Marie Claire May 2020

ART Zanele Muholi at the Tate Through their camera lens, South African visual activist Zanele Muholi has captured strikingly honest portraits of black lesbian, gay, trans, queer, and intersex people. Scheduled to open April 29 at the Tate Modern in London and featuring more than 260 photographs, the eponymous exhibit gives viewers a peek into their perspective. BOOK DRESS UP YOUR COFFEE TABLE TABLE ART And your mom thought you had a lot of shoes.… Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum boasts over a thousand pairs of platforms, heels, and sneakers, the largest footwear collection in the world. This month, The World at Your Feet (May 5, Rizzoli) lets you take home 100 of them. Kind of. The book highlights the Bata’s most iconic pairs—from Elvis Presley’s patent blue loafers to Queen…

ALL ADULTS HERE (May 5, Riverhead) On the day Astrid Strick watches her frenemy get hit by a bus, her granddaughter moves in with her after a bullying incident. This is a smart family saga with a hilarious ensemble cast, featuring author Emma Straub’s signature wit. For fans of Modern Family. ALL MY MOTHER’S LOVERS (May 26, Dutton) After her mother dies, Maggie Krause hand delivers five letters addressed to her mother’s former lovers, none of whom Maggie has ever met. With her debut novel, Ilana Masad presents a sharp meditation on the ways our parents shape us. For fans of Transparent. GROWN UPS (May 12, Scout Press) Jenny’s social-media addiction is ruining her life: Her ex is dating her Instagram idol, and she’s become a bad friend. But once…

This year is hard in ways I didn’t know possible. I can’t pretend to have it all together when each day seems to throw me off balance. At the beginning of 2020, I started a new job as the editor in chief at Marie Claire. I naively thought that the new responsibilities wouldn’t upend my juggling act as a career-focused individual, mom, wife, daughter, earthling, etc. because I had already learned and practiced how to do it all. This, of course, would never have been the case (I adopted bad habits like skipping workouts and checking my phone at 3 a.m. almost immediately), but I couldn’t have predicted the new, unprecedented levels of uncertainty we’re all facing today. While words of comfort fall flat right now, one small thing we…

THE LOOK TEXTURED TWO-PIECE Crochet all day. A woven high-waisted bikini adds interest to any towel-lounging look. Pair yours with the accessory of the season: big, square sunnies. THE KICKS LACE SNEAKS Sneakers at the beach lose their faux-pas status thanks to this lightweight, summery material. Team yours with layered anklets for even more playful appeal. THE PICK-ME-UP TIE-DYE BUCKET BAG Bring it back to summer-camp days with a watercolor tie-dye drawstring bag. It will be the envy of all your cabinmates. (Or, you know, everyone you’re sharing an Airbnb with.) THE DETAIL SMOCKED SEPARATES Going straight from the boardwalk to the bar has never been easier. Stretchy shirred touches will have you wanting to keep your cover-up on. THE FINISHING TOUCH MOTHEROF-PEARL Who wears seashells by the seashore…when you…

Pregnant with her third child, Manon DeFelice found herself at the local park with her children, and she noticed a pattern. Alongside DeFelice, who worked remotely as executive director of a nonprofit, was a mix of Harvard Business School grads and former McKinsey consultants who had dropped out of the workforce, she says, just like many of her friends from grad school. “They couldn’t work the same hours and commute as they did before kids. Our local playground bench was deeper than the bench of talent at most companies. And these women still wanted to work in some capacity.” DeFelice, now 39, came up with a side hustle: She’d match new-parent friends with jobs that have built-in flexibility. It’s called a “returnity” policy, and it’s about being sensitive to the…

Marie Claire: We polled our readers, and 78 percent of them don’t have a mentor. How do you choose one? Katrina Lake: There’s a misunderstanding that a mentor has to be someone in your direct career path or who has the job that you want. The best mentors are really going to be the ones who don’t have a horse in the ring. Finding someone who has a bit less of a direct connection to your work and doesn’t have any vested interest in your development path is really important. Those people are going to be the ones who can help you have the right conversations with your manager. MC: How do you navigate relationships when they blur the boundaries between work and personal life? KL: My cofounder [Erin Flynn]…