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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated February 12, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
I’m going to be honest with you: I didn’t think I needed another passion fruit perfume in my life.
But then I got to sit down with by/rosie jane founder Rosie Jane Johnston ahead of the MATILDA launch, and after chatting all things perfume and hearing the inspiration behind this scent, I was sold before I even smelled it.
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I’m giving him a timeout By Kara Stevens ·Updated February 11, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Black women know how to love. And we love to love.
But as we tread the violent swings of an economic pendulum that casts us as proverbial canaries in the coal mines at work—and chief breadwinners and emotional caregivers at home—we know that conversations about love, and healthy and sustainable love at that,
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By Andrea Bossi ·Updated February 11, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The U.S. job market is in an indisputable crisis. Not only were layoffs and job cuts concerningly high in 2025, but Black unemployment rose throughout the year. 2026 started off no better, with job cuts the highest they’ve been since the heights of the Great Recession. A new analysis found just how much harder Black women have been
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By Andrea Bossi ·Updated February 11, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Today’s couples are not doing things the same when it comes to money.
Though it has been, essentially, traditional to combine finances as a pair, the tides are changing, especially for Gen Z. According to a new analysis by Bankrate, roughly 40% of U.S. couples fully combine their finances, with about 60% maintaining at least some separation via separate
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Updated February 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Quitting your job to pursue a Pilates certification full-time takes guts.
Doing it in early 2020, though? That takes either incredible faith or terrible timing. Well for Camai Brandenberg, it was actually both. She had just made the leap when… you know what happened next. March 2020 (aka COVID) happened.
“This is leading right up into the pandemic and then everything shuts down. So I’m
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Three heart shaped balloons float in the wind in front of a shop ahead of Valentine s Day in Lyon in France on February 6 2026. (Photo by Matthieu Delaty / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images) By Andrea Bossi ·Updated February 10, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
It has long been understood that being single is more expensive, but that narrative is shifting. It’s not that
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 14: A guest wears multiple gold rings with stacked metallic bracelets, a soft top-handle multicolored monogram canvas handbag from Louis Vuitton with tan leather trim and attached pom-pom and charm keychains, an olive-grey structured short-sleeve high-collar jacket cinched at the waist, charcoal wide-leg cargo- loading=”lazy” src=”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=96&d=mm&r=g” alt=”” width=”78″height=”78″/> By Andrea Bossi ·Updated February 6, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In the face of
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Updated February 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
True New Yorkers know… cool can’t be manufactured (as much as people try).
So when you’re running one of New York City’s standout boutique hotels, you can’t just chase trends, hope something sticks and think people will want to keep coming back time after time. You have to build something people can feel.
Richard Tucker, general manager of Arlo SoHo, has built his leadership around
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Young African American woman feeling exhausted and depressed sitting in front of laptop. Work burnout syndrome. Mental Health concept. By Andrea Bossi ·Updated February 6, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
U.S. companies kicked off the year with the most job cuts in any January since 2009, during the height of the Great Recession.
Companies announced more than 108,000 job cuts last year, according to data by outplacement firm Challenger,