Over the past few years, Jesse Singal has become a leading public intellectual and one of the most prominent journalists covering trans issues, including but not limited to adolescent transition. As this has happened, I, like many other trans people who read his work, have become deeply uncomfortable with the…
Kevin Williamson’s short-lived tenure at The Atlantic came to an end on Thursday, after editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced to staff that the magazine and the conservative columnist would be “parting ways.” The firing came after Media Matters excavated comments he made during a 2014 podcast, Mad Dog and…
If you’re in media, you’ve heard no end of groans and uproar over the past few weeks about the Atlantic’s new far-right hire, National Review veteran Kevin Williamson. Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s logic, in line with post-election “give-him-a-chance” thinking, seems to be that a right-winger deserves redemption,…
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front, is the face of European xenophobia. Her policies are typical of the nationalist fervor currently in vogue in both Europe and America, variously described as “anti-immigration,” “anti-Muslim,” “anti-European,” “toxic,” and “nativist.” She has proposed expelling…
A lengthy piece published by The Atlantic today explores what might happen when a White House that comports itself with “a casual disregard for evidence” and “reckless self-confidence” needs to deal with a viral pandemic like swine flu, Ebola, or Zika. Guess what: It’s not great!
Dry shampoo is one of those things that seems too good to be true because it is.
We're all aware that men are slightly taller than women, so it should follow that in hetero couples out in the world, you would expect men to be taller, on average, than their female companions. That's true. But it turns out that it's more than just true by chance, it's also true by choice. Culturally, we've taken an…
Turns out, even happiness isn't even a foolproof strategy for the good life. Sure, technically your life might be really good if you're happy, but it will still be shallow. That's because happy people these days are actually just selfish people who spend their time making sure all their needs are met but are not…
Should we give chivalry another chance? No thanks. Chivalry is an archaic term that is only necessary if you think women are fragile posies who must be protected by self-proclaimed knights in shining armor. Letting go of the sexist word doesn't mean men shouldn't be polite and respectful, obviously. It means that…
When we talk about "hookup culture" — the oft-lamented outcome of the sexual revolution, scourge of our era, and sole reason why 7-year-old girls can now purchase padded bikini tops at Abercrombie & Fitch — we almost always talk about everything women have lost since the good ol' days when women were protected by…
The Atlantic's June cover story, "The Perfected Self," is about how infamous Harvard psychologist B. F. Skinner, who became an industry scapegoat for his much-maligned "fascist and manipulative" behavior modification theory (which is, in a nutshell, that "gentle, punishment-free behavior-modification techniques could…
In a recent issue of The Atlantic, Kate Bolick argues that the marriage is an ever-evolving social relationship and that, due to social and economic factors that are changing the ways that men and women behave, marriage is becoming less and less appealing to educated American women. Men are becoming less attractive as…
Anne Hays noticed that the two most recent issues of the New Yorker featured almost exclusively essays and reporting by male writers. So she's returned those copies to the magazine, accompanied by a blistering open letter to the editors.
The guy who falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey, Casey Anthony's family, all things remotely related to Natalee Holloway — meet the man who brings these treasures to television "news." At least he hates Nancy Grace.
Is economic and social change fast disadvantaging men, creating a female-dominated society?
If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion!
Call it a policy charm offensive or the fruit of a long-suppressed desire to tell the world how much he resembles Lyle Lovett: Timothy Geithner is talking to Vogue, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Let's compare and contrast!
If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion! For the new economy, editors and luxury advertisers have been throwing around terms like "value," "quality," "green," "key pieces" and "timeless" as though they had some, well, timeless meaning.
Things seem to be tumbling along with our abortion blogging buddy at "What To Expect When You're Aborting." She told her dad, who was ultra-supportive, craves pickles, and is suffering from "swelly ouchy titties." Her surgical abortion is planned for this week, and I'm sure we'll hear a level-headed yet gallows…
The Atlantic's new issue has a long piece, out today, focusing on a number of Hillary Clinton insiders' memos and e-mails which paint her campaign at least as dysfunctional as you suspected and probably more so. Even author Joshua Green was amazed at how much paper he was given to wade through, saying "paranoid…
