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What Does Sleeping with 100 Men in One Day Do to the Soul?
An unsettling new documentary about an OnlyFans star—and the real price of sex work.
River Page
Letters to the Editor: ‘I’ve Watched Someone I Love Die’
Plus: Psychedelics could change lives, if they were legal.
The Free Press
There’s Nothing More Corrupting Than Flying Private
Want to understand the motives of our mercenary elite? Take a trip on a private plane, writes Tina Brown.
Tina Brown
My Smartphone Was Ruining My Life. So I Quit.
And you can, too.
August Lamm
On Mary and the Mob
The backlash to the new Netflix film is about something much deeper: the attempt to de-Judaize Christianity.
Rod Dreher
What We’re Grateful For
Free Pressers give thanks.
Joe Nocera
How a French Whale Made $85 Million off Trump’s Win
A trader on Polymarket outsmarted the entire polling industry. He talks to Joe Nocera.
Joe Nocera
On Killing Turkeys
I love eating meat. But I also love animals. And so I learned to kill them—gently.
Larissa Phillips
Why Is the National Book Award Going to a Publisher of Antisemitic Books?
W. Paul Coates, the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, is getting a lifetime achievement award tonight from people who don’t want to talk about what he’s…
Mark Oppenheimer
The Case of Justine Bateman—And Why Gen X Broke for Trump
The ‘Family Ties’ star, who came out swinging against wokeness after the election, speaks for a generation tired of being told what to think.
Peter Savodnik
The Women with AI Boyfriends. Plus . . .
Stop saying dating is terrible.
The Editors
Stop Saying Dating Is Terrible
We’re scaring a generation of young people off the hunt for true love.
Kat Rosenfield
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