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Featuring four covers: Sarah Paulson, Andrew Garfield, Vivian Wilson, and the Cyrus women. Also: why everyone looks 35, what men think about dating, Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest love story, and what happened to Selena Gomez’s Wondermind. Oh, and Personals are back.

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25 Best Wedding Shoes for Every Kind of Bride By Hanna Flanagan and Morgan Evans

style The Man Who Speaks Fashion How does a luxury brand like Prada sell desire to a public inundated with beautiful images? It hires Ferdinando Verderi. By Cathy Horyn
how to use it I Tried a Robot Massage Aescape promises better massages. Here’s how it works. By Chinea Rodriguez
prime day The Deals to Buy Before October’s Prime Day All in one place. By Bianca Nieves

would i do it again? By Sofie Pavitt and Asia Milia Ware Why I Got a Neck-Lift at 41 Years Old As a beauty founder and esthetician, I value transparency. I knew surgery was my only option.

how i fixed my Would You Spend $3,123 to Never Shave Again? At 30 years old, Marshea Walton became fed up with stubborn hair growth. By Asia Milia Ware
fashion Anna Sui Is Ready to Tell You About the ’90s The preeminent designer of the decade has a new book recounting, alongside friends Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs, the formative era. By Danya Issawi
always shopping 13 Combat Boots for Stomping Your Way Through Fall Leave your house shoes inside. By Chinea Rodriguez

power The Government Has Shut Down. Now What? Trump said the chaos gives him the opportunity to “get rid of” Democratic policies. Here’s what that means for you. By Andrea González-Ramírez
politics Everything Feels Incredibly Stressful Right Now — Except If You’re Psychic The women of the 4am Club have faith that everything’s going to work out just fine. By Shannon Keating

health By Andrea González-Ramírez and Erica Schwiegershausen Thinking About Getting a COVID Booster This Fall? Get ready for a hot mess.

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career ‘I Can’t Keep Up at Work’ Alison Green responds to two readers: one who feels like the weakest link on her team and another who doesn’t but is treated as though she is. By Alison Green

trump 2.0 Trump’s Mom-Shaming Around Tylenol In the absence of conclusive science around what causes autism, his administration is blaming women who can’t “tough it out.” By Danielle Campoamor

personal finance ‘How Much Should I Spend on a Wedding Gift?’ How much to spend, when cash is acceptable, and when it’s okay to skip the gift completely. By Charlotte Cowles

career By all means, Gloria Estefan has earned the right to rest. But at 68, she isn’t slowing down, even if 2025 has been busier than she’d have preferred. Now, she’s hard at work on Basura, a new musical for which she and her daughter have composed an original score. Long nestled in Miami, where she lives with husband Emilio, here’s how Estefan gets it all done.

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self Both Sides of a Breakup: His Relationships Never Last More Than 4 Months Two exes explain how it ended. By Alyssa Shelasky

health By Erica Schwiegershausen Your Prenatal Vitamin Might Be Missing an Essential Ingredient Trendy brands are selling supplements that are missing the one ingredient shown to prevent major birth defects.

sex diaries The Sober Event Planner Sleeping With a Client In this week’s story, a 32-year-old woman gives her crush a blowjob to reduce his stress before a big event. By Alyssa Shelasky

personals We Want to Get You Excited About Dating Again The first issue of The Cut’s weekly sex and love newsletter is here, featuring Hari Nef on hotness and personal ads from eligible singles. By Amy Rose Spiegel

astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: Sept 28–Oct 4 You may finally start making progress again as the waxing moon moves through Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. By Claire Comstock-Gay

sex ‘What It Took for Me to Finally Have an Orgasm’: The so-called pleasure gap continues to persist. Of course it doesn’t, it shouldn’t, have to be that way. Eight women who’d struggled to “finish” share the moment it eventually happened. This story is part of “Good in Bed,” a series exploring the ways we are — and aren’t — finding satisfaction right now.

health The Woman Who Ate Only Fruit Karolina Krzyzak went to Bali to meet the raw-vegan influencers she’d followed for years. She never made it back home. By E.J. Dickson
how i got this baby The Gay Dads Pursuing Adoption Over Surrogacy “My brother-in-law was like, ‘Oh, you’re too old to have kids. What are you doing?’” By Beth Greenfield

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books 18 Well-Read People on How, Exactly, They Find the Time We ask book critics, authors, Substackers, New York staffers, and more. By Jasmine Vojdani
tv ‘Wayward’ Should Be Your Next Netflix Binge Mae Martin’s new spooky Netflix thriller, Wayward, dramatizes the troubled-teen industry. By Michel Ghanem

feuds By Olivia Craighead Sorry to Ask, But Why Are Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Feuding Again? The rappers have reignited their beef, and this time they’re dragging their kids into it.

politics I Accept Zohran Mamdani’s Rose The democratic socialist wants to go the distance with New York City voters in a new Bachelor-centric campaign ad. By Emily Leibert

i tried it My Landline Keeps My Friendships Alive I wanted to log off while staying connected. A Bluetooth-connected rotary phone was a perfect compromise.

celebrity A Close Read of Nicole Kidman’s Last Big Divorce She was “shocked” a lot back then, too. By Allie Jones

tayvis Taylor Swift’s Wedding Is Going to Be Huge Apparently anyone she’s ever talked to is invited. By Elizabeth Gulino
life of a showgirl The Showgirl Doesn’t Get a Standing Ovation Taylor Swift was once untouchable — but is her reputation as pop’s best songwriter over? By Cat Zhang
music Taylor Swift’s Friends Are Loving The Life of a Showgirl Sabrina Carpenter, Nikki Glaser, and whoever posts for the New Heights podcast are all amped about the album. By Julia Reinstein and Emily Leibert

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fertility Embryos Out of Reach When a Nashville fertility clinic abruptly closed its doors in April, patients demanded answers. Months later, they’re still waiting. By Rae Nudson
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
keep it moving The Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark Drama Is Only The Beginning Is this what “growing the game” looks like? What the media frenzy says about the WNBA now. By Emma Carmichael
spring fashion Bienvenido a Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio’s new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, is a history lesson and a homecoming. By Jen Ortiz
fashion The Cut Fashion Closet These are the core pieces in our wardrobes. By the Cut
beauty The Cut Beauty Closet 100 tried-and-true beauty products that won’t waste your coins. By the Cut
culture Tramell Tillman Is in Bloom The Emmy-winning Severance actor has had a big year — but he always makes time to stop and smell the flowers. By Katja Vujić
fall fashion ‘I Wanted to Have Something to Give My Daughter From Gaza’ Escaped Palestinian women tell the stories of the few relics they have of home. By Danya Issawi
fall fashion What Happened at Wondermind? Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, flipped their mental-health journeys into a buzzy start-up. It all fell apart. By Angelina Chapin
power Can RFK Jr. Track My Oura Ring? The HHS secretary says he wants all Americans to start wearing health-tracking devices. Here’s what that might mean for your private data. By Andrea González-Ramírez
fall fashion The Nearly Normal Young Adulthood of Vivian Wilson Her father is the richest man alive with an anti-trans vendetta. She’s still figuring out what she wants to do. By Brock Colyar
fall fashion Sarah Paulson’s Victory Lap The All’s Fair actress lives for the drama. Or at least, all of her best characters do. By Jazmine Hughes