Girls' Life magazine
Here are the 10 pop culture costumes YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY SEE THIS YEAR
Whether you're brainstorming your homemade costume concept as soon as the first leaf falls or frantically scrolling Pinterest for inspo the night of the 30th, one thing's for sure: You'll need to wear *something* this spooky season. That's why we've conjured up a comprehensive list of pop culture-inspired ideas that work for any ghoul, ahem, girl (no witchcraft required).
3 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
SKIN PROB? THERE'S A PATCH FOR THAT
From pimples to puffy eyes, skincare stickers are the cute (and effective!) way to treat all kinds of concerns. Here's how they work—and which ones are right for you.
2 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
This is the DM that'll actually get your crush to respond
We all do basically everything on our phones, so why should flirting be any different? But when you're sliding into a cutie's DMs for the first time, you need to know whether to go full-send or play it cool (or, better yet, find that perfect sweet spot in between). Before you start typing (then deleting your draft 12 different times), answer these Q's and master the art of the impossible-to-ignore message.
4 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
IS YOUR BESTIE AN EMOTIONAL VAMPIRE?
HOLDING YOUR HAND WHILE WE SAY THIS: THE BIGGEST ENERGY SUCK IN YOUR LIFE COULD, IN FACT, BE YOUR BFF. YOUR GUIDE TO SPOTTING THE SIGNS, PROTECTING YOUR PEACE AND, AHEM, SLAYING THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT DON'T SERVE YOU.
4 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
Dear Carol
FRIEND OR MORE? There's a guy in my homeroom class who I met this year. We get along really well—we make each other laugh and understand each other. Our fall dance is coming up, and I know we'll both be there. I want to ask him if he'd go with me, but just as a friend, so he'll know I'm not trying to get serious.
7 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
SHE'S JUST A Teenage Dirtbag, Baby
So long, clean girl: Chill, rebellious and purposefully imperfect, this grungy style is effortlessly cool and ready for its resurgence. Think early 2010s-inspired moody makeup, bedhead hair and low-maintenance nails. All that's left? Hit play on Wheatus.
2 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
Raegan Revord is definitely The Main Character
They went from a fan favorite on Young Sheldon to Bookstagram royalty to a soon-to-be bestselling author. Now that's what we call a hero's journey...
4 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
Presenting our ultimate monster (crush) manual
You imagined a fall love story filled with hand-holding, café dates and even a coordinated couple's costume.
4 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
HEY, BRACE FACE
Let's get things straight: Fixing your teeth doesn't have to be a pain. From your first appointment to your final retainer, consider this your ultimate ortho guide.
3 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HOST THE BEST Friendsgiving EVER
You bring the besties-we'll handle the rest.
3 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
AND THE BEST BABYSITTER AWARD GOES TO... YOU!
Or, it's about to. Right after you read our guide to getting crowned the literal queen of tot taming.
4 min |
October/November 2025
Girls' Life magazine
THEY TOLD ME "OH, IT'S JUST PERIOD CRAMPS"
Behind the bright lights of Hollywood, 19-year-old Lily Brooks O'Briant was battling chronic pain no doctor could diagnose—until reading a random Instagram post led her to the truth.
4 min |
October/November 2025
The New Yorker
A WORLD APART
\"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.\"
6 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
RUNWAY DEPT.CIVIL STRUTTING
The mission: attend “Style Across the Aisle,” a Fashion Week spectacle wherein local politicians walk the runway wearing clothes mostly made by up-and-coming designers from their districts, and determine which of the models exhibits the most diva-like behavior. Which official, be they elected or appointed, is most likely to throw a phone at an assistant while screaming, “I am not wearing more khaki!”? Who, in short, is the civil-servant Naomi Campbell?
3 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
BACKSTAGE DEPT. FROM THE TOP
How do great artists get their start? The misty-eyed will say it all begins with a dream.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
R.F.K., JR.: A DAY IN THE LIFE
Upon waking each morning, I open my drapes, remove the tinfoil over the windows, and stare directly at the sun for thirty to forty-five minutes until everything goes white and I can no longer see, which is when you know it's working.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
ON THE IMPERSONAL ESSAY
Thinking in six parts.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S ENEMIES
Following the tragic death of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the line between eulogy and blame wore swiftly and predictably thin.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
AFTER THE FLOOD
Ian McEwan casts the climate crisis as a story of adultery.
7 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
CINEMA PARADISO
How Bologna became a guiding light of the film-restoration world.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
UP FOR DEBATE
Yasmina Reza's \"Art\" and Henrik Ibsen's \"The Wild Duck.\"
5 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT
A legendary usage guide is turning a hundred.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
NO WAY OUT
In Thomas Pynchon's \"Shadow Ticket,\" all the ends are loose.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
UNREASONABLE
The nearness of bees, and of other things that agitate most people, calms me. My father had three daughters and he ate watermelon with slices of cheese on the porch and he said once, over watermelon, that he was very lucky to have three girls: one beautiful, one kind, and one intelligent.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
HARD NEWS
\"The Lowdown,\" on FX.
5 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
PROMPT DIAGNOSIS
A.I. is already helping physicians and patients. But there are side effects.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
UPSIDE DOWN
Magluba, in Arabic, means “upside down.” It’s also the name of a pilaf dish popular in the Levant: a pot of rice, vegetables, meat, and potatoes, coagulated and flipped into a stout cylinder.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
MIKE NICHOLS'S GHOST
In Shubert Alley, which runs between West Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Streets, Jeremy Irons, dressed in a tweed cap turned backward and three artfully arranged layers of European workwear, pointed to a patch of asphalt beneath the marquee of the Booth Theatre. “This is where I used to argue with the police that I should be allowed to park my motorcycle. But they made me put it in the damn car park up the street,” he said.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
YOU PEOPLE
Antisemitism and its tangled meanings.
10+ min |
September 29, 2025
The New Yorker
FIRE SEASON
Returning to a devastated community.
10+ min |