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Kerensa Cadenas is a freelance writer and editor. She was previously editorial director, entertainment at Thrillist and, from 2019–21, a senior editor at the Cut in charge of culture coverage. She's also worked at Entertainment Weekly and Complex and has been published in GQ, Vanity Fair, Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Nylon, Vulture, Bustle, Vogue, and others.

  1. exit interview
    Search Party Finally Grows UpOver five seasons, the millennial satire became the truest thing on television.
  2. advent calendar 2021
    Gift of the Day: Gucci’s Floral FragranceIt’s like if an Edith Wharton heroine found love at a punk show.
  3. advent calendar 2021
    Gift of the Day: Edie Parker’s Grape PipeAn alternative to the apple pipe.
  4. how i get it done
    How the Delevingne Sisters Get It DoneCara, Poppy, and Chloe on holiday traditions, relaxing baths, and vegan Prosecco.
  5. hogg hive
    I’m Haunted by These Films About Tormented Young LoveJoanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Universe should be required viewing.
  6. encounter
    Get Heléne Yorke Some ChampagneThe newlywed Other Two actress is living the good life — and not a moment too soon.
  7. sk8r grrls
    Willow Smith Is Manic Panic PerfectionThe singer’s new album is 2021’s summer of pop-punk’s highlight.
  8. pride essentials
    Brontez Purnell Can’t Get Enough of ’90s Queer-Girl CultureThe 100 Boyfriends author on the art that shaped him.
  9. pride essentials
    Molly Bernard Would Like You to Call Her “Boy George”The Younger actress on the art that has shaped her.
  10. introductions
    Adam Demos Is Doing It for the ArtIn Sex/Life, the actor bares it all.
  11. first look
    Gavin Turek Needed to Find Her Alter EgoAn exclusive look at the soul singer’s debut full-length album.
  12. encounter
    Rose Matafeo Is Weirder Than You ThinkFor the Starstruck creator, period sex and banter are the stuff of high romantic fantasy.
  13. how i get it done
    Wendy Williams Will Text You First“I don’t have time to talk about me. I got to get to the next story.”
  14. introductions
    This Is the Music I Needed As a Queer TeenTalking to girl in red about her song “Serotonin,” vulnerability, and Taylor Swift.
  15. introductions
    The Soul Singer Who Will Break and Mend Your HeartIf you haven’t listened to Celeste’s new album, do it now.
  16. scentimental
    8 Perfumes for a Pandemic SpringFragrances that capture all the mixed emotions of the season.
  17. first look
    Ilana Glazer’s New Movie Is a Thriller About Fertility TreatmentA first look at Hulu’s False Positive.
  18. introductions
    For Rhye, Making an Album Created a CommunityThe singer-songwriter wants people to feel present in his music.
  19. introductions
    Jonathan Bailey’s Sideburns Are Real, Thank YouThe Bridgerton big brother talks “dodgy sex scenes” and getting inside his character’s head.
  20. how i get it done
    How I Get It Done: Bridgerton Producer Betsy Beers“The great thing about people is that they love to share their knowledge. They love to tell you what they know.”
  21. advent calendar 2020
    Gift of the Day: The Best Streaming Movies, in One PlaceIt’s Christmas Eve and you’re scrambling. Don’t worry, we’ve got you.
  22. advent calendar 2020
    Gift of the Day: A Workout for Musical-Theater FansYou probably know at least one person who will love this.
  23. encounter
    Christine Baranski Is Happy to Know You Love HerHollywood’s best Chris loves you, too.
  24. advent calendar 2020
    Gift of the Day: Gia Coppola’s Orange WineThe bottles are adorable and it tastes like summer.
  25. tis the season
    10 Unique Perfumes to Buy As GiftsFrom the one that smells like late August to the one that smells like 1969.
  26. encounter
    Nobody Knows How to Be a Grown-up, Least of All Cecily von ZiegesarThe Gossip Girl author has a new novel, Cobble Hill, about Brooklyn parents.
  27. advent calendar 2020
    Gift of the Day: A Sexy, Punk PerfumeIt’s my favorite scent of the year.
  28. introductions
    Jo Ellen Pellman Knew Her People Were Out ThereThe star of Netflix’s The Prom on finding your chosen family.
  29. q&a
    How Do You Follow Up a Role As TV’s Best Mess?Kether Donohue of You’re the Worst on her new sitcom.
  30. q&a
    But Will You Hate Suzie?Billie Piper talks about depicting female friendship in her new show, I Hate Suzie.
  31. introductions
    There’s a Reason The Undoing Reminds You of Big Little LiesTalking with producer Bruna Papandrea about adapting women’s books into blockbusters.
  32. icons
    Kylie Minogue Believes Disco Is a State of MindThe pop legend on her new dance album.
  33. recommendations
    I Love These Horny Harry Styles Fanfic MoviesBut don’t call them a guilty pleasure.
  34. books
    Kim Gordon’s Heart Beats for Tim RigginsThe musician’s new memoir tells her life story in pictures, including a signed photo of Taylor Kitsch.
  35. dream date
    Please Don’t DM Roberta ColindrezThe actress keeps her social media private for a reason.
  36. introductions
    Meet Your New French BoyfriendOh là là — it’s Lucas Bravo, the star of Emily in Paris.
  37. encounters
    Playing MASH With Maya and AnnaThe PEN15 stars and creators are forging a future for their 13-year-old selves.
  38. q&a
    ‘I’m an Adult, But I’m Splashing Around in the Mud’Lisa Hanawalt on juvenile humor, her early work, and season two of Tuca & Bertie.
  39. how i get it done
    How I Get It Done: Dead to Me Creator Liz FeldmanOn pitching a comedy series about grief, learning to trust her gut, and the challenges of a virtual writers’ room.
  40. music
    This Queer French Singer Will Make You CrySoko talks motherhood and the emotional journey of making her new album.
  41. recommendations
    I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Isn’t What I Thought It Would BeThe HBO docuseries underscores the compassion in Michelle McNamara’s search for the Golden State Killer.
  42. pride essentials
    Zines Taught Esmé Weijun Wang About HerselfThe writer on the art that has shaped her.
  43. q&a
    Elisabeth Moss Would Be Happy Playing Shirley Jackson ForeverThe actress talks getting into the head of the infamous writer.
  44. pride essentials
    Marja-Lewis Ryan Taught Herself Queer HistoryThe L Word: Generation Q showrunner talks about the art that shaped her.
  45. pride essentials
    Kristen Arnett on the Butch Punk Bands That Inspired HerThe writer shares some of her biggest influences, from Dorothy Allison to The Baby-Sitters Club.
  46. television
    I’m Still Such a ClaudiaNetflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club is a soothing nostalgia balm.
  47. pride essentials
    Legend of Zelda Gave Theo Germaine Their First Lesson in Gender StudiesThe actor talks about Laverne Cox and the young-adult book that changed their life.
  48. q&a
    ‘Black Women Are the Architects of Cuisine’Klancy Miller on her new magazine celebrating Black women in food and wine.
  49. music
    A New Album That Will Make You Ready for Kissing to Come BackJessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure will disco into your loins.
  50. what i learned
    ‘We’d Never Been Alone Together in One Place’The Cut spoke to the busy and famous about what they’ve learned about their loved ones in quarantine.
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