1/2 Hi! I’m researching an article that explores whether heterosexual dating/marriage has become politicized among millennial and Gen Z women. I’m curious to hear if any left-leaning or moderate young women worry that having a boyfriend might code them as conservative during this polarized time.

i'm doing a series on gilmore girls for guilty pleasures--here's the first installment

for @nytimes.com, I profiled the bridal designer Charles Dieujuste, of Scorcesa

for @slate.com, i wrote about why more people are asking for prenups these days

The winter I turned petty

what does one's choice of spouse reveal about their character? I explored this and more in Guilty Pleasures this week

Every one of Stephanie Coontz’s books is essential to understanding the word we live in, and her clarity and insight in this interview are a good example of why. jacobin.com/2025/08/gend...

I’ve started writing on Substack! My first series is on “The Sound of Music,” a film that offers lots of lessons for navigating life in 2025.

this exhaustion feels deeply related to the conversation around "materialists"

Posted in the State Department. The resistance always grows. Tomorrow there will be more of us.

Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch, 1986 By Annie Leibovitz.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

this essay, in its devastation and beauty, captures so much of what it's like to live in dc right now

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"She values being valuable, not being valued, which is only the same thing if you’re a Girlboss Extraordinaire in need of a wake-up call." From @sayanniething.bsky.social's latest @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/mate...

As someone who mostly reads horror, I'll never understand the vitriol towards "cozy" books. People say they are escapist, unserious, allowing readers to avoid big issues. And I'm like, girl, WHEN did your dark romance book fix society? Did I BLINK and miss your detective thriller solving crime?

a delightful essay on the complexities of performing white femininity in the public sphere, esp today sarapetersen.substack.com/p/is-alison-...

happy summer! here is my *free* essay on gig work in the hamptons for LARB--i hope you enjoy lareviewofbooks.org/article/unho...

saoirse!

One month apart.

Hey! Press covering Trump! The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies. He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.” Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.

We’re leaving Twitter (but you can still find us here)!

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

the best piece on "anora" i've read thus far--this essay puts into words so much of the ambivalence i feel about it internetprincess.substack.com/p/anoras-ame...

My story, today: 10 Stanford, UC Berkeley student visas revoked — dozens more around California www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.

"'Sula' suggests that relationships between women, unfettered by men, are contingent upon an escape from patriarchal expectations." @kellymcoyne.bsky.social revisits Toni Morrison’s “Sula” in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s overturning. lareviewofbooks.org/article/rere...

i wrote about re-reading "sula," a book that is facing bans across the US, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/rere...

Why it’s the right time to stop linking to your book on Amazon.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

I just realized that Isabella Rossellini is wearing blue velvet in honor of David Lynch & immediately started to cry.

esp living in dc, i know there are a lot of people looking for jobs right now--if you don't have a @nytimes.com subscription, comment GIFT below and I will DM you a gift link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's easy to think about WHITE LOTUS among its nearest neighbors in Big Little Lies and Succession as comedy-dramas of the super wealthy. But the more I think about it, the more I think its closest stablemate, in terms of style, and even object of critique, is actually GIRLS (positive).

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

which movie best captures how you’ve felt the past 3 weeks?

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

"Prioritizing areas with higher birthrates would, however, send more federal funding to Republican states." The Law of Intended Consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

Teaching a Dad Culture class, finishing a draft of the Dad Culture book proposal, had a nightmare last night where I got stabbed in the ribs by Patricia Richardson from HOME IMPROVEMENT.

"I just want to be clear about what's going on here." - @warren.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...

Watching my government collapse in real time while “Pink Pony Club” runs on a loop in my head somehow feels very … American

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Nearly 250,000 people in Berlin showed up to protest fascism and the Musk backed AfD party.

it was so fun to talk with @dansavage.bsky.social about couples sleeping apart & other off-kilter domestic arrangements to listen, go to savage.love/subscribe/ and use promo code COYNE for a free trial open.spotify.com/episode/7HWk...