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Women with red shopping bags

Retail's billion-dollar makeover

By Hilary George-Parkin

Shrinkflation on Quaker Oats boxes

The costly economic trend here to stay

By Alexis Benveniste

Tessa Velásquez at Burning Man

Burning Man: The cost to attend

By Jacqueline Schneider

Some consumers across the US have been boycotting Bug Light for several months – and some experts say it may stick for a while (Credit: Getty Images)

Boycotts: 'The dustbin of outrage'

By Meredith Turits

Jeremy Allen White in The Bear

TV's surprising new star

By Jacqueline Schneider

Girl looking at phone with hand on face

The 'girl' trend prefix explained

By Lillian Stone

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher

The 'apology fatigue' of social media

By Leah Carroll

#booktok is extremely popular with TikTok users, driving sales and even changing marketing strategies from publishers (Credit: Getty Images)

How TikTokers make you spend

By Meredith Turits

Sam Kerr of Australia celebrates with her partner Kristie Mewis

World Cup: 'Good, queer joy'

By Aileen Weintraub

Margot Robbie in the 2023 Barbie film

The secret to cult status success

By Lillian Stone

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The reality of marriage after babies

By Amanda Ruggeri

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How Gen Z is seeing gender in new ways

By Jessica Klein

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Work: In Progress

Going phone-free 'sets up for failure'

By Sophia Epstein

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The adults celebrating child-free lives

By Maddy Savage

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The struggle of the stay-at-home dad

By Amanda Ruggeri

For lack of connection at work, many Gen Zers are connecting on the basis of interests instead (Credit: Getty Images)

The Gen Z friendship problem

By Jessica Klein and Casey Noenickx