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Lord of the Flies ending explained: How the book and film finish as new 'brutal' TV series airs
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (645+ words) How will the BBC series end? As Adolescence still rings in our ears, its writer Jack Thorne is now dropping a TV series adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies. This re-imagining of the savage GCSE syllable stalwart,…...
How I Found Pleasure In a New Body After Gender-Affirming Surgery
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (404+ words) Exploring sexual desire in a body that feels totally new is not for the faint hearted. Welcome to Ella and the City'a new column by Ella Snyder about what it's like to date as a trans person in New York…...
Exactly What *Not* to Say to Someone Who Doesn’t Want Kids
3+ day, 24+ min ago (412+ words) A recent exchange between Charli xcx and Jason Bateman has kicked off discourse about questioning someone's personal choices. We asked experts how Mr. Bateman should've navigated the convo. Here's a common one. Once someone has told you that kids aren't…...
Could “Bookstreaming” Save the Literacy Crisis?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (264+ words) Creators like Kai Cenat are hopping on live just to read. Here's why that trend could be pivotal. And watching someone's reading obstacles can be just as influential. "In addition to the visual element of [Kai] reading live, he struggles…...
Why So Many Young People Are Cutting Off Their Parents
2+ week, 5+ day ago (226+ words) Cosmopolitan explores the extraordinary rise in family estrangement across the country'and what's leading millennials and Gen Zers to their breaking points. Family estrangement flies in the face of what most of us are taught as children: that family is forever…...
25 best 18th birthday gift ideas for someone who’s almost an adult, kind of
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1053+ words) Major milestone birthday = major prezzie. Turning 18 unlocks a lot of new experiences, like the right to vote in a general election, the ability to get a tattoo without a parent's permission, and even to serve on a jury. You know,…...
What Sex Ed Failed to Teach Us About Struggles With Conceiving
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (403+ words) So many women are navigating the harrowing transition from "if you let a man within 3 feet of you, you will get pregnant" to "on a breezeless night on the third full moon, you have a 2 percent chance of conceiving." Why…...
Does Masculinity Really Need to Be “Maintained?”
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (288+ words) And other questions raised by that viral Jonathan Bailey/David Corenswet interview. "Every man out there would think there's no way you can look masculine and powerful and in control when you're being levitated by a woman," David gushes. "You…...
Can Maturity Be Performative?
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (34+ words) Posts about "hating the club" and going to bed by 9 p.m. are meeting resistance. We're unpacking the "performative maturity" trend, and how it may be fueling Gen Z's loneliness crisis....
60 Christmas quiz team names for your next festive game night
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (118+ words) Will you be the Noel Nerds or the Sleigh-bell Scholars? And if you need some quiz inspiration too, then take our Christmas quiz here. 160 best most likely to questions Our 2025 quiz of the year is here 40 Christmas quiz questions for…...