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What It Costs to Be a Sorority Girl

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Technology

The Discourse Is Broken

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Culture

How Justin Bieber Finally Gave Us the Song of the Summer

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Books

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Ideas

The Body-Positivity Movement Is Over

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June 21, 2025

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Time-Travel Thursdays

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Culture

The Most Infamous Narcissist in Literary History Gets a Smartphone

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May 4, 2025

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Culture

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April 29, 2025

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Technology

Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun?

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April 22, 2025

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Ideas

How Social-Media Sites Can Fight Hate Without Censorship

Yair Rosenberg

April 15, 2025

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Health

My Snail Mucin Is Caught in a Trade War

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April 5, 2025

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Technology

The Unending Trouble With TikTok

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Culture

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March 6, 2025

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Culture

The Rise of the Anti-Fan

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March 2, 2025

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Technology

The Libs Are Having Their Paranoia Moment

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Family

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January 27, 2025

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Technology

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Damon Beres

January 20, 2025

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Technology

TikTok’s Near-Death Experience

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January 19, 2025

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Ideas

The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression

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January 19, 2025

Ideas

America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet

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January 18, 2025

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Technology

Let’s Not Fool Ourselves About TikTok

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January 17, 2025

Atlantic Intelligence

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January 17, 2025

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Technology

‘I Won’t Touch Instagram’

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January 16, 2025

Technology

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Global

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January 15, 2025

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Technology

The Case for Brain Rot

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Global

December 19, 2024

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Technology

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The Print Edition

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What It Costs to Be a Sorority Girl

The Logic of the ‘9 to 5’ Is Creeping Into the Rest of the Day

This Is the News From TikTok

The Discourse Is Broken

How Justin Bieber Finally Gave Us the Song of the Summer

The Feminine Pursuit of Swoleness

The Body-Positivity Movement Is Over

The Long Goodbye to College

We’re Back to the Actually Internet

The Most Infamous Narcissist in Literary History Gets a Smartphone

Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?

Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun?

How Social-Media Sites Can Fight Hate Without Censorship

My Snail Mucin Is Caught in a Trade War

The Unending Trouble With TikTok

When a Celebrity Offers a ‘Harsh Reality Check’

The Rise of the Anti-Fan

The Libs Are Having Their Paranoia Moment

Beware the Weepy Influencers

Billions of People in the Palm of Trump’s Hand

TikTok’s Near-Death Experience

The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression

America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet

Let’s Not Fool Ourselves About TikTok

TikTok Will Never Die

‘I Won’t Touch Instagram’

The Internet Is TikTok Now

No More Mr. Tough Guy on China

The Case for Brain Rot

The New Rasputins

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The Pro-Eating-Disorder Internet Is Back