Maggie Lange

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Books

The Best Halloween Party Game Is a 500-Year-Old Book

‘The Ladies’ Oracle’ is a cruel, bossy little fortune-telling book. And it’s perfect that way.
Maggie Lange
10.28.22
health wellness

Feeling Burned Out? Try Being Irresponsible For Once

Adopt a casual relationship to laundry. Maintain a fuzzy, antagonistic relationship with rules. Do only what you absolutely must to scrape by.
Maggie Lange
7.20.21
sex-lifestyle

Advice Expert JP Brammer Tells Us the Secrets to Being Hot

The author of the new book ‘¡Hola Papi!’ on his approach to Grindr, the limits of trying to be “queer enough,” and a startling sext.
Maggie Lange
6.8.21
sex-lifestyle

Yvonne Orji of 'Insecure' Shares Her Secrets to Being Hot

Yvonne Orji of "Insecure" offers a guide to life including how to charm strangers, tell a pal her boyfriend's creepy, and sweetly bug your coworkers.
Maggie Lange
4.16.21
sex-lifestyle

Jes Tom, How Are You So Hot?

“These are my activities: Eat, masturbate, and lie down.”
Maggie Lange
3.31.21
sex-lifestyle

Kristen Kish, How Are You So Hot?

The “Top Chef” winner and star of “Fast Foodies" is into meringue, doing things for an audience, and feeling fresh “like a cotton ball.”
Maggie Lange
3.9.21
Books

Patricia Lockwood, How Are You So Hot?

“I am the hog king and I think everything is coming to me. I don’t deny myself that.”
Maggie Lange
2.12.21
sex-lifestyle

Shamir, How Are You So Hot?

The musician behind seven albums explains how forming a "ho pact" with your friends makes the future feel brighter.
Maggie Lange
1.15.21
sex-how-to

Jason Wu, How Are You So Hot?

A scintillating chat with the designer about dry martinis, watching "South Park" while exercising, and longing to wear a tuxedo to the office.
Maggie Lange
1.5.21
mind

The Chaotic Pleasure of Cultivating a Bad Habit

A less than perfect night's rest, for me, feels like total bliss.
Maggie Lange
12.7.20
sex-how-to

Bryan Washington, How Are You So Hot?

A conversation with the author of "Memorial" about patterned socks, long silences, hot pot, and other attractive parts of his life.
Maggie Lange
11.2.20
identity-culture

Thanksgiving Is the Most Annoying Holiday. I'm Already Missing It.

I’m sad-happy to wait until the next time I can be a lashing brute to my parents, then snuggle on the couch with my sister and refill our wine.
Maggie Lange
10.21.20
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