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Publications

The Cut

Movies & TV Music

Britney Spears Was Never in Control

Why did I ever believe a teen girl could hold all the power?

Tavi Gevinson The Cut Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Politics

Sarah McBride’s Neighborhood

The new Delaware state senator is making history in her hometown.

Brock Colyar The Cut Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Best Article

The Eco–Yogi Slumlords of Brooklyn

How did a couple who built an empire of yoga studios and homes with “living walls” end up as pandemic villains?

Bridget Read The Cut Aug 2020 25min Permalink

Media

Un-Adopted

YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer shared every step of their parenting journey. Except the last.

Caitlin Moscatello The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Good Conflict

The world is consumed by violent fights and hostile disagreements. Sarah Schulman sees a way out of them.

Molly Fischer The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Vanishing Half [Excerpt]"

In the 1960s, a white subdivision prepares for the arrival of a black family.

Brit Bennett The Cut Jun 2020 10min Permalink

Health

I Know The Day We Got It

A week in the life of a family weathering the coronavirus.

Reyhan Harmanci The Cut Apr 2020 10min Permalink

Crime

100 Women vs. Harvey Weinstein

The disgraced movie mogul finally faces his day in court. But as his accusers know best, there might not be a Hollywood ending.

Irin Carmon The Cut Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Crime Health

One Night at Mount Sinai

How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.

Lisa Miller The Cut Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Media

Who Would I Be Without Instagram?

Tavi Gevinson talks.

Tavi Gevinson The Cut Sep 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Media

I Was Caroline Calloway

A Instagram-caption ghostwriter speaks.

Natalie Beach The Cut Sep 2019 40min Permalink

Lady Kimora

The Baby Phat designer returns.

Allison P. Davis The Cut Aug 2019 20min Permalink

The #MeToo Case Dividing Wall Street

Sara Tirschwell accused her Wall Street boss of misconduct, but that was just the beginning of her troubles.

Anna Silman The Cut Aug 2019 25min Permalink

Health

Maybe It’s Lyme

What happens when illness becomes an identity?

Molly Fischer The Cut Jul 2019 Permalink

Media

The Wild Ride at Babe.Net

The Aziz Ansari controversy was just the beginning of the trouble for the website.

Allison P. Davis The Cut Jun 2019 15min Permalink

Crime

Before, and After, the Jogger

Survivors of the real ‘Central Park Five’ attacker speak for the first time.

Sarah Weinman The Cut Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Media

Watching the Internet React to the Worst Night of My Life

On the death of David Carr.

Read more

Excerpted from All That You Leave Behind

Erin Lee Carr The Cut Apr 2019 10min Permalink

Arts

The Feminist Paradox of Cathy Guisewite

A profile of “Cathy” creator Cathy Guisewite.

Rachel Syme The Cut Mar 2019 15min Permalink

Politics

Stacey Abrams For....

Governor? Senator? Veep? President?!

Rebecca Traister The Cut Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Health

The Embryo in the Hallway

Being pregnant again means being willing to end it.

Jen Gann The Cut Mar 2019 15min Permalink

Travel

Who Killed Tulum?

Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.

Reeves Wiedeman The Cut Feb 2019 15min Permalink

Bastard

“Neither of my parents was exactly who I thought they were.”

Elizabeth Wurtzel The Cut Dec 2018 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

"Yeah, I'm Not For Everyone"

Lena Dunham comes to terms with herself.

Allison P. Davis The Cut Nov 2018 30min Permalink

Food

Gabrielle Hamilton and Ashley Merriman Dreamed of Writing the Second Chapter in the #MeToo Story

Instead, they got scorched.

Maggie Bullock The Cut Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Politics

And You Thought Trump Voters Were Mad

American women are furious.

Rebecca Traister The Cut Sep 2018 25min Permalink

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