“People are disconnecting from reality — whether it’s from looksmaxxing, social media, dating apps, or porn,” says surgeon Evan Goldstein. In a survey, 67 percent of respondents admitted to lying about their penis size. Notably, Gen Z reported the lowest confidence in their penises.

Candace Owens has pissed off Turning Point, alienated Trump, shed her Republican identity — and is gaining more listeners than ever, writes Brock Colyar.

I went to Nashville to profile Candace Owens. We talked about Charlie Kirk visiting her in a dream; her transvestigation of Brigitte Macron; the last phone call she had with Donald Trump; and why she considers herself a moderate now. nymag.com/intelligence...

The final scene in this profile of Vivian Wilson by @brockcolyar.bsky.social is so good! www.thecut.com/article/vivi...

Model Vivian Wilson’s father — Elon Musk — is the richest man alive with an anti-trans vendetta. She’s still figuring out what she wants to do.

I love love love this style of trend piece. @brockcolyar.bsky.social — hang it in the louvre www.thecut.com/article/nyc-...

Disenchanted by Washington, the ‘Senate Twink,’ a staffer to former Senator Ben Cardin named Aidan Maese-Czeropski, blew up his life.

Disenchanted by Washington, the ‘Senate Twink,’ a staffer to former Senator Ben Cardin named Aidan Maese-Czeropski, blew up his life.

I called Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the former Senate staffer who got caught filming a sex tape on Capitol Hill (in the same room RBG was confirmed, by the way) back in 2023. He lives Down Under now and plans to bank off his infamy on OnlyFans. nymag.com/intelligence...

Kathleen Kingsbury took charge of the New York Times’ “Opinion” section in 2020, in the chaotic aftermath of a newsroom uprising triggered by Senator Tom Cotton’s notorious “Send in the Troops” column.

It must be nice to be a West Village Girl 👱‍♀️

This was also the first sentence in this story at which I let out a real and unflattering HA!

Read @brockcolyar.bsky.social's cover story on the new generation transforming the neighborhood — and reshaping the fantasy of New York City living. www.thecut.com/article/nyc-...

extremely psychically distressing to spend time in manhattan lately (more so than usual)... surrounded at keens last week by zoomers: mustaches, fades, chains, dead behind the eyes... that is no country for old men (millennials)

A pleasurably insufferable story in the old style. These young women always happen in certain economies—when I lived in SF during the first dot-com boom they were called Marina Girls

The West Village has transformed into a fabulous theme park for young women of some privilege to live out their 'Sex and the City' fantasies, posting and spending their mid-20s away. Read @brockcolyar.bsky.social's cover story on the West Village Girl: www.thecut.com/article/nyc-...

A must read from Ben Terris, our new Washington correspondent nymag.com/intelligence...

meghan markle said she would make the balloon arch herself www.vulture.com/article/with...

For our latest cover story, @brockcolyar.bsky.social reported on the young, gleeful, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on the rest of America: nymag.com/intelligence...

I wrote about my sordid past as a seven year old Reagan supporter and why the current crop of young MAGA elites/rich kids are giving me 1980s deja vu, and not in a good way: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...