Feb 22, 2021What Are You Willing to Risk for Sex in a Pandemic?87612Nona Willis AronowitzIn the past year, how has the pandemic changed your intimate relationships?Have you wanted to be closer to people or farther from them? Have you wanted more or less intimacy? Have you given up on dating or are you willing to meet people at all costs? GEN wants to hear from you and share your experiences with pandemic love and sex. Tell us your story in the comments below.1 min read1 min read
Published inGEN·Dec 28, 2020Member-only‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Got Me Through 2020The Gang’s chaos agents helped me understand what the hell just happened — At the end of every day, I slide three feet from the desk where I sit with my computer, to the couch where I sit with my computer. I’ve made something for dinner — at this point an exercise in calories, and boredom, usually over polenta — when my boyfriend…TV4 min readTV4 min read
Published inMomentum·Dec 23, 2020Member-onlyWelcome to Atlanta, Where the Viral Internet Is BornBlack creators make the viral hits, but struggle to command the same attention and money as White creators in Los Angeles — Taylor Lorenz has made reporting on internet culture for the New York Times an enviable gig. She’s covered the petty dramas of L.A.-based influencers and their work-live situations in mega-mansions across the Southland, and the deals these predominately White creators bring to their respective collab houses, even under quarantine.Tik Tok2 min readTik Tok2 min read
Published inMomentum·Dec 16, 2020Member-onlyA Few Statistics on the Extreme Whiteness of the Book Industry‘We were shocked by the extent of the inequality once we analyzed the data’ — When Toni Morrison worked as an editor at Random House from 1976 to 1983, about 3% of the books published during that time were written by Black authors. …Race2 min readRace2 min read
Published inMomentum·Dec 9, 2020Member-onlyBaltimore’s Progressive, Black, Millennial Mayor Is Ready to WorkBrandon Scott is the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century — Baltimore has just sworn in a new mayor—a progressive, Black millennial who wants to redefine the office. Thirty-six-year-old Brandon Scott is the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century. It’s a powerful office—in the last decade, mayors have resigned in disgrace due to corruption charges—and Scott aims to curb…Brandon Scott1 min readBrandon Scott1 min read
Dec 8, 20202020 may have been the worst for almost everything, but it was a great time for new words.2020 may have been the worst for almost everything, but it was a great time for new words. Trapped at home, our brains buzzing, turns out to be a great crucible for word creation, explains Ben Zimmer. 2020 took away a lot, but it gave us doomscrolling, covidiots, quarantinis and much, much more. From “Covidiot” to “Gleefreshing,” It Was a Lively Year for Word Creation Taking stock of the linguistic innovations of 2020.beyondwordplay.com1 min read1 min read
Dec 1, 2020Who Was Book Expo For, Anyway?At least we all got some nice tote bags — Want to feel a million years old? The last time I went to Book Expo, the largest trade show for the book industry in North America, the “Big Six” still existed. Then six became five, and very soon five will become four, with the merger of Penguin Random Schuster House…1 min read1 min read
Published inGEN·Nov 24, 2020Member-onlyTrump’s lawyers seem like they’re not super great at this law stuff.Trump’s lawyers seem like they’re not super great at this law stuff. The worst legal team in history is currently failing to steal the election for Donald Trump and looking…Rudy Giuliani1 min readRudy Giuliani1 min read
Nov 22, 2020“I accepted the lack of mirroring in my magazines as something that would not change, so best not to be too upset. Even if that’s how I felt inside.”Ashley C. Ford has long been obsessed with teen magazines. She would buy them with her allowance from her grandma, hoping that one day he would see herself reflected in them. She was always disappointed but tried not to let her disappointment show. Now she collects these 1990s-era magazines—Seventeen, YM, Teen People, even the Delia’s catalog—and she’s finally in possession of her Holy Grail, the August 1998 issue of Seventeen with Drew Barrymore on the cover, promoting her iconic girl-power twist on Cinderella, Ever After.1 min read1 min read
Published inGEN·Nov 21, 2020Member-onlyTwitter will transfer the POTUS handle to Joe Biden on January 20, no matter what.Twitter will transfer the POTUS handle to Joe Biden on January 20, no matter what. President Trump never used the handle, which is archived by the Library of Congress and…Donald Trump1 min readDonald Trump1 min read
