I’ll start by saying I’m no coffee snob. Like any American whose teen years were spent reconfiguring their MySpace Top 8 and hanging out in mall food courts, I made my foray into the world of coffee via a sugar-packed caramel Frappuccino. Five years later I moved to New York to go to Parsons School…
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed on Saturday as the 114th U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The final vote was the conclusion of a weeks-long process of primary confirmation votes, hearings, and powerful testimony—particularly the testimony delivered by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault and took her allegations to the Senate floor, where…
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After a few seasons of slogan tees and pins, seeing politically-adjacent messages at a fashion show doesn’t feel abnormal: The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has partnered with organizations like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU to raise awareness for their services , designers have taken their bows wearing shirts with messages of inclusivity,…
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President Donald Trump graced the latest cover of TIME magazine Thursday in what is perhaps their most harrowing visual critique of his presidency yet. For the cover, TIME created a photo illustration of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer John Moore’s now viral image of a two-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother was being detained at the…
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If you’ve taken Fiction 101, you may be aware of the golden rule: Write what you know. CNN chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper stuck to this idea when he wrote his debut political thriller—to an extent. The Hellfire Club is rife with Beltway intrigue and backroom deals, but Tapper’s leading lady is what kept us…
Read moreIt’s not long ago that a holy trinity of alleged Kardashian-Jenner baby news descended upon us: Kim Kardashian was rumored to be expecting a third child via surrogate; Kylie Jenner was apparently pregnant, which almost broke the Internet; and Khloé Kardashian also had her turn at bat with pregnancy gossip. Although Kylie’s kept mum (as…
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