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The new home of my advice column 'Designs for Living', essays on things I adore (Drinking Alone, My First Apartment), whims, recommendations, glamour. Author of Happy Hour (2021).

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reflections on the sentimental, poetic and weird feelings associated with nostalgia in a developing digital world.

Media and political analysis from Adam Johnson (with contributions from Sarah Lazare)

The fashion and culture newsletter that publishes what legacy media can't.

writing to make you feel crazier & writing to make you feel sane

A critical review of beauty culture from “the woman the beauty industry fears” (the Sunday Herald).

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.

Field notes from the frontier of drugs and raving, by gonzo reporter Michelle Lhooq

Independent accountability journalism.