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July 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
ICE’s Suggestion for How to Get Revenge on Your Ex Must Be a Sick Joke
ICE is getting desperate to find people to deport.
October 9, 2024
Paige Oamek
Stephen Miller Gives Tips on Women in Vomit-Inducing Fox Segment
Fox News’s Jesse Watters asked Trump adviser Stephen Miller what his tips are as a “sexual matador.”
March 25, 2022
Liza Featherstone
“Petromasculinity” Is Becoming Toxic, Too—at Least to Online Daters
OkCupid users say climate denial is now their top deal-breaker.
November 27, 2019
MagazineKyle Chayka
The Gentle Pleasures of Terrace House
The reality show’s new season requires complete immersion.
June 18, 2018
Jess Bergman
The Birth of Breakups
A new book explores the history of splitting up—and why it’s harder for women.
July 1, 2016
Pan Wang
How TV Dating Shows Changed Love and Marriage in China Forever
As TV became more commercialized, so did marriage.
May 24, 2016
Alexandra Molotkow
How Love Works
A new history shows our dating habits have always been shaped by our work lives.
February 12, 2016
Skye C. Cleary
Are Dating Apps Killing Long-Term Relationships?
How technology can discourage healthy, lasting relationships.
August 19, 2015
Moira Weigel
Ashley Madison Is Part of Modern Marriage
August 13, 2015
Moira Weigel
Dating Will Never Die
If the Industrial Revolution didn’t kill it, how could Tinder?
February 25, 2015
Alice Robb
Reality TV's Millionaire Matchmaker Is An Unlikely Feminist Icon
February 4, 2015
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are Panicking Over Their Matchmaking Crisis
Are there too many unmarried women in the community?
September 16, 2014
Molly Mirhashem
Study: Conservatives Are Attracted to the Smell of Each Other's B.O. (Liberals Are Too)
September 1, 2014
Alice Robb
Science Does Not Support the 'Rule of Seven' for Relationships
Chris Martin and Jennifer Lawrence are fine
August 27, 2014
Alice Robb
Short Men Make Better Boyfriends and Husbands
They're less likely to divorce and they do an extra hour of housework each week
February 12, 2014
Alice Robb
Shirley Temple Only Dated Her Husband for 12 Days
Research shows the longer you date, the happier your marriage. Unless you're Shirley Temple.
November 19, 2013
Christopher Beam
I Survived China's 'Singles Day,' the World's Loneliest Holiday
Most Chinese people go looking for sales. I went looking for love
February 14, 2013
Ann Friedman
Cupid's Cursor
We're still trying to convince ourselves that online dating is OK

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