This Is Why!
A culture and recommendation newsletter by Melinda Fakuade & Lilly Milman, a pair of writers and best friends based in New York and Boston, respectively. They're also usually right about like, everything.
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Marry or move on!
It’s not an uncommon scenario: Your partner wants to get married, and you don’t. According to one study from Pew Research Center, 47% of adults who cohabitate with their partners and want to get married someday cite their partner not being...
Cultural Reset #3
Welcome to the Cultural Reset — a monthly series where we dive a little deeper into the world of books, TV, music, film, and more! Think of it as our usual “Hunter gatherer corner,” but extended. Let’s get into it!
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I Who Have Never Known Virality
If you’ve been anywhere near Substack, BookTok, or even just your local library lately, you’ve probably heard of Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men (often abbreviated to “IWHNKM” online). It has almost 300,000 ratings on Goodre...
A win is a win
Evening in NYC a few weeks ago.
Back in January, I decided that instead of setting New Year’s Resolutions, I was going to set three concrete goals (a small one, a medium one, and a big one) for the year. The main distinction for me is that...
The rack that launched a thousand comments
Kylie Jenner in a promotional post for her fashion brand, Khy.
Kylie Jenner has perfect boobs. I know, because she told me and everybody else on Instagram. On the social media app, where such things beg to be documented, Kylie Jenner has p...
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