The Take / CultureYou Should Inconvenience Yourself for Others
We’ve become accustomed to lives designed around convenience. But what happens when that desire for ease begins to shape our friendships, ambitions and communities?
Leshai / Stories
Stories by category.
Ideas worth lingering over, organized by the questions they leave behind.
Stories / Culture
Culture
The things we watch, quote, buy into and argue about — and why they matter more than they seem.
The Leshai Question / CultureWhat Are You Trying to Prove?
A reflection on the milestones we are taught to chase, the pressure to appear successful, and the question of whose expectations we are trying to meet.
The Take / Culture & RelationshipsEveryone Wants a Low-Maintenance Relationship. But What Happens When Real Life Gets Complicated?
Low-maintenance relationships sound ideal until money, responsibilities and the realities of building a life together complicate the picture.
The Edit / WatchlistReboot, Remake, Repeat: Hollywood’s Creativity Crisis
Hollywood’s growing reliance on reboots raises a bigger question: what happens when familiar stories crowd out new ones?
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The Take / CultureSydney Sweeney is Naked. Apparently, This is about “Just Sports”
Why covering a woman’s body with sporting equipment has sparked a bigger conversation about sexualisation, athletic achievement and who gets to define women in sport.
The Take / CultureHow the Internet Has Taught Men to Fear and Manipulate Women
Red Pill content rarely introduces itself as misogyny. It often arrives disguised as confidence, dating advice and a promise to explain why you feel insecure.
Stories / Style
Style
What we wear is personal, political, commercial and occasionally just fun. Dress accordingly.
The Edit / StyleWe’re Stepping Outside the Box: Fall’s New Bold Colour Palette
Fall fashion gets a fresh lift with a bolder approach to colour, offering a seasonal reset beyond the usual neutrals.
The Style FileThe Fall Wardrobe: The Garments Every Stylish Girl Needs This Season
Twelve go-to pieces for a late-’90s and early-2000s fall wardrobe: a little Rory, a little Charmed and a little chaos.
Stories / The Edit
The Edit
The references, small obsessions and useful facts we’re carrying into the week.
The Edit / WatchlistReboot, Remake, Repeat: Hollywood’s Creativity Crisis
Hollywood’s growing reliance on reboots raises a bigger question: what happens when familiar stories crowd out new ones?
The Edit / StyleWe’re Stepping Outside the Box: Fall’s New Bold Colour Palette
Fall fashion gets a fresh lift with a bolder approach to colour, offering a seasonal reset beyond the usual neutrals.
What we’re watching / Fall 2026Coffee, Candles & Comfort TV: 20 Movies & Shows You Should be Watching This Fall
Twenty cozy, spooky, nostalgic and just-dark-enough movies and shows to carry you through blanket season.
Stories / Books
Books
Literature as a living thing: the stories we return to, the women inside them and what fiction helps us say out loud.
What we’re readingWhat Would You Miss If You Never Knew It Existed? A Review of I Who Have Never Known Men
A book to sit with, return to and let unsettle you a little.
Stories / Relationships
Relationships
Dating, desire, friendship and the strange little negotiations that make up a life with other people.
The Take / Culture & RelationshipsEveryone Wants a Low-Maintenance Relationship. But What Happens When Real Life Gets Complicated?
Low-maintenance relationships sound ideal until money, responsibilities and the realities of building a life together complicate the picture.
The Take / CultureHow the Internet Has Taught Men to Fear and Manipulate Women
Red Pill content rarely introduces itself as misogyny. It often arrives disguised as confidence, dating advice and a promise to explain why you feel insecure.
Stories / Television & Film
Television & Film
What we watch, why we keep returning to it and what familiar stories make possible.
The Edit / WatchlistReboot, Remake, Repeat: Hollywood’s Creativity Crisis
Hollywood’s growing reliance on reboots raises a bigger question: what happens when familiar stories crowd out new ones?
BeautyBeauty is never only about beauty. We’re interested in the rituals, industries and ideas hiding underneath the surface.TorontoA city guide for people who would rather know why a place feels the way it does than simply where to get brunch.TravelGo somewhere. Pay attention. Bring back a story that is better than a list of places to take pictures.LifeThe daily stuff — work, money, friendship, ambition and figuring out what a good life might mean now.