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Julie Beck

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Why Do Millennials Love Horoscopes? (Hint: It’s Not Only Because They’re Free)

by benhuberman January 19, 2018October 19, 2022

A new audience finds comfort and meme-ready material in an old pseudoscience.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The New Age of Astrology

by benhuberman January 18, 2018October 19, 2022

What’s behind the recent surge of interest in astrology — especially among millennials?

Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes

The Flavor of Childhood: Sweet Medicine

by Aaron Gilbreath July 21, 2017October 19, 2022

One person searches for the anonymous fruit flavor of the pediatric amoxicillin that so many of us, somehow, came to love.

Posted inCurrent Events, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

There Are Reasons We Can’t Handle the Truth

by michelleweber March 19, 2017October 19, 2022

Julie Beck digs deep into news silos, alternative facts, and cognitive dissonance.

Posted inEditor's Pick

This Article Won’t Change Your Mind

by michelleweber March 15, 2017October 19, 2022

The facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What ‘Ask Polly’ Columnist Heather Havrilesky Learned About Love as a Video Game

by Sari Botton July 13, 2016October 19, 2022

At The Atlantic, Julie Beck talks to Heather Havrilesky about her new book How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life, a collection of her “Ask Polly” advice columns on New York Magazine‘s The Cut blog (originally at The Awl) plus some that haven’t been published before. In a […]

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