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advice 9/29/2023
‘Do I Spend More Time on My Friends Than They Spend on Me?’ It might be worth asking if your noble sacrifices for the sake of your friends are really all that noble.
By J.P. Brammer

obsessive tester 9/28/2023
The 20 Best Sex Gifts to Give (and Get) According to sex therapists and enthusiasts.
By Brooke LaMantia and Kendall Becker

both sides of a breakup 9/28/2023
Both Sides of a Breakup: Instead of Getting Divorced, They Got Pregnant Two exes explain why it ended.
As told to Alyssa Shelasky

first person 9/26/2023
I Didn’t Realize How Wrong My Name Felt Until I Changed It For years I’d dreamed of seeing my name in print. But when I published my debut novel, I realized it no longer fit me.
By Isle McElroy

esther calling 9/25/2023
‘I Don’t Know How to Advocate for Myself to My Boss or My Husband’ It’s not that you can’t do this for yourself, Esther Perel tells this week’s caller, it’s that you’ve learned not to. Perhaps now you can un-learn.
By Esther Perel

sex diaries 9/24/2023
The Executive Assistant With a Sugar Daddy in Calabasas This week’s sex diary.
As told to Alyssa Shelasky

astrology 9/24/2023
Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of September 25 A full moon in bold and fiery Aries on Friday calls for an act of bravery, a leap of faith.
By Claire Comstock-Gay

the body politic 9/22/2023
The Return of the Marriage Plot Why everyone is suddenly so eager for men and women to get hitched.
By Rebecca Traister

parenting 9/21/2023
I Asked 65 Teens How They Feel About Being Online “Social media is a necessity. You take it away from us? It’s like, Oh, wow, we have nothing left.”
By Anya Kamenetz

making it 9/21/2023
Maria Bamford’s New York Fantasy Camp Talking to the comedian about finances, the various various “cults” she’s belonged to, and her new memoir.
By Emily Gould
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