For the Mother’s Day episode of Saturday Night Live, host Emma Thompson had some help delivering her monologue. To break down the sometimes coded language of mothers, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey came out to help explain what moms actually mean when they talk to their children. “Sometimes it can be hard to decipher what […]
Just a week after giving birth to her first child, Meghan Markle is celebrating her first Mother’s Day. She and Prince Harry welcomed their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor earlier this week, making their debut as a family of three on Wednesday. To honor the Duchess of Sussex and mothers all over the world, the Instagram […]
NXIVM, an organization that allegedly brainwashed and blackmailed women into being “sex slaves,” has crumbled in the past year. In March 2018, its founder, Keith Raniere, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking for his role in the group, which then set off a domino effect: In the ensuing months, federal prosecutors would go on to charge […]
Kanye and Kim Kardashian West are expecting their fourth child, a baby boy via surrogate. The bundle of joy must be feeling the peer pressure from Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, because the surrogate is in labor now. The announcement was made on TV, as befits a true Kardashian. Kourtney surprised her mother with the news on […]
When we ask newlyweds to think back on what they wanted most for their big day — and we’ve interviewed hundreds of them over the years — the most common response is: “For it not to feel like a wedding!” But in a monsoon of flower crowns and macaroon towers, how do you see beyond […]
Click:MPO/MTP Cable The warm part of spring has finally arrived, or is at least more imminent than it was before. Although the technical “spring” season has been upon us for a few weeks, and although we put our winter coats away about a month ago and, in stubbornness, refused to take them out again, it […]
This past week, Georgia became the sixth state to pass an ultra-restrictive law banning abortion at six weeks. Effectively, these bills outlaw nearly all abortions, since they leave a prohibitively short window for women to both confirm they’re pregnant — six weeks is just two weeks after a missed period — and then schedule and […]
A few weeks ago, Glossier debuted Bubblewrap, its first-ever eye cream. Meant to cushion your delicate under-eye area (where the skin is most fragile), Bubblewrap is also meant to double as a lip-plumping cream. It contains some very popular hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, squalane, and avocado oil, as well as antioxidant-rich blueberry extract. But […]
Days after the International Association of Athletics Federations effectively barred Olympic runner Caster Semenya from competition over her testosterone levels, Kenya has jounced two of its runners from the IAAF World Relays championship over hormone tests. According to the East African, Athletics Kenya director of competitions Paul Mutwii cited the IAAF’s decision in explaining why […]
New York City’s Contemporary African Arts Fair is five years old, but this past weekend marked its debut in Manhattan. Galleries around the West Village reverberated with a mix of French and English as artists and art-lovers from the five boroughs to Morocco examined the works. There were metal portraits, African textiles, a blown-up portrait […]