CULTURE

• How ‘Mr. Brightside’ Became a Generation’s Anthem The New York Times

• Have you noticed that everyone’s teeth are a little too perfect? Washington Post

• What does it mean to be a ‘Swiftie for Palestine’? Washington Post

• Falling in love again with disposable cameras Washington Post

• Letterboxd feels like vintage internet. Can it stay that way? Washington Post

• Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new ‘era.’ Washington Post

• The teens who hated Abercrombie are the adults shopping there now — and they can’t believe it either Washington Post

• The horror of 'feel-good' feel-bad stories ThinkProgress

• Farewell, J. Crew Marie Claire

• Grow up, already: Welcome to Adulting school Elle

• Is America on the verge of a national sleep breakthrough? A dispatch from the front lines of bedtime. Washingtonian

• In Memoriam: American Apparel, 1998 - 2015 ThinkProgress

• At Melody Record Shop, sadness and a tinge of guilt as an era ends Washington Post

PROFILES & INTERVIEWS

• Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too The New York Times

• The Art of Being Natasha Lyonne Marie Claire

• Myha’la Is Thinking Big Marie Claire

• Eiza González Has the Range InStyle

• Nick Offerman is not the man you think he is Washington Post

• Sarah Finn is Holding Out For a Hero Marie Claire

• This Arlington ultramarathoner just ran 3,200 miles across the country Washingtonian

• Almost Famous: You’ve definitely seen Betsy Beers’ megahit TV shows, but you’ve probably never heard of her. Marie Claire

• Terrified of Gen Z? Sydney Sweeney and HBO can take some credit for that. Washington Post

• When You Want to Film in Washington, She Makes It Happen Washington Post Magazine

• J. Smith-Cameron is in Control Marie Claire

• Bethenny Frankel is Minding Her Own Business Marie Claire

• Mario Lopez is in on the joke GQ

• Meet Taylor Tomlinson, your favorite quarantine-watch, who can’t wait to get out of her 20s (& her apartment) Washington Post

• The Liberation of Lucy Hale Cosmopolitan

• High school’s done. Now comes indie rock stardom for Snail Mail. Washington Post

• ‘Queer Eye’s’ Jonathan Van Ness is a one-man meme machine ready to take down toxic masculinity. Can you believe? Washington Post

• Gillian Flynn, Killer Queen Marie Claire

• Meet Ali Wong, comedy's newest star, who filmed her breakthrough special while 30-some weeks pregnant Washington Post

• Talking to Charli XCX about feminism, songwriting, and Britney Spears Cosmopolitan

ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA

• A Twist on the Celebrity-Interview Podcast: Add Two Civilians The New York Times

• She goes on awkward ‘dates’ with celebs. Now she’s flirting with fame. Washington Post

• I Think About This A Lot: This Bling Ring member’s meltdown The Cut

• We all tried to control Britney The New Republic

• ‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the early 2000s media machine Washington Post

• The world is on fire. Late night is overcrowded. Can Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ cut through the chaos? Washington Post

• From first kisses to first periods: An Oral History of The Baby-Sitters Club Movie Vulture

• Gossip explains our culture. And nobody explains it like Lainey Gossip. Washington Post

• 'Britney Spears wanted to be a star': An oral history of '...Baby One More Time' Entertainment Weekly

• What really happened to Amy Winehouse? ThinkProgress

• "Kisses Goodbye, Bitches”: An Oral History of Pretty Little Liars Cosmopolitan

• Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion is the best pop album of 2015 Cosmopolitan

• For Taylor Swift and a sea of squealing fans, Verizon Center show is a lovefest Washington Post

POLITICS

• The CIA Is Trying to Recruit Gen Z—and Doesn’t Care If They’re All Over Social Media. But Do Zoomers Even Want to be Spies? Washingtonian

• The Right-Wing War on Abortion Has Nothing to Do With Babies The New Republic

• The Awkward Feeling of Rooting for the White House Press Secretary Washingtonian

• The Good Husband: Meet Doug Emhoff, the man who could be America’s first second gentleman Marie Claire

• Ivanka Trump’s alternate reality ThinkProgress

• Obama made D.C. cool. What’s going to happen under Trump? Marie Claire

• In Memoriam: The Ivanka Trump fashion line, 2007-2018 ThinkProgress

• All the special snowflakes: The surprising history of a newly political insult ThinkProgress

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

• More and More Women Are Paying Alimony to Failure-to-Launch Ex-Husbands. And They’re Really, Really Not Happy About It. Washingtonian

• D.C. Power Players Are Paying Thousands of Dollars to Find Dates Politico Magazine

• Sense and Social Distancing: Dating during Covid is like being trapped in a Jane Austen novel Marie Claire

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

• The betrayal of justice that set Bill Cosby free The New Republic

• ‘Revenge porn’ was already commonplace. The pandemic has made things even worse. Washington Post

• The reckoning of Bill Cosby: A comprehensive timeline ThinkProgress

• Ahead of Cosby’s trial, two accusers grapple with the legacy of their alleged rapist ThinkProgress

• For years, one reporter investigated allegations against Bill Cosby — even when no one was listening Washington Post

• Lizzette Martinez never imagined ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ would be this big ThinkProgress

• The reporter who broke the R. Kelly story is ready for everyone else to care about it ThinkProgress

ESSAYS

• What to do with the swastika in the attic? The New York Times

• An army of bedbugs was partying in her mattress. What else could go wrong? The Washington Post Magazine

• Patti Smith’s DMs are open Vulture

• Life these days is a symphony of grief and celebration. Kathryn Schulz puts it into words. Washington Post

• When will we grieve our Covid dead? The New Republic