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For the first wave of vaccinated vacationers, venturing into the not-quite-open-world was quiet, cheaper — and a relief
Many of the first to be vaccinated, often exhausted health-care workers, were also the first to get back on the road.
- Apr 9, 2021
Some people are lying to get vaccinated, and it’s testing their friendships
"It felt almost like a betrayal,” said one woman after her friend appeared to jump the line.
- Mar 25, 2021
Afraid of becoming your parents? Dr. Rick comes to the rescue, smartly satirizing a generational divide.
Yes, he scolds millennials for lapsing into their elders’ habits, but Dr. Rick also gets at a deeper sense of psychological milestones.
- Mar 16, 2021
Meghan and Harry’s explosive interview reveals how the royal family’s racism lingers
Their explosive comments in their interview with Oprah mark a new chapter in an old story.
- Mar 8, 2021
What it felt like to lose time — and all the other things coronavirus took away
Stories of what it felt like to live through the shutdown. Dancing alone, canceling weddings, missing touch, missing one another and feeling alone together.
- Mar 8, 2021
We’re having trouble recognizing each other in masks, and it’s getting awkward
Todd, is that you? Our obscured faces make it hard to spot colleagues, friends, neighbors and even members of our own family.
- Feb 27, 2021
Britney Spears’s conservatorship is back in court — and back in the public eye
Over the past week, viewers of “Framing Britney Spears” have resurfaced old interviews and news stories about the pop star, and some have demanded apologies.
- Feb 11, 2021
Our pandemic eyebrows are driving us crazy. Can we learn to love them?
Our brow appointments became dangerous, sparking a year of obsessive plucking and chronic self-consciousness.
- Feb 6, 2021
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Britney Spears and the trauma of being young, female and famous in the ’90s
"Framing Britney Spears," a new documentary, reframes the star’s rise in the sex-obsessed post-Clinton years and how it affects her current predicament.
- Feb 5, 2021
One nurse’s diary of life after the vaccine: A glimpse of post-pandemic normalcy
She has a dramatically reduced chance of getting covid-19. But navigating risks is still complicated.
- Feb 3, 2021