Meaghan O’Connell

whites... i'm avail to teach a seminar on being an untrusting hater

same, i have $20 riding on this lol

it's like he is trying to generalize his own refusal to see his blind spots into a political strategy. he feels left behind by the urgency of the current moment (HE IS) and is projecting that onto the left more broadly. "we need a big tent so i can stay relevant." no you need to fix your heart

when EK was like "this unprecedented moment of political violence" and TNC was like GIRL,

the only woman in this world i can rely on is PURELY ELIZABETH

i'm giddy

the people have spoken

lmao

on rapturetok they are postulating that facial recognition technology and possibly AI is the mark of the beast -- wondering if we could harness this somehow

House Arab I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...

"I knew that someday, years or perhaps decades down the line, when half of Gaza was still rubble and the other half Israeli skyscrapers, the magazine would offer a mea culpa. Maybe someone involved would end up considering it the biggest mistake of their career." bidoun.org/articles/hou...

shout out to the husbands across america, lingering in doorwaysto explain what a groyper is

This is class solidarity.

In case you’re at all confused.

Write it through or make it an As Told To 👩🏼‍⚖️

please let us pump the brakes on the curséd Q&A. It’s lazy non-writing that’s usually assigned as a favor or obligation or for a New Yorker freelancer to make word count. for the interviewee, it’s barely mediated PR! I blame podcasts, which are great, but not writing — 🛑 stop it 🛑

what doesn’t get read (much) are author Q&As, in comparison and if packaged correctly reviews still go!

Match made in fucking heaven

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

ok but genuinely, having read it, liz gilbert trying to murder her dying girlfriend really wasn't that crazy in context lol

well —

oh same for sure

Here it is www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/his...

I remember my parents saying the same!

given how much money exists in both hollywood & in some of the biggest foundations, i think "liberal" institutions need to be stepping up & giving more. like. a *lot* more.

Put this to popular vote and see what happens

YouTube video by Regent University School of Law Don't Talk to the Police

people have to talk to cops for television, to move the plot forward.
in the hunting wives universe this video doesn’t exist www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o...

why is my biggest problem with the hunting wives that you never talk to cops

wow yes like a reward for the effort. I swear sometimes white people just laugh at something because it’s delivered in the shape of a joke

a great job for someone who lives in new york 😭

I don't know if there's anyone using the privilege of their platform as well as Sally Rooney is, right now. Hard to overstate how different the world might look if everyone in a position like hers pushed on issues they way she does.