How clips ate the internet
Our social media feeds are being inundated by clips. Big names like Justin Bieber, reality shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, ...
Tag: culture
A death doula’s advice on thinking about mortality
Death doulas, also called end-of-life doulas, wear many hats. In helping patients and their families prepare for a peaceful end ...
What we see when we look into the eyes of a bird
On a cool April morning at the height of Washington, DC’s always brief spring, the science fiction novelist Ray Nayler ...
How the Oklahoma City Thunder became the NBA’s villains
There are few things NBA fans can agree on. Is Michael Jordan or LeBron James the greatest player of all ...
The sublime, feral pleasure of Girl Dinner Diaries
In an age where it feels like we should all know less about each other, there’s at least one place ...
Could you spot an AI-written book?
However you feel about AI writing, it has a few giveaways. According to the writer Imogen West-Knights, “there’s things like ...
What is an aging face supposed to look like?
A few months ago, while engaging in one of my more recent pastimes (or compulsions), I verbalized a fear I’d ...
The surprisingly strong case for feeling great about your coffee habit
There are few news subjects more reliably depressing than nutritional science.A glance at the headlines will tell you that sugar ...
Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?
A generation or two ago, when you had a medical question, the solution was obvious: Ask your doctor.But these days, ...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist art
The Devil Wears Prada is one of the great millennial fairy tales.Released in 2006, the year before the financial crisis ...
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