Style
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Interested in Polyamory? This May Be the City for You
Somerville, Mass., has passed laws granting rights to people in polyamorous relationships — and it’s just getting started.
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Is Everyone Playing Padel Without Us?
Americans, bewitched by pickleball, are late to a global sports craze.
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Why Are All Those People Outside H&M, Again?
How consumers became obsessed with fashion collaborations, courtesy of the Swedish mall staple.
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This Designer Wants You to Look ‘Powerful’ on Your Wedding Day
Sally LaPointe’s first bridal collection bucks the constraints of tradition while celebrating brides who embrace their confidence and the risqué.
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What Survives in the Atacama Desert?
WHEN I RETURNED my rental car at the airport in Calama, I’d driven 1,499 miles through the Atacama Desert, drawing…
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Why Do Cats Hold Such Mythic Power in Japan?
IT WAS CHRISTMAS, and I was going to visit the cattiest place on earth, an island named Aoshima about 500…
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Why Travelers Should Seek Out Discomfort
Taking a trip has long been associated with pleasure. But there is nothing more bracing — and vitalizing — than…
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Can Literal Mall Rats Save the Mall?
Animal centers have been cropping up in shopping centers across the country, taking advantage of retail space offered at discounted…
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Comedy Is in Their (Identical) DNA
The twins took the stage in matching red cowboy boots. On a recent Wednesday night in Brooklyn — the kind…
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Why Do American Diners Have Such a Limited Palate for Textures?
Complex taste sensations play a crucial role in food around the world — but have long been shunned stateside.