The Collecting of Books
My decade-long inconvenient, shameful habit.
Articles in Culture & Politics (180)
The “Replace Bad Things With Good Things” Roundtable
Bad things! We’re all sick of them. Isn’t it high time they were replaced with good things?
Welcome to Pinkertown
Where the data show that everything is A-okay!
The Peculiarity of Gender
It’s a complicated subject! Let’s talk about it.
How Corporations Try To Be More Human Than Humans
The fascinating history of corporate “personhood.”
Personalities For Sale
An investigation into VIDA Select and other dating services, which promise all the thrill of conquest without the mess of effort.
“Cancel Yale” Is Silly—Or Is It?
Conservatives haven’t exposed activists as inconsistent. But why defend a name?
Enchantments of the Ordinary
On the delights of picture-taking.