Adolescent

In the 2000s era of sex education à la Mean Girls, accidental pregnancy often felt like a joke. My abortion isn’t a punch line: bit.ly/3b23g95

"I see flowers, and I think about how I'll utilize them. I see the beauty of petals, and I want to showcase it on my face." The rise of stick-on beauty: bit.ly/3mSncSA

Cheekily referred to as the “OnlyFans” or “Tumblr” for writers, Substack offers a fresh take on the newsletter. How the Substack boom is shaping the future of media: bit.ly/3kbMhGr

Done right, blush is the best. Look to try: how to get into blush bit.ly/3wn0Co3

The world feels very small when it is all recorded. To make the world vast and unknowable, the private and the personal are the only safeguards we have. What does it take to live a private life? bit.ly/3CHm0XA

"You couldn't take one look at me without knowing I'm queer." Why am I dressing so gay now? bit.ly/3j3NVck

"I want what people internalize to be good and beneficial for them. I’m sure I’ll fail a little bit here and there, but I think it’s important to encourage people." Dayglow wants to be as honest as possible: bit.ly/3bKaXB6

Every bona fide Cool Girl comes equipped with a few things: layered necklaces, a mini bag, vintage denim, and now Siren Basics. The sisters behind underwear brand Siren Basics: bit.ly/3mYMYEl

Ads aren’t meant to trigger some type of personal revelation, or even express a common good; they’re just supposed to push a commodity. The ad in adversarial: bit.ly/3I9MeUR

"There's a lot of resistance like, 'Sex should be spontaneous!' [But consent] doesn't have to be unsexy. What if we reframed consent as dirty talk?" Kink, consent, and what to call your partner’s junk with Hannah Witton: bit.ly/3LqPEo7

We know UV light has the potential to prematurely age the skin and contribute to skin cancer. What we don’t quite know yet is whether we can attribute those same issues to blue light. The truth about blue light skincare—or, how to spot a skincare scam: bit.ly/3qCBB7f

"A lot of misconceptions come from seeing sexuality at [the] surface level on social media." In conversation with asexual lingerie model Yasmin Benoit: bit.ly/3tNUCWt

We repackage our conformity to better align with our politics, our motivations disguised as feminism rather than an inevitable result of cultural pressure. The feminine urge to not shower: bit.ly/3p6cTuX

"Reading 'Stone Butch Blues' didn’t start my gender questioning, but it was the moment when things got interesting." The butch to nonbinary pipeline: bit.ly/35UMPfq

Think you’re ready to take the plunge? Here are five things to think about before you dive into side hustling. Is a side hustle really worth it? bit.ly/3qFrtuc

"I was invited to witness a masculine vulnerability that rarely appears in heterosexual sex." Yes, mistress: on being a female dom bit.ly/3tGBARs

Beyond the co-opting of a movement for corporate gain, the modern iteration of body positivity fails to address any underlying traumatic elements that play into body-image distress. The dark story behind body positivity: bit.ly/3nJDTzH

Diva behavior from talented women is a fast way to be blacklisted, but for white men it can yield amusement and intrigue. F*ck your boy genius—he doesn't exist: bit.ly/3I42tlY

If you can’t remember what it feels like to connect with yourself, Ev’Yan Whitney’s work might just help you find your place. “Pleasure is a birthright”: doula Ev’Yan Whitney talks sensuality bit.ly/3JImrnl

"Until quite recently, I believed that for each relationship in my life, there was a finite number of 'I love you’s' I could say before it would start sounding tin and hollow." On the fear of saying “I love you”: bit.ly/3z4lbt7