New York Magazine

The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.

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The Body Politic: Irin Carmon • Abortion-Pilled Lawsuits seeking to scare women away from medication may have the opposite effect.

174 MINUTES WITH … Aaron Parnas • The son of a former Trump crony has become the Gen-Z face of resistance news.

The Culture Business: Hershal Pandya • Comedy’s Safest Slur Left, right, center—everyone’s using it. Why?

HIJACKING the KENNEDYS • Only one cousin has amassed enough power to reshape the country—and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for.

Who Is a KENNEDY? • The modern dynasty consists of one extremely extended family descended from Joe Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.

‘LIKE MARTHA’S VINEYARD, IF THE MEXICANS TOOK IT OVER’ • Willy Chavarria is selling a version of Americana that asks, Who belongs in these clothes? It’s a message that’s inviting more scrutiny as his brand grows.

My Colon • Until I was diagnosed with cancer last year, I cringed at mentions of butts, rectums, and feces. But why should people like me live in the shadows, their disease underfunded and misunderstood?

One Speed Is All You Need

THE ONE-PAGE GUIDE TO: A Last-Minute Local Camping Trip • IF YOU FIND YOURSELF craving utter silence (save for chirping cicadas and birds) and air that smells and feels like the exact opposite of what you inhale on the subway platform, an end-of-summer camping trip may be in order. And you don’t need outdoorsy experience to make it happen. There are plenty of low-key places to pitch a tent within a few hours of Manhattan. Veteran camper Jeremy Rellosa shares exactly how to plan an impromptu s’mores-filled getaway.

The Ticket Line for Shakespeare in the Park • Hundreds of theater fans queued at dawn for free passes to Twelfth Night at the Delacorte Theater, which recently reopened following an 18-month renovation. (For our review, see p.71.)

Fraggle Rock on Hudson • Wyldlands, a three-story home channeling Jim Henson, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Antoni Gaudí, sprouts in a historic town upstate.

Cambodia by Way of Crown Heights • After years as a roving pop-up, Bong has become a permanent restaurant. It’s still a work-in-progress, but what a work.

Saga Is Starting Fresh • Sixty-three stories up, the restaurant gets a remodel and a new menu from chef Charlie Mitchell.

Spike Lee Takes No Notes • “I make the films I want to make. And I’m not coming up with a Driving Miss Daisy, Green Book approach.”

Is This the Next Great Jewish American Comedy? • BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg returns to streaming with a series about a family not not like his own.

A Rebel Writer’s First Revolt • A memoir by Arundhati Roy chronicles her tumultuous relationship with her mother.

CRITICS • Bilge Ebiri on Weapons … Sara Holdren on Twelfth Night … Roxana Hadadi on The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. AUGUST 27–SEPTEMBER 24

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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.