Why is everyone getting bad plastic surgery?
Society’s obsession with anti-aging is reaching its peak
Social media
Wednesday
Wednesday
Morgan Wallen bests the mob, again
The country superstar keeps outshining his loudest critics
Wednesday
Welcome to congressional fight club!
Plus: Nikki Haley calls for crackdown on anon social media users
Tuesday
The year’s horrors have left me speechless
I fear that the internet is driving me and everyone around me insane
The promise and peril of Facebook Marketplace
The internet reduces the friction of finding something but increases the friction of attaining it
Friday
Who will replace Dianne Feinstein?
Plus: House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry flub
Wednesday
We’re fighting the Covid censors
When there is scientific disagreement or uncertainty, the government must never pretend there is consensus and certainty
Doombragging: the rise of sustainable boasting
The old-fashioned humble-brag looks passé next to the doombrag
Taylor Lorenz is optimistic about the internet
Extremely Online is mostly a story about money
Wednesday
TikTok trends are ruining fashion
How the social media app is fueling low-quality, boring trends
Saturday
Elon is offering us a raw deal with X
He and his team have taken to poetry to convince us that a little censorship really isn’t so bad
Thursday
Social media is killing our girls
What’s the connection between their mental health issues and their use of social media?
Tuesday
Is my favorite dress company the new Bud Light?
Son de Flor makes ‘traditional’ clothing — yet decided to use a ‘gender-fluid’ bearded model
Monday
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the world’s strangest influencer
How the Wagner group chief vlogged his way through the second Russian civil war
Thursday
Republicans urge DoJ probe of TikTok CEO for ‘lying’ to Congress
‘It is imperative that we hold Chew and TikTok accountable for his false statements regarding crucial facts of the company’s operations’
Sunday
Has the influencer bubble burst?
The age of the influencer appears to be swiftly coming to an end
Inside the world of multilevel marketing
Pyramid schemes work because we all have points of vulnerability
Monday
I feel sorry for Dylan Mulvaney
This person is the poster child of our nation’s mental health crisis
Wednesday
Banning TikTok: a how-to guide
The bills and legal efforts to get rid of the Chinese app
Thursday
TikTok’s revealing ‘bold glamor’ filter
It shines a light on Gen Z’s ’everyone is beautiful’ delusion
