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Book reviews, cultural critiques, essays on the zeitgeist, and profiles of the avant garde are brought to you by Kat Rosenfield, Suzy Weiss, and more.
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My Robot Sophia Wasn’t Just a Machine. I Loved Her.
I shared a 500-square-foot apartment with a humanoid robot and a very confused boyfriend. It was strangely beautiful.
Sarah Rose Siskind
I Found Freedom in Bland
Few understand my love for Missouri, but the Show Me State taught me what it means to be American.
Keturah Hickman
I Don’t Need Ozempic. But I Want It.
GLP-1s are looking more and more like a miracle drug. Are we ready for miracles?
Suzy Weiss
Met Gala Fashion Police: Who’s the Dandiest?
With few exceptions, the women looked like they were going to a business meeting in 1985. The men, meanwhile, went a little too hard on accessories.
Suzy Weiss and Elliot Ackerman
She Called a Kid the N-Word. The Far-Right Is Making Her Rich.
The excesses of the woke era created a backlash so intense that the right now celebrates racism.
River Page
Harvey Weinstein and the Death Rattle of #MeToo
The online right have taken the Democratic ex-king of Hollywood as their martyr—and the left have only themselves to blame.
Kat Rosenfield
The World’s First Sperm Race Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.
For starters, it wasn’t the first. The winners were known in advance. And the ‘race’ was computer-generated.
River Page
Letters to the Editor: ‘The Elites Were a Disaster’
Plus: How Carney got a Trump bump in Canada, and more.
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Melania Trump Never Asked for This
The First Lady has put in roughly an afternoon of work over the past three months. And you know what? Good for her.
Suzy Weiss
Joseph Massey, the Unofficial Poet Laureate of Trump’s America
Peter Savodnik talks to the self-published poet who is made for this moment—and whose latest collection is a surprise bestseller.
Peter Savodnik
The Handsome Face of Terror Apologia
Hasan Piker has been called a ‘model for the future of progressive media.’ He also calls Jews ‘inbred,’ and says Zionists should be treated like…
Josh Code
Could DNA Testing Exonerate the Lindbergh Baby’s Kidnapper?
There have always been doubts about whether or not Bruno Hauptmann was guilty. New evidence may give us the answer.
Joe Nocera and Poppy Damon
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