Anna Merlan

10/9/19

The Queasy Power of Shamelessness

Noah Levine, the influential punk rock Buddhist teacher whose meditation society, Against the Stream, collapsed…

9/27/19

Who Do You Love

The first time I was offered another job while working at Jezebel, I cried. This is not a sympathetic story to tell…

9/6/19

Amber Heard's Lawyers Ask Judge To Dismiss Johnny Depp's Defamation Suit, Calling It 'Meritless Bullying'

In March, as part of the fallout of one of the more acrimonious divorces in recent memory, Johnny Depp sued ex Amber…

9/5/19

The Wing is Publicly Responding to a Racist Incident That Has Black Members Openly Quitting

In late May, as almost everyone involved has acknowledged, a racist incident took place at the West Hollywood…

9/4/19

Marianne Williamson Tweets and Deletes a Message Encouraging 'Prayer, Meditation, Visualization' to 'Turn Away' Hurricane Dorian

In case you forgot, Marianne Williamson is a New Age self-help author, and like most New Age self-help authors, she…

8/30/19

Emily Yoffe Back on Her Bullshit—Here's What an Alleged Victim Says She Left Out in Her Latest Contested MeToo Story

Emily Yoffe, a current contributing editor at the Atlantic and Slate’s former advice columnist, has a specialty, of…

8/27/19

Bret Stephens Boldly Went on Television to Defend His Freakout Over a Man Who Likened Him to a Bed Bug

As luck would have it, New York Times columnist and man who has recently beclowned himself Bret Stephens was slated…

8/22/19

California State Senator and Sponsor of Pro-Vaccine Bills Was Assaulted by a Man Who Said He Should Be 'Hung for Treason'

California State Senator Richard Pan, a physician and sponsor of several pro-vaccine bills, was assaulted Wednesday…

8/22/19

Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Promised A Victim's Family That He'd Help Her Receive Treatment For An Eating Disorder

Three lawsuits filed in New York on Tuesday against the estate of dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein made a series of…

8/16/19

Medical Examiner Quoted in <i>Washington Post </i>Story Suggesting Epstein Could Have Been Strangled Has Some Fairly Urgent Clarifications

Medical Examiner Quoted in Washington Post Story Suggesting Epstein Could Have Been Strangled Has Some Fairly Urgent Clarifications

This story contains graphic descriptions concerning a method of suicide.

8/14/19

Glenn Thrush Kept His Book Advance Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations, but Co-Author Maggie Haberman Didn't

Buzzfeed is reporting that after New York Times star reporter Glenn Thrush was dropped from a Random House book deal…

8/12/19

The Real Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Has Unfolded In Front of an Indifferent Public For Decades

In 2016, before Jeffrey Epstein was simply another dead pedophile, he was free and alive, and a small group of men…

8/6/19

I'm Reluctantly Inspired By This Hellacious, Truly Petty Pink Emoji Revenge House

A dispute over a homeowner using her second property as an Airbnb in the tony oceanside enclave of Manhattan Beach,…

8/6/19

Vanlife Can Be Cheaper, Weirder, And More Accessible Than Instagram Would Have You Believe

I woke up in a van in a Walmart parking lot in Phoenix, certain that I was choking.

7/31/19

If I Wanted To Watch Fundamentally Unlikable Men Fight

I guess I’d do this actually. I’d still be watching this.

7/26/19

<i>The New Yorker </i>Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers

The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers

This week, the New Yorker ran a long piece by Jane Mayer re-examining the sexual harassment allegations against Al…

7/18/19

Jesse Watters Really Went With a Wife Metaphor To Talk About America, Huh?

Jesse Watters? Jesse Watters of Fox News? Why, I haven’t heard that name in years. Something about an Ivanka Trump…

7/15/19

A Publisher Apologized For Running a Sandy Hook Hoax Book, Then Auctioned Off the Last Copies

The publisher of a book claiming the Sandy Hook shootings were a hoax apologized to Lenny Pozner, the father of one…

7/12/19

Peddlers of Medical Misinformation Are Using Social Media 'Censorship' as a Selling Point

No one has ever accused Mike Adams, the self-proclaimed Health Ranger, of being an understated guy, but recent…