The Story of Perfume: A Lavishly Illustrated Guide successfully pulls off one of my favorite literary tricks: It takes something extremely specific—in this case, perfume—and gets so immersed in it that all manner of connections among seemingly disparate worlds begin to take shape. From ancient Greek mythology to traditional Indian medicine, from the French Revolution
0 Comments
Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside
0 Comments
FashionBeans Editors Meet the collaborative force behind this article. Jamie Millar is a seasoned editor with a passion for investigative journalism. In this collaboration, Jamie played a pivotal role in shaping the article’s investigative aspects, ensuring that every detail was thoroughly examined and presented with clarity. A versatile editor with a knack for storytelling, Paul
0 Comments
In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ted Pick, CEO Morgan Stanley, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Morgan Stanley is set to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects:
0 Comments
Broadway newcomers Sunset Blvd. and Romeo + Juliet, both in previews, topped the $1M mark in weekly grosses last week, while interesting things were happening over at Wicked: The long-running musical had its best week, by far, of the 2024-25 season, hitting nearly $2.5M. The Wicked figure is a leap of $440,313 over the previous
0 Comments
Lucy Ives writes with a madcap intellectualism—think David Sedaris with a Ph.D. Her new collection of essays, An Image of My Name Enters America, sutures together such heterogeneous topics as fetal consciousness, unicorns, the medieval mystic Margery Kempe and the end of the world. Much like in Ives’ fiction (Impossible Views of the World), her meticulously
0 Comments
Every week, there’s a new fear-mongering article about kids and teens growing up online. Smartphones are the death knell for civilization. Kids these days are worse than our generation — which every generation has said for centuries, but this time it’s true! No doubt, there are many legitimate concerns about developing minds being fed a
0 Comments
Image Source: Getty / Olga Rolenko Dealing with a nighttime cough that’s costing you sleep? You’re not alone. Winter can be a hotbed for illness, which means good quality rest is more important than ever. But according to MDs, bedtime is actually a common trigger for coughing storms (especially if you don’t know what to
0 Comments
The crusading savant with messy hair and scattered papers is a common protagonist in legal thrillers. The archetype—played by Mark Ruffalo or Julia Roberts or Matt Damon in films over the years—comes to life in attorney Jim Scott, the center of gravity in Valley So Low: One Lawyer’s Fight for Justice in the Wake of
0 Comments
Fat Joe returned as host of this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, where Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake dominated the nominations. Kendrick Lamar, capping off a historic year, received 11 nominations and eight awards, and Future and Metro Boomin received the award for best duo. 21 Savage and rising New York drill rappers 41
0 Comments