The Cut is an online publication that, as part of New York magazine, covers a wide range of topics, such as work, money, sex and relationships, fashion, mental health, pop culture, politics, and parenting, with a specific lens for women.

[9] In 2015, The Cut published a New York Magazine cover feature by Noreen Malone that included interviews with 35 women who had accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault.

The cover image and photo portfolio by Amanda Demme included portraits of all the women seated and an empty chair to symbolize those unable to come forward.

A Modest Proposal ran in 2019 on The Cut and on the cover of New York's print magazine, in which she first shared her story of being sexually assaulted by then-President Donald Trump.

[14] The Cut is known for a number of columns, including Madame Clairevoyant's weekly horoscopes; as-told-tos in "Sex Diaries"; and the "How I Get It Done" series, highlighting the routines of influential women.

The Cut has published widely read personal essays including Emily Gould on the "Lure of Divorce,"[15] Grazie Sophia Christie on "The Case for Marrying an Older Man,"[16] and Charlotte Cowles's "The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger".

[24] In 2023, Peoples and writer Morgan Jerkins accepted the National Magazine Award for Single-Topic Issue for the package "Ten Years After Trayvon Martin.