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I Thought I Was Autistic. I Was Wrong.
After spending most of my life feeling different and alone, an autism diagnosis gave me the kind of relief that was impossible to resist. But it was…
Christina Buttons
How We Became Screen People
In the age of ubiquitous screens, we might be edited. We might be cropped. We might be shared. We might be deleted. And we will have, in general, very…
Megan Garber
Why Don’t I Breastfeed? Because I Don’t Want to!
Despite what a random mom online might say, you don’t have to martyr yourself to be a good mother.
Kara Kennedy
I Don’t Care If Gen Z Likes Me
Why are my fellow media personalities—people like Tucker Carlson—so desperate to impress the kids?
Bridget Phetasy
Meta’s Been Found Guilty of Exploiting My Generation. So Why Don’t I Feel Better?
A Los Angeles jury just confirmed the damage caused by social media. But as Britain rolls out age-verification and online surveillance laws, the…
Freya India
She Was Offered Euthanasia. She Said ‘No Thanks!’
Plus: In defense of the spring breaker who’s never heard of the ayatollah. Two drinks with Emily Austin. Sascha Seinfeld on the 20th birthday of ‘Hannah…
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Two Drinks with . . . Emily Austin, Who’s Texting the FBI
As a pro-Israel conservative influencer, she’s an increasingly rare breed. Whenever she posts her location, she says, she gets threats like, ‘I’m gonna…
River Page
The Ruling That Could Change Social Media
Tobacco companies maximized their products’ addictiveness. Now a jury has agreed that social media companies do the same.
Maya Sulkin and Frannie Block
Inside the White House’s Shock-and-Awe Meme Machine
The creators behind a wave of trolling, attention-seeking social media posts say they have the same goal as their boss: winning.
Madeleine Rowley
Inside ‘The Situation Room’
A botched Polymarket publicity stunt turned into an advertisement for logging off and hanging out.
Nicholas Clairmont
Inside the Online Anti-Indian Hate Factory
A study traces the explosion of anti-Indian rhetoric on social media, including 24,000 posts that were viewed over 300 million times.
Tanner Nau
The Ancient Male Art of Monitoring the Situation
Beneath the joke of ‘monitoring the situation’ memes lies a deep and unchangeable male instinct: the instinct for heroic action.
Nicholas Clairmont
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