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Is Infidelity Really the Worst Thing That Can Happen to a Couple?
In The State of Affairs, couples therapist Esther Perel challenges the condemnation of the unfaithful.
Sep 15, 2017
How the Upper Middle Class Has Risen Even Higher
Who doesn't love to hate the excesses of the 1 percent? But a new book argues that the whole upper middle class has some giving to do if we're ever to stem the country's growing inequality.
Jun 21, 2017
Two Critics, Two Takes: On the Controversial Best Foreign Film Golden Globe Winner 'Elle'
Differing opinions on a film that turns every sexual trope on its head.
Jan 9, 2017
My Fashion Stream of Consciousness
Am I the only one who writes Mrs. Dalloway in her mind when she gets dressed?
Jan 4, 2017
The Best 'Secret' Places to Stay, Tour, and Shop in Tulum
Tulum might be old news to globe-trotters, but there's still plenty to discover if you're willing to go off the beaten path.
Nov 28, 2016
I Traded My Super Low Maintenance Beauty Routine for a 10-Step Korean Skincare Regimen
"Being high maintenance is not something to brag about in America. But in Korea, if you're low maintenance, people are like, 'Why? You should take care of yourself.'"
Jan 4, 2016
The Danger of DCIS, The Breast "Cancer" That's Often Not
In response to one of the most commonly diagnosed breast "cancers," Dr. Shelley Hwang is staging a radically conservative campaign to save our breasts.
Jun 8, 2015
Mac McClelland: There Is No Such Thing As a Perfect Victim
The journalist is back with a rawly fascinating account of life after PTSD...and the rough sex heard around the world.
Feb 24, 2015
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Katha Pollitt's New Book Issues a Call to Action: Abortions Are a Reality of Life
Oct 15, 2014
Abortion: Not Easy, Not Sorry
Nearly one in three American women will have an abortion by age 45. Why are we so afraid to talk about it—or to acknowledge that our lives would have been so much less than we hoped for without it? Why are we pressured to feel that we should regret our choice, and that there's something wrong with us if we don't?
Oct 14, 2014
A Book To Deconstruct the Work-Life Balance
Every waking minute, some woman is made to feel guilty about how she's spending her time. Laurie Abraham and a new book deconstruct the myth of work-life balance.
Mar 19, 2014
Liquor is Quicker: On Writers and Drinking
Writers are a notoriously strung-out lot, and a fascinating new book explores the lives of five literary icons who turned to the bottle for relief
Jan 17, 2014
How Slam-Dunking, Gender-Bending WNBA Rookie Brittney Griner Is Changing the World of Sports
Griner is a slam-dunking, girl-loving phenom who proves there are a whole lot of ways to be a woman
Nov 4, 2013
Is It Okay to Feel Traumatized When a Relationship Ends After Only Two Dates?
Laurie Abraham talks to Harvard trained psychiatrist Mark Epstein, author of The Trauma of Everyday Life, about getting over her two-date-heartbreak
Oct 17, 2013
Living in Fear
VotoLatino President Maria Teresa Kumar tells us why the Senate/House smack-down over immigration reform matters
Aug 20, 2013
Ambitious Politics
To be president takes enormous ambition. Lani Hay, a hugely successful businesswoman and navy veteran, definitely has that. The question is: Is it enough?
Jan 4, 2013
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Who You Callin' Mother
Everybody's an expert on what kind of mother you should be. A new book breaks open the debate by asking, what kind of mother do you want to be?
May 15, 2012
Kinsey & Me
The man who dragged American sexuality out of the Dark Ages, Alfred Kinsey, is still controversial, as a new film attests. Laurie Abraham visited his stories institute to plumb the mysteries of female desire—and learned a few things about herself.
May 15, 2012
Beating Breast Cancer…and the System
When hedge-fund strategist Dee Dee Ricks got breast cancer at 39, she decided that the best way to get better was by doing good
Oct 20, 2011
Eros and the Office
Are women wasting unused "erotic capital"? Is workplace decorum a plot to keep women down? Laurie Abraham investigates a new book
Jul 22, 2011
Botox, Cosmetic Fillers, and the Meaning of Beauty
Most of us want to look pretty, but how far should we go in the quest? And are we inadvertently hurting—or helping—anyone else along the way?
Mar 3, 2011
Laurie Abraham on The Marriage Ref
The Husbands and Wives Club author's analysis of Jerry Seinfeld's new show
Mar 25, 2010
Group Sex: An Excerpt from The Husband and Wives Club
Would you tell nine relative strangers the deepest secrets of your marriage? One weekend, these five couples did, and with truth came consequences
Feb 24, 2010
Book Release: Impossible Motherhood
Irene Vilar's ever-ending story
Sep 24, 2009
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Ignorance Is Bliss
She doesn't know the bank balances, and that's the way she likes it
Aug 18, 2008
All Her Children
A soap junkie comes clean on her soap addiction—and scores a cameo
Jun 9, 2008
Mr. Obama Goes To Washington
The face of a new generation of American leadership
Oct 30, 2006
Genie In A Bottle
Mother's new Little Helper is a stealthier lubricant than valium
Mar 21, 2006
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