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Kadir Nelson’s “Dumbo”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As the cold days descend upon us, the rhythms of the city change. People unpack their winter gear; outdoor spaces empty. For the cover of the November 13, 2023, issue, Kadir…

FDA proposes ban on hair relaxers containing formaldehyde

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a ban on using formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals as an ingredient in hair smoothing or hair straightening products. Already regulated in the EU and Canada Already banned in the…

George C. Wolfe Would Not Be Dismissed

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “If that shit don’t work, I don’t wear it,” the director and writer George C. Wolfe told me when we spoke last month. He was talking about the baggage of childhood…

Jezebel and the Question of Women’s Anger

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Earlier this year, Ben Smith, the former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and a onetime New York Times columnist, published a book, titled “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race…

My Favorite Restaurants in New York City

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You could write dozens of obituaries a year for beloved New York restaurants that have shuttered their doors. One of the things I love most about this city is how regenerative…

High Camp and High Tragedy in Two Electrifying Off-Broadway Productions

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Snatch Adams, a six-foot-tall walking vagina working as a red-nose clown, would usually be entertaining folks on the vaudevillian “Borsch” Belt comedy circuit—“borsch” as in (a)bort(ion)—but extremists have been closing Planned…