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The Mormon TikTok Moms Are All of Us

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It makes a lot of sense that the lives of popular TikTok stars would serve as irresistible fodder for reality television. The combination of attention-courting, attractive-looking subjects experiencing sudden, tenuous fame,…

The Mormon Swinger Moms Are All of Us

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It makes a lot of sense that the lives of popular TikTok stars would serve as irresistible fodder for reality television. The combination of attention-courting, attractive-looking subjects experiencing sudden, tenuous fame,…

When France Takes Its Clothes Off

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Marseille’s Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem) is a lattice-shrouded, shadow-throwing complex that juts over the waters of the city’s old port. Despite the seaside vibe, its code of conduct…

The Trendiest Piercing Studios in N.Y.C.

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. On and Off the Avenue Rachel…

James Earl Jones’s Voice Was Something More

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In a culture inclined to get its fill of drama from the screen over the stage, especially if the screen offerings are being furnished by the House of Mouse, one wants…

“Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The sweetness of historical vindication pervades “Winner,” Susanna Fogel’s bio-pic about Reality Winner, who, in 2018, pleaded guilty to retaining and transmitting national-defense information to the media, while employed by a…

The Desperation of the Instagram Photo Dump

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On August 31st, Jennifer Lopez posted sixteen pictures for her two hundred and fifty-one million followers on Instagram, under the gnomic caption “Oh, it was a summer.” Coming in the wake…

How Should We Create Things?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1977, the artist, musician, and producer Brian Eno was in Berlin, working with David Bowie on the album that would become “Heroes.” They’d been collaborating on a song in an…