. I’m delighted by the…

Listen, you know her. We all do. Perhaps you are her, or were, in some past moment of personal upheaval. She’s the…

Should you be blessed to have a Phaedra Parks as a friend, then you know exactly what it’s like to be constantly on…

It’s easy to buy a gift for the parent who likes you. A mom or dad who adores you will likely adore anything you get…

Babies and small children, unfortunately, are ill-equipped to fully appreciate Christmas. Their little hands can’t…

Let’s imagine you work at a company. It’s a pretty good company, good enough that it decides, after much talk, to…

I hate the gym. Hate is, perhaps, a strong word, but I certainly and adamantly prefer not to be inside one. Unless a…

Somewhere in the tangles of your friend group or your family tree, there is a spooky person. As a teenager they…

From Zoolander to The Devil Wears Prada, pop culture has cast hardcore fashion people as sadistic, unapologetic,…

Sleeping is a wonderful activity, and one of my personal favorites. My editor Erin recently described me as “a sloth…

In a piece towards which I felt all the traditional stages of love—surprise, attraction, anger, denial,…