Page 2 - Mark Greif News Today

It's clear 00s fashion is back, Isabel Slone writes. But what are we searching for in skinny scarves and disco pants?

In “Let’s Get Physical,” Danielle Friedman writes about ways 20th-century women have worked out, and why.

Since its first issue in 2004, n+1 has been committed to publishing clear-eyed writing about the endless and ongoing war on terror. This week, as the US presence in Afghanistan comes to some kind of end, we’re looking back at pieces from the archives about the origins, consequences, and failures o...

The deception isn’t just a matter of language. It’s baked into the institution.

In March of last year, Reddit user Oneawkwardpanda mentioned that the pandemic stay-home order had resulted in a “massive dip in productivity” for them and asked for advice. “How do you keep yourself accountable? How do you stop snacking?” Many others shared this anxiety about getting as much work as possible done from home; responses included setting up a home office, putting on a tie and shoes in the morning, and “parental controls on your laptop and phone or literally putting your ...

First published on Fri 8 Jan 2021 06.17 EST Months of lockdown have been hard for many reasons, including the lack of regular access to a hairdresser. Perhaps inevitably – and to the horror of some – it has given rise to the return of the man bun. The divisive hairstyle has been making a surprising resurgence, with the fitness coach Joe Wicks, the rapper Post Malone and Jude Law all sporting the updo. Paul McCartney ended 2020 with a surprise No 1 album and, perhaps more surprisingly still,...

The gyms closing made me realise that muscles arent my only source of strength Dan Bradley I love lifting weights and training because it’s simpler, and fairer, than life. I’ve now been keeping training notebooks for the past 15 years or so. Glancing through them demonstrates over and over a reassuring credo: turn up consistently, work hard and intelligently, and improvement, achievement and transformation are inevitable. This certainly used to be the case, but the pandemic ...

This article is more than 2 months old Thanks to the pandemic I now see how men’s mental health can benefit from care, collaboration and play ‘My reliance on big solitary goals and external motivation has made me vulnerable to the tyranny of metrics.’ (Picture posed by model.) Photograph: Alamy ‘My reliance on big solitary goals and external motivation has made me vulnerable to the tyranny of metrics.’ (Picture posed by model.) Photograph: Alamy Thu 31 Dec 2020 05.00 EST Last modifie...