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Lauren Bans

  1. dream date
    Nicholas Galitzine Is Not Your Average HeartthrobThe actor can play himbo, Prince Charming, and Gen-Z queer icon — sometimes all at once. Now, he’s coming for moms.
  2. encounter
    Molly Baz Built a Recipe Empire on Morty-D and Cae Sal“It’s like I’m trying to sell me, not just my recipes.”
  3. what i learned
    Everything I Know for Sure About My Tiny BabyThe minute I think I’ve figured her out, she’s changed again.
  4. it’s complicated
    My Husband Cheated When I Was 7 Months PregnantBefore his infidelity ended our marriage during my third trimester, my husband and I shared a love of food.
  5. profile
    Lucky Blue Smith Is the Most In-Demand Young Male Mormon Model on EarthThey call him “Little Fresh Meat” in China. (It’s very much a compliment.)
  6. encounter
    Om-ing by the Beach With Andrew Keegan, Former Teen Idol Turned Spiritual Guru“I had this girl come up to me not that long ago and say, ‘I used to just love you!’ It’s always past tense now. And I’m like, ‘Can’t we just always love each other and everybody in the world?’ ”
  7. ex men
    I Just Want to Not Be FriendsThe benefits of a clean break.
  8. pretty hurts
    Nobody Wants to Be the Girl on a DietI’ve known smart women who go to extremes to hide that they watch what they eat. I’ve been one of them.
  9. our bodies ourselves
    Every Single Woman in America Is Now ‘Curvy’The big fat lies we use to talk about Hollywood bodies. And our own, too.
  10. the end of men
    This Artist Paints Boobs on Presidents’ FacesBut she says it’s not about the lack of women in power.
  11. party chat
    Al Franken Whispers the Tea Party, Minnesota-StyleA Minnesotan food-on-a-stick competition in Brooklyn.