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Great Big Beautiful Life comes out April 22. Read the beginning of Emily Henry’s next sizzling summer romance here. By Emily Henry

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books The Onyx Storm Ending, Explained: All the Leading Theories Confused about Violet’s second signet, Xaden’s plan, and who turned venin? Here are answers to all your questions about Rebecca Yarros’s latest book. By Margaret Hartmann

astrology Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: April 21, 2025 With the sun now in Taurus, you’re likely to feel a little more irritable. Be mindful of where you direct your frustration. By Claire Comstock-Gay

sex diaries The Mom Whose Husband Wants Sex Every Day of Vacation In this week’s story, a mom of three tries to make time for intimacy while on spring break. By Alyssa Shelasky

obits Celebrities React to Pope Francis’s Death Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. By Emily Leibert and Julia Reinstein
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beauty By the Cut The Cut Beauty Closet 100 tried-and-true beauty products that won’t waste your coins.

fashion Shein Sets a Date for Its Tariff Price Hikes The famously cheap fast-fashion giant warned customers it will raise prices before the end of April. By Chantal Fernandez
beauty How Do I Use Self-Tanning Drops? Don’t let the tiny bottles fool you: The drops can add significant warmth and depth to your skin tone, just like regular self-tanner. By Jennifer G. Sullivan
the wedding files How a Shopping Editor at the Cut Gets Married With many guests visiting for the first time, an iconic New York City venue was in order. So was a dress from an iconic New York designer. By Kaitlin Menza

crime How Did Two Elite Students Fall for the Zizians Cult? Max and Milo bonded over Harry Potter fan fiction. Five years later, they were in jail. By Ezra Marcus
power The SAVE Act Could Make It Harder for Married Women to Vote And the Republican-controlled House just passed it. By Andrea González-Ramírez

crime By Claire Lampen What We Know About the Trial of Karen Read Three years after she was accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, her case is headed for a retrial.

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career ‘My Company Only Lets Parents Work From Home’ It’s great when companies set out to be family-friendly — not so great when it’s to the exclusion of others who might also be caregivers. By Alison Green

power What Do Women Owe Women in a Toxic Workplace? Fox Sports host Joy Taylor has been blamed, along with powerful men, for misogyny and quid pro quo. How much of it does she deserve? By Irin Carmon

personal finance What Happens If You Just Don’t Pay Your Student Loans? Unfortunately, defaulting is harder to deal with than you might think. By Charlotte Cowles

career As the Emmy-winning host of ESPN’s NBA Today and NBA Countdown, Malika Andrews has become one of the most recognizabl voices in sports media. Since joining the network, she has reported from the early-COVID NBA bubble, made history as the first woman to host the NBA Draft, and led viewers through a live-on-air earthquake. Here’s how she gets it done.

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parenting How Worried Should We Be When Kids Use Slurs? Kathryn Jezer-Morton asked a group of ninth-grade public-school boys to weigh in. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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sex diaries The Mom Whose Husband Wants Sex Every Day of Vacation In this week’s story, a mom of three tries to make time for intimacy while on spring break. By Alyssa Shelasky

advice ‘My Friends With Kids Don’t Respect My Dog’ Your new-parent friends are too sleep-deprived to remember your dog’s name. Don’t take it personally. By Emily Gould

astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: April 20–26 The last quarter moon in Aquarius brings some tension to the week, and Saturn might muddle your thinking. Trust that clarity will come later on. By Claire Comstock-Gay

keep it moving If your only encounter with roller derby is Drew Barrymore’s movie Whip It, you should know that the Gotham Roller Derby skaters are serious about their sport. “The only difference between me and a professional athlete is that I’m not getting paid — in another world, this would be our full-time job,” says Molly Reitman (roller-derby name: Goddamn Goddamn).

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cut chats By Brooke LaMantia We Tried Meghan Markle’s Sold-Out Raspberry Jam Taste-testing the most talked-about offering in the Duchess of Sussex’s As Ever line — for journalism.

terfs This Is a New Low for J.K. Rowling The notoriously TERF-y author celebrated trans women losing their rights in the U.K. with a cigar. By Emily Leibert

first person Brittany, After Jax Ten years ago, Brittany Cartwright bumped into the Vanderpump Rules cast in Vegas. Seven seasons of reality TV later, she surveys the aftermath. By Emily Leibert

love these days 27 Best Romantic Comedies to Watch Now From Maid in Manhattan to While You Were Sleeping. By the Cut

celebrity couples George and Amal Clooney Never Fight, Apparently They’re “trying to find something to fight about.” By Elizabeth Gulino
and just like that Sarah Jessica Parker Is a Carrie Apologist She says playing Carrie is “incredibly fun to do.” By Elizabeth Gulino
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fertility Embryos Out of Reach When a Nashville fertility clinic abruptly closed its doors in April, patients demanded answers. Months later, they’re still waiting. By Rae Nudson
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
keep it moving The Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark Drama Is Only The Beginning Is this what “growing the game” looks like? What the media frenzy says about the WNBA now. By Emma Carmichael
beauty The Cut Beauty Closet 100 tried-and-true beauty products that won’t waste your coins. By the Cut
dream date Will Poulter Can’t Believe He’s This Swole Either The humble Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 actor puts his hands to good use. By Iana Murray
cut covers Meghann Fahy’s Master Plan After breaking out on TV, Fahy stars in a big-screen thriller this April. She won’t pressure herself to map out what’s next. By Jessica Goodman
sex diaries The 69 Best Sex Diaries of All Time These are the diaries that blew up our group texts, inspired an internet conspiracy or two, and still make us blush all these years later. By the Cut
cut covers Jenna Ortega Knows Best Her performance in Wednesday, and now A24’s Death of a Unicorn, has positioned her as Hollywood’s Gen-Z sage. By Phoebe Reilly
life after roe A Disturbing Advance in Fetal Personhood Authorities arrested a Georgia woman they acknowledge had miscarried and brought charges over how she disposed of the remains. By Andrea González-Ramírez
dating Do Straight Women Really Exist? The professor teaching the first hetero-studies course isn’t sure. By Jessica Bennett
crime A Murder Solved in DMs When Daisy De La O was killed, friends looked to social media for the man they suspected had done it. They found him. By Jennifer Swann
power Will ICE Come to My Dorm Today? International students who protested Israel’s war in Gaza grapple with Trump’s crackdown. By Sanya Mansoor