“Getting what you want in life — that’s happiness, bro,” Saxon Ratliff tells his younger brother in the latest season of “The White Lotus” on HBO. Helpfully, he lists his essentials: sex, money, freedom, respect (in that order). A jacked dude-bro …
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What (Actually) Brings Teens Joy?
Headlines trumpet an alarming trend: American teenagers are in the midst of a crisis. Their rates of anxiety and depression have been rising for years. And many of the factors contributing to this unhappiness — the psychological toll of the Covid-19 …
Her ‘Caveman’ Skin Care Routine Has Skeptics, but She Says It’s Real
Tia Zakher’s videos about not washing her face drew millions of views, numerous questions and some legitimate concern. She insists she’s fine.
Suit Accuses the Fashion Designer Riccardo Tisci of Sexual Assault
The former creative director of Givenchy and Burberry has denied the allegations that he drugged and assaulted a man in New York last June.
What Does This Restaurateur, Raconteur and Provocateur Actually Regret?
Keith McNally’s new memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything,” begins at the lowest point of his life, the moment he tried to end it. In 2018, nearly two years after a pair of strokes ravaged his body and wrecked his marriage, he locked his bedroom door …
My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’
“Coming to Helsinki in February is an objectively weird choice,” said a man named Mikko Tirronen. “During this time, we don’t have …” he paused. “… colors.” I was sitting in a coffee shop with Tirronen, a web developer and writer, after flying to …
The Artist Who Keeps Remaking His Childhood Home
Do Ho Suh, whose major survey exhibition in London opens this week, discusses the power of architecture and finding motivation from mistakes.
Furniture Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico Home
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How Nearly a Century of Happiness Research Led to One Big Finding
Growing up in Maryland, Sonja Lyubomirsky could see that her mother was unhappy. When Sonja was 9, her parents moved the family from Moscow, where her mother taught literature at a high school, to the United States, hoping to offer their children …
How to Make a Salad for the Road, the French Way
The legume stars in a reliable anytime salad that takes well to travel and whatever’s in the fridge.