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How Consent Can—and Cannot—Help Us Have Better Sex
The latest and most vigorous addition to this genre is “Sex Beyond ‘Yes’: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone” (Norton), by Quill Kukla, a…
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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All Hail the Jamaican Patty
The leader of the fancy-patty movement, for me, though, is Bar Kabawa, the swanky, sexy East Village Daiquiri joint that’s attached to…
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A Photographer’s Portraits of Her Dad
In the nineteen-eighties, Janet Delaney took pictures of her father at work, and came to a deeper understanding of who he was. Source link
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Joan Lowell and the Birth of the Modern Literary Fraud
Sensing that she was losing the argument, Lowell rushed at Colcord, winding up to throw a punch before stopping short a few feet away from…
Business
Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to…
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Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up…
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January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more. Source…
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“Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers
Goodness is not hard to find in “Young Mothers.” The film is set in and around a maternity home in Liège where the staff look after their…
Business
The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured…
Politics
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol "does not happen" without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers…
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Reading for the New Year
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number of books they encountered in…
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This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has…
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RFK Jr. Is Right About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
The HHS secretary, to say the least, isn’t always very careful about evidence, but, on this one, the most painstaking research is on his…
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Wall Street opens subdued after tech-led drop halts rally
Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on Tuesday (Dec 30), a day after logging their steepest one-day decline in nearly two weeks as…
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How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action
President Trump has ordered a slew of actions based solely on reporters' questions, creating an unusual contradiction in which the…
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2025: A Year in Reading
If there was one bookshelf theme this year, it was liberals discovering the concept of abundance. Source link
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Southern California's unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city
Five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, a single industrial block in Vernon is drawing as much electricity as a small town. Inside a…
Business
AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Artificial intelligence’s insatiable appetite for data storage has delivered Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings world-beating stock…
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China vows to stabilise grain, edible oil production in key meeting
Beijing seeks food security in the face of economic challenges and pressures from urbanisation China must stabilise grain and edible oil…
Politics
PragerU's 'pro-American' Presidential Rankings Survey puts Washington first, Biden last
Presidential rankings tend to reward those on the left and penalize those on the right, which is where PragerU comes in. Source link
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Meta acquires Singapore-based startup Manus to bolster AI business
Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus, which makes an AI agent that it sells to…
Politics
With Reeves out, Mark Warner tightens his grip on Virginia Senate race
Sen. Mark R. Warner's path to reelection got a little clearer this week after Republican state Sen. Bryce Reeves bowed out of his…
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What Is Somaliland, and Do We Have to Care About It?
Israel’s recognition of the breakaway state could upend a sclerotic status quo in the region. Source link
Business
What Is Brand Tracking? Definition, Benefits and Top Companies of 2025
The construction industry is increasingly shifting from traditional word-of-mouth referrals to digital marketing strategies. More clients…