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  Creativity and the Dangerous Norm of the 100-Hour Workweek

  Observer - Film Crit Hulk

  Last week, an executive from Rockstar Games bragged about how the company’s employees were working 100-hour workweeks in advance of releasing their …

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  Is This Designer Squash the New ‘It’ Vegetable? Sweetgreen is Betting the Farm On It

  Observer - Elizabeth Dunn

  Not long ago, I found myself in possession of a new vegetable: not just new to me, but novel. A newfangled breed. It was a winter squash called …

• If Goop and The Wing had a tiny Nordic baby, it might look like SuperShe Island off the coast of Finland, where women seek Namaste for $5K per week—and happiness is served one bowl of bone broth at a time.

  

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  Welcome to SuperShe Island, Where Men Are Banned and Flowers Are Dinner

  Observer - Merin Curotto

  If Goop and The Wing had a tiny Nordic baby, it might look like SuperShe Island off the coast of Finland, where women seek Namaste for $5K per …

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  Hannah Gadsby Rejects the Premise

  Observer - Film Crit Hulk

  • The Audience Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette is a towering achievement of stand-up comedy. Discussing why is difficult for many reasons, but the primary reason …

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  A Solid Night’s Sleep Is the New Luxury Good. Have Fun Affording It.

  Observer - Jacob Rosenberg

  The first conversation with my professional sleep coach veered into late-night hot dog consumption around 30 minutes in. Luckily, I slept fine after …

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  Bollywood’s Summer Blockbuster Is a Biopic With an Anti-Press Agenda

  Observer - Siddhant Adlakha

  Perhaps more than most films based on real events, the Bollywood box office hit Sanju demands some real-world context. Chronicling the life of …