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  1. talking to
    How to Survive Having an Internet-Famous RelativeNine people on the perks and pitfalls of having an influencer in the family.
  2. march for life
    ‘It All Felt Very Familiar’: 5 Catholic School Alums on the MAGA Teens“I am familiar with that bullying smirk. I have been on the receiving end of that stare.”
  3. culture
    Welcome to Puberty TVA new wave of comedies is finally taking teen sexuality seriously.
  4. q&a
    The Author of ‘Cat Person’ Wants Her New Book to Make You UncomfortableKristen Roupenian’s new short-story collection, You Know You Want This, builds on the themes of sex and power that made “Cat Person” a phenomenon.
  5. shopping
    Get In, Losers: We’re Going ThriftingThe Marie Kondo effect has transformed vintage stores into shopping meccas.
  6. film
    Green Book Director Used to Flash His Penis As a JokeFunny ha ha.
  7. golden globes 2019
    The Golden Globes and the Creeping Pace of ChangeSo this is where we’re at, huh?
  8. profile
    Aya Cash Doesn’t Mind Being the WorstAnd as her FXX cult-comedy ends, she’s ready for whatever comes next.
  9. comedy
    What Did We Really Expect From Louis C.K.?Like so many abusive men before him, he took the path of least resistance.
  10. talking to
    What Can The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots Teach Us About Sex?In pre-modern times, same-sex intimacy was an accepted part of the culture.
  11. fanboys
    Justin Theroux Explains His Instagram Lovefest With RBG“I’m the dark horse in this race.”
  12. immigration
    When You Can’t Go Forward and You Can’t Go BackThe Cut went to Tijuana and spoke to five women fleeing poverty, domestic abuse, and gang violence in Central America.
  13. comedy
    Would You Have the Balls to Heckle Louis C.K.?Talking to the 25-year-old woman who yelled at the comedian to “get his dick out” onstage at the Comedy Cellar.
  14. shopping
    Our Favorite Totally Real Stores on Bleecker StreetIntroducing ‘The Jennery,’ a digital-only concept store featuring artisanal products from around the world, all designed by women named Jen.
  15. food
    Do Millennials Really Not Eat Canned Tuna?The Cut investigates.
  16. the internet
    White Supremacists Are Tricking Celebrities Into Recording Anti-Semitic VideosFormer Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is one of a handful of celebrities whom white supremacists have targeted on the Cameo app.
  17. crime
    Jewish Columbia Professor’s Office Vandalized With Large SwastikasAmid a nationwide uptick in anti-Semitic hate crimes.
  18. hot duck
    The Man Behind New York’s Hot Duck Sensation“People see in him only good. They idealize the Mandarin duck as whatever they see as good and natural and beautiful in the world.”
  19. conscious uncoupling
    Gwyneth Paltrow Spent Thanksgiving With Her Ex and His New GirlfriendAnother victory for “conscious uncoupling.”
  20. ferrante fever
    My Brilliant Friend Is Missing the Best Part of the BooksThe new Elena Ferrante HBO show is best watched with a copy of the book on your lap.
  21. franzenology
    Jonathan Franzen Says He’s Met Cats He LikesThe world’s unofficial birding ambassador extends an olive branch to cat people.
  22. profiles
    We Thought We Knew Faith, Until We Didn’tThe making of a white-nationalist poster girl.
  23. meanwhile in canada
    Canada Too Polite to Brag About Its Own Hot DuckCould it be a global conspiracy?
  24. sleep
    You Don’t Have to Wake Up at 5 a.m.A night owl’s dissent.
  25. #metoo
    5 Women on Being Sexually Assaulted in the Year After #MeTooHas anything changed?
  26. gun violence
    Before and After Route 91A year after she was shot in the face at the Las Vegas massacre, Natalie Grumet is still reconstructing her life.
  27. how i get it done
    How I Get It Done: Kamala HarrisOn Raisin Bran, her collection of Converse sneakers, and being a tough boss.
  28. sharp objects
    A Munchausen Specialist on What Sharp Objects Gets Right“I thought the single most realistic element was Alan Crellin.”
  29. bon jovi or non jovi
    We Played A Rosé Drinking Game With Jon Bon Jovi’s SonIt’s called: Bon Jovi or Non Jovi?
  30. hard conversations
    Trying to Process the Asia Argento Situation A conversation, a debate, a lament.
  31. talking to
    8 People on Surviving Gay Conversion Therapy“I think the key thing is that I wanted to change a lot of the time because I had so much self-hate — I was very much participating in it.”
  32. books
    Jessica Valenti Wants Us to Focus on the Bad MenIn an exclusive with the Cut, the writer announces a new book that will expand on her feminist project.
  33. #metoo
    What It Means to Need Men Like Stephen ColbertIt’s an unfortunate truism that powerful men tend to listen to other powerful men.
  34. witch things
    The Charmed Cast Says Disgraced CBS Exec Has the Original ‘Book of Shadows’And the Charmed Ones want it back.
  35. Sexual Misconduct
    The Biggest Bombshells From the Sexual Harassment Exposé on CBS’s Les MoonvesSix women have accused CBS CEO Les Moonves of sexually harassing them.
  36. tv
    Sharp Objects Really Makes Me Want to Go Roller-SkatingIt’s just one of many ways that Wind Gap is an idiosyncratic world unto itself — a place out of time, with its own strange traditions.
  37. comedy
    Sacha Baron Cohen’s Show Needs More Female WritersIf the first episode of Who Is America? suggested it, the second episode proves it.
  38. grandson
    Pete Davidson Is Quitting Instagram Because His Real Life Is So LitPetiana fans can rest easy.
  39. movies
    Eighth Grade’s #MeToo Scene Is the Most Painful Thing You’ll Watch All YearBo Burnham’s remarkable film shows how an unwanted sexual encounter can turn life into a horror film.
  40. #metoo
    Celebrities Pen Open Letter Defending Asia Argento Against Misogynist TrollsThe actress and #MeToo advocate has been subject to “vicious cyberbullying and repulsive slander” in the wake of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain’s death.
  41. behind the scenes
    The Pro-Life ‘Roe v. Wade’ Movie Sounds Like a Total DisasterThe film features scenes with “buckets of baby fetuses” and cameos by Tomi Lahren and Milo Yiannopolous.
  42. marriage
    Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara Not Getting Married, Because It’s Too MainstreamNot everyone in Hollywood is rushing down the aisle.
  43. accolades
    Sandra Oh and Issa Rae Finally Got the Emmy Nods They DeserveAnd nine other nominations we’re excited about this year.
  44. #metoo
    Henry Cavill Won’t Flirt With Women in Case He Is ‘Called a Rapist or Something’He has since apologized for saying so.
  45. Influencer Gets Bit by Shark for Sick Instagram and It’s Totally Worth ItInstagramming is well on its way to surpassing bobsledding as the world’s most dangerous sport.
  46. television
    Sharp Objects and the Stories Scars TellThe third project in Marti Noxon’s “self-harm trilogy” strives to find a female gaze on women’s mutilated bodies.
  47. janessa
    Tessa Thompson Comes Out As BisexualMore good news for Janessa shippers.
  48. doin it for the gram
    Drake Does Not Have Time for Your Basic Travel InstagramsLord help the woman who posts a plane-wing sunset photo in Aubrey Graham’s compaany.
  49. analysis
    Which Lord of the Rings Characters Have Big Dick Energy?J.R.R. Tolkien would be proud.
  50. period sex
    We Had Sex on Thinx’s $369 Period Blanket So You Don’t Have ToPeriod-proof underwear company Thinx has branched out into bedding, and naturally we had to give it a go.
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