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Steffi Cao

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
10
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Sep 16, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Steffi Cao

    It Was the World’s Largest Online Fashion Retailer. What’s Happening With Its Stock Says It All. (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It wasn’t so long ago that Shein hauls seemed genuinely aspirational. For years on TikTok, creators raked in millions of views by opening packages and tipping out piles upon piles of plastic sleeves, each containing a polyester garment that they would hold up for the camera and deem “sooo cute.” The fast-fashion giant hit our feeds and completely altered how a generation o

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Steffi Cao

    Cameras Keep Popping Up on Household Appliances. Guess Where They Just Put One Now. (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It’s not that you ever really needed to know what happens inside of your dishwasher, but the point is that now you can know. This week at the international home appliance exhibition IFA 2026 in Berlin, appliance maker Miele unveiled a smart dishwasher. It comes with an app so you can keep tabs on its performance, and the ability to automatically run during off-peak electri

  3. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Steffi Cao

    It Was a Neighborhood That Defined Millennials. A New Breed of Transplants Has Made It So Much Worse. (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. There is a place in New York City that many insist does not exist. It is composed primarily of concrete streets, old family-run stores, and a massive influx of newer, sleeker businesses with scrawled cursive logos and $7 drinks. It is called “East Willliamsburg.” East Williamsburg, depending on whom you ask, could be anything. Its geographical boundaries are contentious an

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Steffi Cao

    I Offered to Pay for My Ex-Boyfriend’s Breakfast. His Reaction Is Indicative of a Larger Attitude Among Men These Days. (opens the original)

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    Unhinged is Slate’s advice column on the wild world of modern dating. Have a dating question of your own? Send it to Steffi here. It’s anonymous! I’m a woman in my late 20s and independent where I need to be; I have my own friends, my own hobbies, a loving animal companion, a thriving and growing career, and most notably, a life where I want someone to join but I don’t need someone to be able to survive. As I’ve navigated the dating battlefield, I find myself going on dates with men, from dating

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Steffi Cao

    Adults Everywhere Are Suddenly Trying to Get Their Hands on a 30-Year-Old Children’s Game (opens the original)

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    Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I don’t really know when it began to happen, but all of a sudden, seemingly overnight, friends I knew were forcing me to accompany them to search for packs of Pokémon cards. I’ve been to the Best Buy in Union Square and local game shops in Brooklyn, vending machines in Penn Station and multistory Barnes & Nobles, where disgruntled shop employees point angrily at signs that

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