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Articles by Amanda Hess
La mujer que quiere que abandones tu celular
NUEVA YORK.- Un caluroso día de verano, August Lamm se encontraba alegremente detrás de un puesto en Tompkins Square Park, ofreciendo una pila de folletos titulados “No necesitás un teléfono inteligente”. La portada mostraba la fotografía retro de una mujer acostada en el piso y hablando por un teléfono fijo. Lucía extasiada.
Esta chica quiere que dejes tu teléfono y recuperes tu vida
Un caluroso día de verano, August Lamm estaba parada en un puesto en el Tompkins Square Park, ofreciendo alegremente un montón de folletos titulados You Don't Need a Smartphone (No necesitas un teléfono inteligente). La portada mostraba una fotografía retro de una mujer acostada en el suelo, hablando por un teléfono fijo. Se veía extasiada.
Esta chica quiere que dejes tu teléfono y recuperes tu vida
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Un caluroso día de verano, August Lamm estaba parada en un puesto en el Tompkins Square Park, ofreciendo alegremente un montón de folletos titulados You Don’t Need a Smartphone (No necesitas un teléfono inteligente). La portada mostraba una fotografía retro de una mujer acostada en el suelo, hablando por un teléfono fijo. Se veía extasiada.
The Luddite Influencer of New York
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. One hot summer day, August Lamm stood cheerily behind a booth in Tompkins Square Park, offering a stack of pamphlets titled “You Don’t Need a Smartphone.” The cover featured a retro photograph of a woman laying on the floor and talking on a landline. She looked ecstatic.
August Lamm Was an Influencer. Now She Wants You to Ditch Your Smartphone.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. One hot summer day, August Lamm stood cheerily behind a booth in Tompkins Square Park, offering a stack of pamphlets titled “You Don’t Need a Smartphone.” The cover featured a retro photograph of a woman laying on the floor and talking on a landline. She looked ecstatic.
In the Ozempic era, who needs Weight Watchers?
Weight Watchers has always been about talking. When New York City housewife Jean Nidetch started the program in 1963, it came with a strict recommended diet, but also a support group — meetings where fellow dieters would weigh themselves, commiserate and share recipes for celery logs stuffed with whipped cottage cheese. The name, Weight Watchers, suggested a group vigil, like a neighborhood watch for body size.
Su marca era ser una esposa tradicional. Ahora está divorciada
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. La primera vez que Bernadine Barber vio la palabra tradwife, se estaba usando para describirla. Aún no tenía 30 años, tenía tres hijos y su contenido en Instagram en el que promovía roles de género tradicionales estaba ganando seguidores.
Bernadine Bluntly’s brand was trad wife. Then she got divorced
By Amanda Hess, New York Times ST. LOUIS — The first time Bernadine Barber saw the word “tradwife,” it was being used to describe her. She was not yet 30, she had three children, and her Instagram content promoting traditional gender roles was gaining a following. She had started going by Bernadine Bluntly online, a name to reflect how plainly she spoke her truth. Now she’d been drafted to represent the tradwife at a 2019 right-wing event in Miami.
Bernadine Bluntly’s brand was trad wife. Then she got divorced
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Amanda Hess, New York Times ST. LOUIS — The first time Bernadine Barber saw the word “tradwife,” it was being used to describe her. She was not yet 30, she had three children, and her Instagram content promoting traditional gender roles was gaining a following. She had started going by Bernadine Bluntly online, a name to reflect how plainly she spoke her truth. Now she’d been drafted to represent the tradwife at a 2019 right-wing event in Miami.
How to Become an Ex-Tradwife
The first time Bernadine Barber saw the word “tradwife,” it was being used to describe her. She was not yet 30, she had three children, and her Instagram content promoting traditional gender roles was gaining a following. She had started going by Bernadine Bluntly online, a name to reflect how plainly she spoke her truth. Now she’d been drafted to represent the tradwife at a 2019 right-wing event in Miami.
In the Ozempic Era, Who Needs Weight Watchers?
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. In the Ozempic Era, Who Needs Weight Watchers? A new podcast, with a feminist host, aims to keep the decades-old diet brand in the GLP-1 conversation.
Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke
Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke Nothing a critic or comic said about Parton — and they said plenty — compared with what she said about herself. She stepped on their punchlines and took away their power. From the start of her career, Dolly Parton was met by a celebrity tabloid media that called her tacky. She responded with deft humor.Credit...Harry Langdon/Getty Images Aug.
Hallmark Channel cumple 25 años con películas donde el amor siempre triunfa
Hallmark Channel cumple 25 años con películas donde el amor siempre triunfa "Creo que fui la primera persona en morir en Hallmark", dijo Andie MacDowell. Estaba de pie justo al lado de la alfombra roja, con una blusa con cuello de moño, en el centro cultural 92nd Street Y, adonde había acudido una tarde a principios de agosto para celebrar el cumpleaños 25 de Hallmark Channel.
Hallmark Channel cumple 25 años con películas donde el amor siempre triunfa
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Hallmark Channel cumple 25 años con películas donde el amor siempre triunfa Cuando la vida parece difícil, la Navidad en julio puede ayudar. Una selección de momentos del canal Hallmark 13 de agosto de 2026 “Creo que fui la primera persona en morir en Hallmark”, dijo Andie MacDowell.
What the Hallmark Channel Knows About Love
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. For 25 years, it’s helped big-city gals find love with hometown hunks — and distracted the rest of us when we need it most. A selection of Hallmark Channel moments. Aug. 10, 2026 “I think I was the first person on Hallmark to die,” Andie MacDowell said.
25 Years of Big-City Gals Meeting Hometown Hunks on Hallmark
NEW YORK -- "I think I was the first person on Hallmark to die," Andie MacDowell said. She was standing just off the red carpet in a bow-necked blouse at the 92nd Street Y, where she had come on an early August evening to celebrate the Hallmark Channel's 25th birthday. When MacDowell isn't making studio films, you can find her on the network, where she has played a fashion photographer, a judge, a Progressive Era aunt-chaperone and a modern matriarch who falls into a time-traveling pond.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s American Royal Wedding
A mega-famous popstar and a Super Bowl champion celebrated their love in Midtown Manhattan, announcing both their union and their cultural domination.
Por que a união de Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce é o equivalente ao ‘Casamento Real’ americano
Crédito: Murillo Alves/Estadão THE NEW YORK TIMES — Ao que tudo indica, Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce estão casados. Depois de um ano de rumores, especulações e apostas em mercados de previsão sobre onde o casal celebraria o evento, eles não escolheram nem a mansão de Swift à beira-mar em Rhode Island, nem seu complexo residencial em Nova York. No fim, decidiram fazer isso no trabalho — dentro da arena de esportes e entretenimento onde Swift se apresentou pela primeira vez, aos 13 anos.
Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce, protagonistas de una boda real en EE. UU.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Según todas las fuentes, Taylor Swift y Travis Kelce se han casado.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s American Royal Wedding
By all accounts, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married. After a year of rumor, speculation and prediction-market prop-betting over where the couple would celebrate the event, they did it not at Swift’s seaside mansion in Rhode Island, nor at her TriBeCa compound. In the end, they decided to do it at work — inside the arena of sport and entertainment where Swift first performed at the age of 13.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's American Royal Wedding
NEW YORK -- By all accounts, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married. After a year of rumor, speculation and prediction-market prop-betting over where the couple would celebrate the event, they did it not at Swift's seaside mansion in Rhode Island, nor at her New York City compound. In the end, they decided to do it at work -- inside the arena of sport and entertainment where Swift first performed at the age of 13.
Plasticity Screening for Bioinfiltration and Bioretention Media
: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment Volume 12, Issue 4 Introduction Bioinfiltration and bioretention systems have been increasing in popularity as effective methods for stormwater management and treatment (LeFevre et al. 2015; Skorobogatov et al. 2020; Vijayaraghavan et al. 2021; Chen et al. 2022). Stormwater runoff is directed to shallow vegetated basins, where the water then infiltrates through a layer of engineered media (soil).
What if You Could Give Your Dog a Longer Life?
When I met Celine Halioua, she was sitting with a geriatric corgi-terrier mix named Wiggler in her lap, his eyes lolling under the force of her forehead rub. Around us, white-whiskered hounds meandered near a prop fire hydrant and reclined on shaggy poufs.We were at Muttville, a San Francisco shelter for senior dogs, which had once provided Halioua with a place to swab canine mouths for her company’s proprietary research.
What if You Could Give Your Dog a Longer Life?
When I met Celine Halioua, she was sitting with a geriatric corgi-terrier mix named Wiggler in her lap, his eyes lolling under the force of her forehead rub. Around us, white-whiskered hounds meandered near a prop fire hydrant and reclined on shaggy poufs. We were at Muttville, a San Francisco shelter for senior dogs, which had once provided Halioua with a place to swab canine mouths for her company’s proprietary research.
Lena Dunham nos hacía mucha falta
Lena Dunham volvió a las redes sociales este mes tras años de ausencia. “Pues resulta que escribí unas memorias”, publicó en X, con un GIF en bucle de sí misma como Hannah Horvath, la traviesa de Brooklyn protagonista de Girls, la serie que creó, guionizó y protagonizó. Agita los dedos como si fuera el coco mientras se enfrenta a un sonriente Patrick Wilson, cuya cara bonita se cae al instante.
Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Context The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us. Credit...Photo illustration by Chantal Jahchan April 17, 2026 Lena Dunham returned to social media this month after a yearslong absence.
¿Estamos viviendo el renacimiento de la obscenidad? Series, películas y estrellas que dan rienda suelta a un nuevo erotismo
En la televisión, el cine y las novelas populares, el contenido sexual es más abundante que nunca; ¿Qué pasa cuando nuestras pantallas son más ardientes que nuestros dormitorios? Victoria Park descubrió Más que rivales de la manera más inocente. TikTok le mostró un video con figuritas de Calico Critters vestidas con diminutas camisetas de hockey y hablando de “ir a la cabaña”. Seis episodios después, dedicó toda su sesión de terapia a hablar de la serie.
When Group Therapy Went Heavy Meta
"Group: The Schopenhauer Effect," a feature film by Alexis Lloyd showing in New York City through Thursday, takes place inside a simulation of a Manhattan group therapy room. In this roiling psychodrama, nine actors -- eight therapy patients, one analyst -- dramatize the practice of group psychoanalysis, a place where characters -- or patients -- are encouraged to lend voice to their unconscious fantasies and urges.
When Group Therapy Went Heavy Meta
Style|When Group Therapy Went Heavy Meta https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/style/alexis-lloyd-group-therapy-film.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. “Group: The Schopenhauer Effect,” a feature film by Alexis Lloyd showing in New York City through March 26, takes place inside a simulation of a Manhattan group therapy room.
¿Estamos viviendo un ‘renacimiento de la obscenidad’?
Victoria Park descubrió Más que rivales de la manera más inocente. TikTok le mostró un video con figuritas de Calico Critters vestidas con diminutas camisetas de hockey y hablando de “ir a la cabaña”. Seis episodios después, se encontró dedicando toda su sesión de terapia a hablar de la serie. “No puedo deshacerme de esta sensación”, dijo Park, una cantautora de 26 años de Chicago que actúa con el nombre artístico de Pictoria Vark. “Hay un vacío que no sabía que existía. Es un anhelo.
Are We in a 'Smut Renaissance'?
Victoria Park discovered "Heated Rivalry" innocently enough. TikTok served her a video featuring Calico Critters figurines wearing miniature hockey jerseys and talking about "going to the cottage." Six episodes later, she found herself spending her entire therapy session discussing the show.
Are We in a 'Smut Renaissance'?
Victoria Park discovered "Heated Rivalry" innocently enough. TikTok served her a video featuring Calico Critters figurines wearing miniature hockey jerseys and talking about "going to the cottage." Six episodes later, she found herself spending her entire therapy session discussing the show.
How a ‘Smut Renaissance’ Is Reshaping Our Digital Consumption and Desires
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Victoria Park discovered “Heated Rivalry” innocently enough. TikTok served her a video featuring Calico Critters figurines wearing miniature hockey jerseys and talking about “going to the cottage.” Six episodes later, she found herself spending her entire therapy session discussing the show.
Can you optimise love?
Cody Zervas was looking for his wife. He used to be engaged, but then his fiancee broke it off, and now he was ready to explore new opportunities. He desired a one-in-a-million match, which meant he needed to enlarge his dating pool. In 2022, he logged onto Twitter and offered a bounty of US$20,000 (RM81,340) to the person who introduced him to his future bride. The prize would increase each year until she appeared. Zervas remains single, but his “wife bounty” found him another kind of partner.
Can You Optimize Love?
Cody Zervas was looking for his wife. He used to be engaged, but then his fiancee broke it off, and now he was ready to explore new opportunities. He desired a one-in-a-million match, which meant he needed to enlarge his dating pool. Just before Valentine’s Day in 2022, he logged onto Twitter and offered a bounty of $20,000 to the person who introduced him to his future bride. The prize would increase each year until she appeared.
É possível otimizar o amor? Como o Vale do Silício trabalha para garantir o ‘amor ao primeiro match’
Cody Zervas estava procurando sua esposa. Ele era noivo, mas sua companheira terminou o relacionamento, e agora ele estava pronto para explorar novas oportunidades. Ele desejava um par único em um milhão, o que significava que precisava ampliar sua rede de possíveis encontros. Em 2022, ele acessou o Twitter e ofereceu uma recompensa de US$ 20.000 para a pessoa que o apresentasse à sua futura noiva. O prêmio aumentaria a cada ano até que ela aparecesse.
¿Se puede optimizar el amor? Silicon Valley lo está intentando
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Sesiones colectivas de arrumacos en el Simposio del Amor, un congreso celebrado en San Francisco en noviembre.Credit...Jason Henry para The New York Times Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT 9 de enero de 2026 Read in English Cody Zervas estaba buscando esposa.
Can You Optimize Love?
Cuddle puddles at the Love Symposium, at The Commons in San Francisco, Nov. 15, 2025. A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart. (Jason Henry/The New York Times) Cody Zervas was looking for his wife. He used to be engaged, but then his fiancee broke it off, and now he was ready to explore new opportunities. He desired a one-in-a-million match, which meant he needed to enlarge his dating pool.
¿Se puede optimizar el amor?
Cody Zervas estaba buscando esposa. Estuvo comprometido, pero su prometida rompió el compromiso y ahora estaba listo para explorar nuevas oportunidades. Deseaba encontrar a la indicada entre el montón, lo que significaba que necesitaba ampliar su círculo de citas. Justo antes del día de San Valentín de 2022, se conectó a Twitter y ofreció una recompensa de 20.000 dólares a la persona que le presentara a su futura esposa. El premio aumentaría cada año hasta que ella apareciera.
Can You Optimize Love?
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Can You Optimize Love?
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Cuddle puddles at the Love Symposium, a conference in San Francisco in November.Credit...Jason Henry for The New York Times Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 15:21 min Learn more Jan. 6, 2026 Cody Zervas was looking for his wife. He used to be engaged, but then his fiancée broke it off, and now he was ready to explore new opportunities.
Is This Former Bravo Star Democrats' Toughest Critic?
NEW YORK -- Sitting among a boisterous crowd of friends and family at the Hirschl & Adler Galleries on Madison Avenue in New York City, Co…
Is Jennifer Welch the Democrats’ Toughest Critic?
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Jennifer Welch co-hosts the podcast “I’ve Had It,” where she brings on guests like Rahm Emanuel and Hakeem Jeffries and doesn’t let them off the hook.Credit...Danielle Amy for The New York Times Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 13:13 min Learn more Dec.
Book Review: ‘Barbieland,’ by Tarpley Hitt
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Amazon Apple Books Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Bookshop.org When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. BARBIELAND: The Unauthorized History, by Tarpley Hitt The 2023 film “Barbie” begins with a parodic homage to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” We open on a prehistoric desert landscape.
There’s a chatbot in that chummy, caring kids’ toy Original
Curio is a company that describes itself as “a magical workshop where toys come to life.” When I visited its cheery headquarters in Redwood City, California, I found it located between a credit union and an air conditioner repair service. I stepped inside to meet the company’s founders, Misha Sallee and Sam Eaton. And also Grem, a fuzzy cube styled like an anime alien. Curio makes chatbots wrapped in stuffed animals.
The Woman Who Livestreamed Her Birth on Twitch
When Cady Hoffman went into labor on the evening of Oct. 7, she did it live. On a typical day, Ms. Hoffman, 32, livestreams on Twitch from a gaming chair in her Austin, Texas, home as she pilots an avatar through the online role-playing game “World of Warcraft.” This time, she appeared wincing on the living room floor in a flowing crimson gown.
Rose Byrne da lecciones de maternidad desde un baño de motel
En la política, el sacrificio maternal está de moda. La nueva película "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" muestra adónde puede conducir esto. Hace varios años, la cineasta Mary Bronstein descubrió que su vida interior se había reducido al tamaño de un baño de motel.
Rose Byrne as Mother of the Year
(Essay) Several years ago, filmmaker Mary Bronstein found that her inner life had shrunk to the size of a motel bathroom. She had moved her daughter from New York to San Diego to undergo a specialized medical treatment, and for eight months, they became dysfunctional roommates in a "tiny motel room, two twin beds, nowhere to go," Bronstein said recently. The toilet was her escape. "I would go into the bathroom of the motel, shut the door, turn the light on, and that was my space," she said.
Rose Byrne da lecciones de maternidad desde un baño de motel
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Ensayo En la política, el sacrificio maternal está de moda. La nueva película “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” muestra adónde puede conducir esto.
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