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Whether It's Sex Workers or CIA Agents, the Entertainment Industry Doesn't...

On stage and screen, most careers are either hopelessly romanticized or thoroughly demonized.There isn't much to recommend the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which, despite a stellar cast...

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Have We Forgotten How to Sleep Right? Why Napping Could Save Your Health

The desire to 'lean in' at work must, occasionally, be superseded by the need to keel over. A nap isn't always bad. Some years ago, I worked in an office where the second floor bathroom had a shower...

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The Vegans are Winning. It's OK to Give In — and Still Eat McDonald's Sometimes

Veganism’s benefits have been sold, bought, taken mainstream. You’re probably eating animal-free more often than you thought.I remember when veganism was considered fanatical. Vegetarianism was one...

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Air BNB Is a Course Correction for a Real-Estate System Stacked Against Us

Sure you might not want strangers having sex in your bed, but it's helping people get out from under the stresses of overpriced real estate.Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has lots of...

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Science Says There's No Such Thing As 'Comfort Food'. We All Beg to Differ

Whatever the research says, most of us know that happiness is a sloppy food.Most of us know this intuitively – that comfort and junk foods are subtly distinct. The former is an emotional as well as a...

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Type A Personalities Are Overachieving Monsters

Type A isn’t a type, it’s the ultimate humblebrag. Get out of my spin class and back to banking.One of the things you get used to, when you live in New York, is encountering a large number of people...

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Gloria Steinem: 'If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would Be a Sacrament'

Steinem talks about Sheryl Sandberg, Hillary Clinton – and the new threats to women’s rights.The pope is in town the morning I visit Gloria Steinem, staying a few blocks from her on the east side of...

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