Erica Schwiegershausen

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Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Violet Affleck — the 19-year-old daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner — enrolled at Yale last fall, and it looks like her freshman year has already been quite productive. This week, she published an article on COVID and the climate crisis in the Yale Global Health Review, an undergraduate publication covering topics in health.

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Photo: Michael Le Brecht/ABC As Donald Trump’s second term continues to throw the country into chaos, his children are still thriving. After weeks of posting pregnancy glam shots, Tiffany Trump announced on Thursday that her baby has arrived. “Welcome to the world our sweet baby boy, Alexander Trump Boulos. We love you beyond words!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a black-and-white photo of her son’s foot.

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Michael Le Brecht/ABC As Donald Trump’s second term continues to throw the country into chaos, his children are still thriving. After weeks of posting pregnancy glam shots, Tiffany Trump announced on Thursday that her baby has arrived. “Welcome to the world our sweet baby boy, Alexander Trump Boulos. We love you beyond words!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a black-and-white photo of her son’s foot.

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before Congress to defend his dismantling of the nation’s public-health infrastructure, which has included mass layoffs and cuts to crucial medical research. Minutes into his testimony, he was interrupted by protesters — including Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen. “RFK kills people with AIDS,” a handful of protesters in the audience chanted.

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images I was scrolling through Instagram recently when I came across a video of a woman dramatically taking off her leggings and throwing them in the garbage. “Leggings are destroying women’s hormones,” Pippa Campbell, whose Instagram bio describes her as a “functional hormone nutritionist,” declared in the caption. “I’ve always loved Lululemon — especially their leggings. “They’re butt-lifting, comfy, and just feel amazing.