New Site Helps Couples Befriend Other Couples, Swears It’s Not for Swingers
Are you one of those couples who, now that you live in the suburbs and shop at Whole Foods, can’t
View ArticleThis Is the BuzzFeed Quiz Approach to Finding a Love Connection
One of the frequent criticisms of the tech scene is that its energies favor problems faced by its well educated, urban-living-suburban-born nouveaux yuppie elite. If true, then the programmers and...
View ArticleCan Old and Young Really Build Lasting Friendships?
Maybe both, but I’m going to bet that most of us tell our much younger and older friends about our trip to Sicily while we reveal the messier details of our lives mainly to our contemporaries. That may...
View ArticleSix-Word Nuggets From Famous People
For me, six words is a way into many other worlds, communities and causes.
View Article10 Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Handle Social Struggles
Normal pain is part of growing up—and parents often make things worse when they intervene.
View ArticleZaha Hadid’s Soft Side
Jonathan B. Wimpenny honors the memory, and steadfast friendship, of Zaha Hadid.
View ArticleHow Harvard Administrators Went Wrong on Single-Gender Groups
Here's hoping the administration leads by example.
View ArticleGender Differences in Friendships Increasingly Important as Marriage Rates Drop
Who cares? Anyone who's planning on getting old.
View ArticleHere’s How to Strengthen Your Network
Recent research for instance, reveals that the perceived difficulty of climbing a hill is significantly reduced if we have a friend stand at our side as we survey the incline and make our assessment.
View ArticleSix Reasons Horrible Bosses Are a Blessing in Disguise
If you dread going into work each morning, remember that your current situation is just a stepping stone to something better.
View ArticleHow Being Friends With Someone Who Has Dementia Can Be Good for You Both
A recent study finds that friends ought not let friends with dementia be lonely.
View ArticleBelle Isle Sees the Reunion of Reiner and Freeman for Another Magical Musing...
The Magic of Belle Isle is a warm, human, feel-good experience about bringing out the best in people, one that brings out Morgan Freeman’s best performance in years. He plays a grizzled old drunk...
View ArticlePuppy Love in Dogfight: Stage Remake of Nancy Savoca’s 1991 Film Finds New...
With so much mediocre junk currently polluting both stage and screen, it’s encouraging to visit the modest but robustly entertaining new musical Dogfight at Second Stage. Under the solid direction of...
View ArticleAging, Gracefully: Quel Plaisir! All Together is ‘a Sweet, Thoughtful and...
Jane Fonda’s first French-speaking film in 40 years finds her leading a joyous ensemble of septuagenarians in a sweet, thoughtful and spirited examination of how to grow old with dignity and pride in...
View ArticleDavid Zwirner Just Absolutely Loves Steve Cohen
Today in The New Yorker, Nick Paumgarten offers us an impressive profile of David Zwirner. There’s plenty of great new stuff (he employs a management consultant formerly of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey...
View ArticleImprove Your Life By Sending These Five Simple Emails
I’ve covered a lot of research on how to make your life better but many people struggle with implementing changes because it seems like a major undertaking. It doesn’t have to be. You can make strides...
View ArticleHow ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Accidentally Became the Realest Show on TV
If you’ve never watched Bachelor in Paradise, a cursory scan of the show’s structural quirks might make you feel like you took peyote then started thumbing through Tinder. The deranged-kitsch...
View Article‘Booksmart’ Brilliantly Conveys How Scary It Is to Be Young
Booksmart comes out this Friday, and everything you might have heard about the movie is probably accurate. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a hysterically funny peep into the final days of high...
View ArticleLauren Mechling on Why Her Novel About Friendship Had to Feel Like ‘A Gut Punch’
Friendship is essential yet prickly. It requires time and effort that comes in short supply in adulthood. When was the last time someone above the age of 30 talked about their new friend with whom...
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