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How to Tell If You’re Having Hot Flashes From Menopause
DON’T SWEAT IT How to Tell If You’re Having Hot Flashes From Menopause Plus, doctors’ tips for finding relief from your symptoms. By Ashley Abramson December 1, 2023 Shuhua Xiong Whether you’ve been randomly sweating during the day or waking up soaked in the middle of the night, heating up on the regular could make…
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On Learning to Think of My Body As a Whole, Not Parts
LEARNING CURVE On Learning to Think of My Body As a Whole, Not Parts Why do I dice myself up into pieces for self-criticism? I’ll tell you exactly why. By Chloe Laws November 30, 2023 Illustration by Ana Jarén Welcome back to the Learning Curve, a monthly column in which we unpack the complicated experience of…
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26 Women Get Real About Freezing Their Eggs
ICE, ICE, BABY 26 Women Get Real About Freezing Their Eggs More people than ever are signing on — and paying up — for the fertility-preserving procedure. Here is what it’s actually like. By Paige Stables November 16, 2023 Pablo Delcan. Freezing footage: Getty Images I first heard about oocyte cryopreservation, more commonly known as…
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“I Felt Misled”: Are Women Getting the Full Truth About Egg Freezing?
ON THIN ICE “I Felt Misled”: Are Women Getting the Full Truth About Egg Freezing? We talked to 26 women who have frozen their eggs — these are the 8 things they wish someone had told them first. By Paige Stables November 16, 2023 Pablo Delcan. Freezing footage: Getty Images Egg freezing, or more officially…
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31 Best Dyson Cyber Monday Deals of 2025 to Upgrade Your Whole Life
Blowing Us Away The Dyson Cyber Monday Deals We Wait for All Year Are Here Grab them before they’re gone. By Lily Wohlner December 1, 2025 Collage: Paula Balondo; Source images: Courtesy of brands [LAST UPDATED AT 5:32 A.M. ET ON DECEMBER 1, 2025] Sound the alarm: The best Dyson Cyber Monday deals are here,…
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The FDA Missed Its Self-Imposed Deadline to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners
FDA UPDATES Update: The FDA Missed Its Self-Imposed Deadline to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Years ago, the agency vowed it would approve a ban by the end of December 2025. It didn’t. By Kara Nesvig January 5, 2026 Getty Images UPDATE (January 5, 2026): The future of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed…
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Hailey Bieber’s Go-to Beauty Products Are on Sale for Black Friday
Shopping Hailey Bieber’s Go-to Beauty Products Are on Sale for Black Friday Everything she touches goes viral for a reason. By AnaMaria Glavan, Annie Blackman, and Sarah Felbin November 26, 2025 Collage: Paula Balondo; Source images: Courtesy of brands It’s no secret that Hailey Bieber is a tastemaker in the beauty world. Whether an utterly…
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On Recognizing My Thin Privilege When I’ve Never Been Thin
LEARNING CURVE On Recognizing My Thin Privilege When I’ve Never Been Thin Regardless of the body-shaming we’ve been through, it’s time for mid-size and small-fat people to accept that we might not be doing enough to liberate people bigger than us. By Nicola Dall’Asen September 28, 2023 Illustration by Johanne Licard Welcome back to the Learning…
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I Got 21 Botox Injections in My Bladder — Here’s Why
GOING, GOING I Got 21 Botox Injections in My Bladder — Here’s Why My overactive bladder needed to chill out. I hoped Botox would do the trick. By Beth Sobol September 12, 2023 Getty Images / Bella Geraci Before I dive into my experience with bladder Botox, let me explain how I got here. For…
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6 Women Share What They Love About Porn
DOING IT 6 Women Share What They Love About Porn “When I started taking the guilt and shame away, I understood how important self-pleasure really was.” By Varuna Srinivasan August 26, 2023 Getty Images / Designed by Bella Geraci Welcome toDoing It, a column where sex educator Varuna Srinivasan explores the deep connections between sex…