“Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?”
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A Design Aesthetic That Lets You Succeed In a World That Doesn’t Care If You Fail
Every era bears its aesthetic burden. This is ours.
The Living Nightmare of Homeownership
The manmade dream of owning a home wasn’t built on a solid foundation.
‘Leaving the Bay Area is the Best Thing You Can Do Right Now, If You Have a Dream’
In the Bay Area, there are two migrations: young people in tech moving in, ready to disrupt, and young people with other dreams — the artists, teachers, blacksmiths, therapists, mechanics, musicians — who leave because there’s no longer a place for them.
The Precarity of Everything: On Millennial (Blacks and) Blues
Reniqua Allen — the author of It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America — on Black millennials, millennial burnout, and hope in a time of uncertainty.
Style Ain’t Cheap, aka That Stuffed Coyote Costs Extra
Going to a hotel to have a place to sleep is for suckers: it’s influencing or bust.
Introducing ‘Fine Lines,’ a Series About Age and Aging
A new essay and podcast series examines how attitudes toward age and aging have changed.
You Can’t ‘Never Forget’ the Holocaust if You Haven’t Learned About It
A new study shows that knowledge about the Holocaust is dangerously at an all-time low.
You’ve Reached the Winter of Our Discontent
A half-assed elegy for the Cool-Loser Dream Boy of Gen-X cinema.
We’ve Always Hated Girls Online: A Wayback Machine Investigation
Searching for a teen girl who was once internet famous for her coding skills, a former fan uncovers a story of harassment.