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Articles

Su año de celibato fue el más erótico de su vida

3 weeks ago | infobae.com | Thessaly La Force

Febos, MelissaAbstinence (Sexual)The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex (Book)Books and LiteratureWriting and WritersDating and RelationshipsLove (Emotion)Kelly, DonikaContent Type: Personal ProfileLa escritora Melissa Febos emplea una táctica de seducción llamada "la mirada", una forma de mirar a alguien con la intensidad justa para hacerle sentir el peso de su atención. La utilizó cuando era una veinteañera y trabajaba como dominatrix.
Su año de celibato fue el más erótico de su vida

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Thessaly La Force

A la escritora Melissa Febos le gustan los extremos. Su nuevo libro, "The Dry Season", narra un audaz experimento en su búsqueda del autoconocimiento. La escritora en su casa de Iowa Credit... Thalassa Raasch para The New York Times A la escritora Melissa Febos le gustan los extremos. Su nuevo libro, "The Dry Season", narra un audaz experimento en su búsqueda del autoconocimiento. La escritora en su casa de Iowa Credit...
This author was addicted to romance. So for her new book she gave up sex

4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Thessaly La Force

The writer Melissa Febos has a taste for extremes. Her new book, The Dry Season, chronicles a bold experiment in her search for self-knowledge. There’s a seduction tactic that writer Melissa Febos deploys called “the gaze,” a way of looking at someone with just enough intensity to make him or her feel the weight of her attention. She used it when she worked as a dominatrix in her 20s. She used it when she waited tables, depending on tips for survival.
On a Trip Across Northern Italy, Getting to Know the Artisans Keeping Tradition Alive

1 month ago | cntraveler.com | Thessaly La Force

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It is 4 a.m. and I am being led through the sleepy foothills of Berri, a small town in the Italian region of Piedmont, by Daniele, a licensed truffle hunter, and his petite white hound Bianca. The stars glitter in the cold, crisp air.
On a Trip Across Northern Italy, Getting to Know the Artisans Keeping Tradition Alive

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Thessaly La Force

14 hours agoIf You Have Leftover Wine, Save It for These 7 RecipesThe secret ingredient in these recipes is wine. Don't toss your leftover wine. Instead, use it to spruce up your cooking, regardless of if you have red or white wine on hand. Cooking with wine can draw out new and exciting flavors in your meal that can be harder to achieve without the imbibe. Plus, …2 days agoThe Genius Iced Coffee Trick We Wish We’d Known About SoonerIt’s literally dessert in a cup.
Kevin Beasley Will Soon Unveil His Largest Artwork Yet

2 months ago | architecturaldigest.com | Thessaly La Force |Ike Edeani

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Among the many peculiar relics of the World War era are the utilitarian structures that were erected, like some Brutalist versions of Stonehenge, along the southern coast of England.
Kevin Beasley Will Soon Unveil His Largest Artwork Yet

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Thessaly La Force

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by Architectural Digest editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Among the many peculiar relics of the World War era are the utilitarian structures that were erected, like some Brutalist versions of Stonehenge, along the southern coast of England.
Inside the Magic, Mystical World of L’Enchanteur

2 months ago | vogue.com | Thessaly La Force |Miranda Barnes

In a magnificently preserved brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a portrait of Soull and Dynasty Ogun’s mother, Elthire Josephine, sits above a fireplace. The twins—who use the brownstone as the showroom, atelier, and gallery for their lifestyle brand, L’Enchanteur—have lovingly recreated this image of their mother, who died four years ago, in their jewelry. “It was taken when she was getting her immunization forms when she became a US citizen,” Soull says with a smile.
Why Boho Chic Is Having a Moment-Again

Mar 6, 2025 | wmagazine.com | Thessaly La Force

From left: Looks from the Spring 2025 runways of Saint Laurent, Chanel, Hermès, Rabanne, and Chloé. Images courtesy of the brands. “Don’t you think ‘boho chic’ sounds annoying?” Sienna Miller asked The Guardian in a recent interview. Miller has repeatedly objected to being the poster woman for the trend, a mantle she wore for a good portion of the noughties. The 1960s and ’70s simply resonated with her, she’s claimed. She wore whatever she picked up at vintage shops around London.
Helen Garner, The Art of Fiction No. 255

Mar 5, 2025 | theparisreview.org | Thessaly La Force

The critic Fredric Jameson died at the age of ninety on September 22, 2024, a little more than a year after the first of the three conversations that form the basis of the text below. In spite of Jameson’s years, the news came as something of a shock, given the productivity he kept up into his tenth decade.