Features
“I want God to take me up to the clouds and bring me back down as a girl,” Mark used to say. Mark, now Molly, is 9 years old, and her parents are facing a thorny question that’s increasingly common for families with transgender kids: Is supporting your child’s choice enough, or should you also help her stave off her biological future? By Jesse Green
When Arthur Sulzberger Jr. axed his CEO, Janet Robinson, in December, it marked a jarring end to what had been a hand-in-glove partnership. And while many marveled at her $24 million exit package, deeper questions remained: Why did Sulzberger do it? And had anyone put him up to it? By Joe Hagan
Intelligencer
Massive account withdrawals are in the news thanks to Europe.
Opera boss tries to quash the very thing the music thrives on.
Stumping for French votes in freedom-fry country.
Our roundup of news from around the city.
A SCOTUS clerk never tells.
Wrangling meetings at Cannes with two born hustlers turned self-documentarians.
Strategist
A Philippe Starck chair, Michael Kors opens on Madison, and more new stuff in stores.
“Your figure changes, so at this age you more have fun shopping for the grandchildren.”
With an airplane-hanger door, a modernist villa in Long Beach welcomes the elements.
The New York version of Hakkasan is dark, overwrought, and preposterously expensive.
Snow peas are at their sweetest, tenderest best in late spring and early summer.
Iced in a cup, sure, but also in a bottle, jug, or growler. A survey of summer’s most transportable and highly caffeinated cold brews.
Culture
The actor takes a breath between battling aliens and playing Nelson Mandela.
Pop-up stars in the world of Sleep No More.
Dance music is mainstream again. Where does that leave outsider disco-revivalists Scissor Sisters?
They pollute. They’re noisy. They run people over. But cars are not necessarily New York’s enemy.
The dwarves in the dark Snow White and the Huntsman don’t do much singing.
Agenda
Summer officially starts with the return of Back Forty’s Tuesday-night crab boils, starting June 5.
Departments
Readers sound off on parent health care, and more.
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies
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