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We sent disposable cameras to 25 women across the U.S. Here are their lives, unedited.
Kristen Bell, Princess Nokia and others shared intimate snapshots with us
Lena Felton
February 5, 2020
February 5, 2020
Perspective
The stories we tell about Kobe Bryant
In recent days, Bryant stories have become meta stories, about memory and reckoning and hero worship and heroes
Monica Hesse
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
Review
Netflix’s new ‘Goop Lab’ needs more normal people and less Gwyneth Paltrow
The show’s most moving and vulnerable moments feature everyday people
Mia Nakaji Monnier
January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
Perspective
When Ellen came out, I saw how cruel the world is to lesbians like me. Her Golden Globes award shows how far we’ve come.
The message that her downfall sent to kids like me, who were just coming out as gay, was stark and devastating
Allison Hope Kahn
January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020
Perspective
On the eve of Harvey Weinstein’s trial, the Golden Globes had a chance to support #MeToo. Instead, Ricky Gervais was the host.
The audience was subjected to a reckless monologue by the British comedian
Shanon Lee
January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020
Perspective
How Vanessa Hudgens ended up in your Netflix holiday queue
With ‘The Princess Switch’ and ‘The Knight Before Christmas,’ the actress is all-in on Christmas cheer
Andria Moore
December 17, 2019
December 17, 2019
Perspective
‘Insatiable’s’ Erinn Westbrook on being black in Hollywood: ‘Our differences should not be seen as difficulties’
Diversity at all levels is crucial
Erinn Westbrook
November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Before you binge ‘Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!,’ meet Naomi Watanabe, one of the country’s biggest stars
Watanabe talked to us about how she’s ‘over being fat,’ which member of the Fab Five she stays in touch with, and more
Lena Felton
October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019
Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton discuss their collaboration, parenting and what’s next
The mother-daughter team co-wrote Andrews’s memoir
Jane Levere
October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019
A man told musician Maggie Rogers to ‘take your top off.’ She was standing on stage at her own concert.
The singer addressed the comment in the moment, saying she was very uncomfortable
Lena Felton
October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019
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