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2 min.

EDITOR’S LETTER

DEAR READERS, As I write this, I’m two months into my role as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, a title that has meant so much to me throughout my life. I can still remember begging my older sister to let me borrow her Cosmos as a teenager. At the time, I had Taylor Swift’s Cosmo Quiz (her love advice still holds true) taped to my wall next to a picture of my three best friends from middle school. This was before Instagram, before I could meet people around the world online, before I could google questions about my sexuality. I didn’t know who I’d become, but I knew I’d always have Cosmo to guide me. I’ve spent the past several weeks listening to stories from longtime readers who feel the same way. One told…

2 min.

CONTRIBUTORS

Vincent Oquendo Makeup artist @MakeupVincent HOMETOWN: Queens, NY SUN SIGN: Virgo RELATIONSHIP STATUS: “Married for 3 years but together for 10! With 2 fur-babies.” IDEAL DATE: “On the couch with our doggos and lots of cheesy snacks, streaming a show that is dramatic, super-natural, and makes me cry.” IN THIS ISSUE: Vincent did Kiernan Shipka’s makeup for “Everybody Loves Kiernan” on page 10. Christyna Kay Makeup artist @ChristynaKay HOMETOWN: Annandale, VA SUN SIGN: Virgo RELATIONSHIP STATUS: “Looking for someone emotionally intelligent, confident, and adventurous who can push me out of my comfort zone and make me laugh.” IDEAL DATE: “A delicious culinary encounter and a mesmerizing show.” IN THIS ISSUE: Christyna did the makeup for “Spring Moodboard” featuring Aliyah’s Interlude on page 54. Ella Snyder Model, photographer, and writer @EllaSnyder HOMETOWN: Boston, MA SUN SIGN: Aries RELATIONSHIP STATUS: “Happily single, occasionally in the mood for love….” IDEAL DATE: “Back corner of a…

3 min.

Everybody Loves Kiernan Shipka

We have a lot more Kiernan for you right here. If you need conclusive proof that Kiernan Shipka is entering her fun zone, look no further than the broken nail, busted phone, and totally shot voice she brings to her Cosmopolitan interview. She’s fresh off a NewYork City night that ended at 4 a.m. in her hotel lobby. “As long as I’m with people I can have fun with, I can have fun anywhere,” she explains. And after the past 18 years of work, she definitely deserves it. Kiernan was just 7 when she took on her first major role, Jon Hamm’s fierce daughter Sally on Mad Men. The part earned her two Screen Actors Guild Awards before she even hit double age digits. In 2018, she used the buzz to graduate…

2 min.

Trust Us on This

TANNER FLETCHER Founders: Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell Aesthetic: 19th century meets Y2K Fan Favorite: Laurence Pussybow Shirt, $490 (right) Before they were busy creating custom looks for celebs like Bad Bunny, Kacey Musgraves, and Troye Sivan, this design duo (and romantic couple!) spent much of 2020 hand-embroidering bags and t-shirts in their apartment. Now known for their embellishments like over-the-top bows, they’re looking back while looking forward: “We pull inspiration from interior design and historical time periods,” says Kasell. “Because of old class systems and lack of diversity and LGBTQ+ acceptance, most of the population never got to enjoy some of the details of the past. It’s fun to bring back petticoats and bloomers and make them applicable to today’s customer.” And even though working with your significant other can feel “like a soap…

3 min.

The Stars on Your Favorite Stars

LOUIS PARTRIDGE AND OLIVIA RODRIGO GEMINI + PISCES Olivia’s and Louis’s birth charts are as different as the sides of the road they drive on. Yet their unique signs fit together in all the right ways: Her sensitive Pisces Sun shares an emotional water element with his moody Cancer Moon, while his mischievous Gemini Sun helps her lively Libra Moon come out to play. Meaning, they bring out a deeper, more personal side of each other’s personalities that the public doesn’t get to see. “Both also have Venus, the planet of love and pleasure, in earth signs—and earthy Venus people create relationships that last,” adds astrologer Jake Register, who took a close look at all of these couples’ charts. Yet as always—because the universe is gonna universe—not everything points to perfect harmony. Each of…

2 min.

Ready for Our Close-Up

One of my favorite cultural sayings is “Black don’t crack,” a not-so-humble flex about the fact that melanin-rich skin is more resistant to signs of aging. Sure, we know we can get wrinkles, but that often happens later—and less noticeably—than it does to our fairer-skinned friends. As always, though, there’s a catch: The same traits that keep deeper skin tones smoother for longer make them more susceptible to producing too much melanin, a condition called hyper-pigmentation. It can appear differently for each of us but often takes the form of dark spots or patches, caused by things like acne, eczema, hormonal changes, cuts or burns, excess sun exposure, and abrasive products or treatments. My DMs and group chats are filled with chatter about how we’re all trying to kick hyperpigmentation’s stubborn butt.…

6 min.

Olivie Blake Doesn’t Mind if You Know Her Secret

When starting a new book like Gifted & Talented, what do you create first: plot, characters, or setting? I am what’s called a pantser, very character-first. I also started out as a fan fiction writer, a medium that’s 100 percent character. The book, about three siblings fighting for control of their father’s company, officially comes out in April but is already getting a lot of buzz. How do you decide what to share in advance to excite your fans? I love to keep twists a surprise, but I don’t mind showing my hand a little bit. Ideally, readers just get so drawn into the story that even knowing things in advance won’t change the experience of the read. Your protagonist, Meredith, has a very distinct voice. But (and speaking of twists!) there’s also a…

5 min.

When You’re Trans and Dating, Coming Out Never Ends

Once as a freshman in college, I found myself on a third date with a guy named Matthew.* It was 2017 and we’d met on Bumble—he was a model, which set off my Power Couple radar, something I genuinely cared about back when I was just starting my own modeling journey. At the time, I hadn’t offcially come out yet, and there was a thrill in not disclosing I was trans on the apps—in dating as a woman without a complicated backstory, in just living the life I believe I was intended to live. I’ve always had the privilege of “passing,” meaning I look like a cisgender woman, and revealing that I’m trans was something I only got into when a relationship approached physical intimacy. (I fully acknowledge this gave—and continues…

3 min.

Ask @WillaHBennett Anything

Any tips on flirting if I’m not out yet? I was nervous to hit up my current partner, so I did what any young queer woman would do—I slid into their DMs. We’d never met before, but after a few back-and-forth messages about menswear, our respective workdays (we’re both writers), and some pointed emojis ( ), I felt confident enough in our virtual flirting to ask them out. In my case, I was already publicly out as queer, but you certainly don’t have to be. Flirting on Instagram or TikTok can be a place to explore your fluidity without the in-person pressure of what to do with your sweaty hands (speaking from experience here). And if it turns out that DM flirting with your queerness doesn’t feel right, you’ll at least have made…

1 min.

Tech Is Fashion, Too

Unless your preferred aesthetic is super sleek, all this minimalist tech may be killing your vibe. Which is why it’s nice that an entire industry has evolved around accessorizing the accessories we use every day. Depop sellers, emerging designers, and even luxury fashion houses have charms, keychains, fitted covers, plushies, and ribbons that make modern gadgets a lot more personalized. Take what’s happening with headphones, which TikToker and thrift shop owner Emma Rogue personalizes to go with the rest of her look. “I wear my AirPods Max five days a week, and I’m one hundred percent here for adding cute trinkets,” she says. “You can’t mess it up—it’s art. It’s showing the world who you are.” “Headphones themselves are an accessory.”—EMMA ROGUE ACCESSORIZE YOUR ACCESSORIES The more original, the better! Emma Rogue has you…

4 min.

Post–Birth Control Syndrome Is Real

151 MILLION The estimated number of people currently using oral birth control. Search “birth control” on TikTok, and you’ll be met with more than 130,000 videos, many of them about quitting hormonal contraception. In some, people share how doing so drastically improved their lives (“I finally feel like myself again!”), but in a significant number of posts on TikTok and beyond, others deliver a warning. They tell stories of day-to-days thrown into disarray, of mood swings, fatigue, acne, hair loss, or irregular periods. Unbeknownst to them—and to the majority of people considering, using, or stopping hormonal birth control—this kind of experience has a name. Post–birth control syndrome, or PBCS, affects an estimated 1 in 5 women. It covers what happens when someone goes off hormonal birth control (any form but most commonly the…

3 min.

There Are Many Ways to Polyamory

Is it fair to say that we’ve reached peak poly? Nearly half of dating-age Gen Zers are open to the idea of a non-monogamous setup, according to a recent Tinder survey. Sixty-two percent say that they’ve actively fantasized about being in an open relationship, per a Feeld x Kinsey Institute poll. (The latter also found up to 80 percent of millennials, Gen Xers, and boomers fantasizing about the same.) And data aside, it honestly seems like everyone is suddenly talking about or curious to try polyamory. Of course, the practice of having multiple romantic partners at the same time isn’t exactly new, but the way it’s evolving, especially when it comes to its lexicon, is. Hence the importance of this handy cheat sheet for keeping you up to date. Unicorn Quad It’s when…

2 min.

Dinner and Drinks With Pierce Abernathy

Classic Martini INGREDIENTS 2½ oz. gin (Monkey 47 is great)½ oz. dry vermouth (I like Martini & Rossi or Dolin)½ oz. olive brine (optional)Lemon twist or olives for garnish PREPARATION 1. Fill your martini glass with ice to get it frosty. 2. Fill your mixing glass with the gin, dry vermouth, ice, and olive brine, if you like it dirty. Stir vigorously for at least 30 seconds. 3. Remove ice from your martini glass and strain the mixture into the glass. Garnish with lemon twist or olives. “Cooking is how I like to show love to anyone in my life—it can be deeply intimate.” Caramekized Fennel and Clam Pasta INGREDIENTS 12 littleneck clamsSalt2 tbsp. olive oil (plus extra for garnish)3 tbsp. butter8 oz. fennel, sliced into ¼-inch-thick pieces5 oz. shallots, thinly sliced3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced8 oz. dried linguine½ cup…

12 min.

The Sweet Life of Mack and Brenda

Have you heard? London Tipton is marrying Kevin McCallister. It’s the crossover of your after-school appointment TV dreams, the joining of two young adult dynasties, Disney shacking up with John Hughes. But first, they have to find a wedding planner. “Do you not want to marry me?” Macaulay Culkin asks his betrothed, Brenda Song, over lunch. His not-wife of almost a decade giggles at the suggestion. She’s been wearing a ring (bigger than my apartment and also nicer than my apartment) for the past few years. “I’m fine if we don’t,” promises Macaulay—no, please, call him Mack—“I just want to know.” “We talked about eloping,” Brenda offers as explanation for the delay. “But I was like, ‘If we eloped, my mom would have a heart attack that she wasn’t going to be…

1 min.

The Cosmo Centerfold

AGE: 22 SIGN: Aquarius RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single It started with a self-taped audition. A naked one, as Mark wanted to fully embody the playboy-son-of-an-oligarch role he was going for in 2024’s buzzy romance Anora. He got the part, obviously, because look at how nice the actor looks (nearly) nude. And also because he is very talented and surprisingly soulful and has the internet completely obsessed. Fall even harder for Mark: Cosmopolitan.com/centerfold. Entire Studios coat. American Trench socks. Presley Oldham necklace. Tom Wood ring. “Yeah, sure, I’m a romantic. Everyone who’s obsessed with art is a romantic.”—MARK EYDELSHTEYN…

1 min.

Spring Moodboard

SAY HI TO FACE JEWELRY Just like a metallic necklace or a set of dazzling earrings… but for your skin. Don’t sparkles make everything instantly more fun? EVERYTHING AND MORE For her 4 million social media followers, Aliyah’s Interlude needs no introduction. For everyone else: The artist’s maximalist personal styling (otherwise known as #AliyahCore) helped her go viral in 2022. These days, she’s out here performing and acting and being the epitome of a modern multi-hyphenate It Girl. It’s pretty easy to see the appeal—just look at how she owns this feathery eye and glossy lip combo (you can replicate the latter with a few swipes of Dior’s newly formulated Addict Lip Glow in 073 Blackberry, $42). WHEN YOUR EYES ARE THE STATEMENT PIECE The trick is lots of shimmery shadow all over (try Valentino…

5 min.

Serena Page & Kordell Beckham Exit the Vila

Serena Page is laughing at Kordell Beckham in a way that’s making me wonder if I should leave them alone. We’re on a date at The Riff Raff Club in Manhattan, drinking French 75s and admiring the skyline view. Well, they’re on a date that I’ve crashed in the name of asking questions. My first was going to be something about whether the couple who captivated millions of Love Island USA fans is truly in love. Real love, not reality TV love. But then Kordell fails to remember the name of their song—you know, the kind couples adopt as their own romantic theme—and Serena starts giggling (“It’s ‘California King Bed’ by Rihanna,” she says), and I already know the answer. This is an unproduced connection. In my defense, being suspicious of…

11 min.

State of Grace

Gracie Abrams is swiping through her iPhone photos, which she’s sorted chronologically by Valentine’s Days. There was the one with her first boyfriend. The one she spent with her roommates in their Barnard University dorm. The one where she “made out with this cute boy at a bar after one of my New York shows.” Then all the Valentine’s Days she chose to just spend working on her music. “But I’m not a hater at all,” she says about what the holiday stands for, about the idea of collectively celebrating some form of romantic ideal. “What I love about a healthy relationship is that your life doesn’t radically change,” she continues. “You just fit into each other in a way that feels positively challenging and deeply supportive—it’s like a place to…

3 min.

IN LOVE AND IN BROOKLYN

ARTHUR + TAYLOR 27, YOGI AND MODEL + 26, ST YLE INFLUENCER Years together: 5 Taylor: I’m a Simmer. I play The Sims. Arthur: We love playing our games together but separate. Taylor: His are at the front of the house and I’m in the back. Arthur: We’ll just shout, “LOVE YOU!” Taylor: And then he’ll bring me snacks. SOFIA + ANGEL 24, MODEL + 31, MODEL Years together: 1 Angel: We met at a casting for Tom Ford. Sofia: She booked it, because she’s that girl. Angel: We exchanged Instagram handles, and I DMed her as I was walking to go get sushi after. By the time I was done eating, we had plans for our first date. Sofia: I knew there was a vibe. KIMBALL + SARAH 28, ACTOR + 31, ACTOR, COMEDIAN, AND SINGER Years together: 2.5 Kimball: The second we met, it was as…

1 min.

Zaya Wade Takes Flight

BUSINESS CASUAL Where a tutu meets a baseball hat, obviously. RED ON RED Monochrome dressing across a voluminous minidress, socks, and platform Mary Janes is a power move. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED What do bright socks and giant flowers have in common? This beautiful look. FOR SHOPPING INFORMATION, GO TO COSMOPOLITAN.COM.…

17 min.

DATING ACROSS THE LINES

ONE DAY last July, I went to dinner with a man who had sent me death threats. “I’ll kill you slowly…” he’d emailed me repeatedly several years ago, when I was working as a magazine editor covering, among other things, sexual assault and abortion rights. Like many women on the internet, I didn’t know if he was fixated on me specifically or if mine was just an email an angry man found on 4chan. Now, years later, I recognized his email address after we matched on a dating app. Did he remember? Did he recognize me? Was that why he wanted to go on a date? I had no idea. I only knew why I was there: In a sincere attempt to not only date but understand men like let’s-call-him-Jared*, I spent much…

4 min.

Thinking about katseye way too much, much, much, much, much

Sophia Age: 22 Manila, Philippines ON MAKING KATSEYE: I dropped out of college for this. I thought of the training like a full-ride scholarship. Being selected was graduation. BIGGEST PINCH-ME MOMENT: KCON. That was our first performance. STYLE ICONS: Anne Hathaway and Heart Evangelista. FAVORITE GIRL GROUP: The Pussycat Dolls. We just met Nicole Scherzinger after seeing her in Sunset Blvd. on Broadway and I couldn’t stop crying. GO-TO KARAOKE SONG: “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion. DREAM COLLABORATOR: Pharrell. CHILDHOOD CRUSH: Nick Jonas. FAVORITE MOVIE: Mamma Mia! or The Princess Diaries. BUCKET LIST VACATION: Greece. BEST ADVICE SHE’SRECEIVED: Play with passion or don’t play at all. Yoonchae Age: 17 Seoul, South Korea ON FAME: I feel like I’m in a dream. Every time I see our Spotify score go up, I can’t believe it. STYLE ICONS: G-Dragon and Blackpink’s Jennie. DREAM COLLABORATOR: Jennie again. I…

1 min.

Forever and Always

A deep dive into Cosmopolitan’s 60-year past is both a nostalgic and complex experience. There’s the ahead-of-its-time reporting, the of-the-moment cultural coverage, the then-radical sex positivity, the emphasis on style. But also, well, some questionable (misguided, even—we’ll own it) messaging around who exactly to center in your life. Still, there are plenty of moments that hold up—and we’ll be highlighting them right here this year—including Rihanna’s 2011 cover story. Back then, the artist was touring with now-classics like “S&M” and “What’s My Name,” filming a role in Battleship, and sharing the spotlight with LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” and Instagram’s launch. She was also busy using the latter to shift perceptions. Long before Chappell Roan would stand up to invasive photographers, RiRi showed the world that female artists could defend themselves—without editing or…

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