Jia Tolentino
Jia Tolentino has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2016, covering a range of topics in news and culture, including the age of Instagram face and, with Ronan Farrow, Britney Spears’s conservatorship nightmare. Previously, she was the deputy editor of Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. In 2023, she won a National Magazine Award for her columns and essays on abortion. Her first book, the essay collection “Trick Mirror,” was published in 2019.
Jennifer Lawrence Grows Up
From the daily newsletter: a profile of the actress Jennifer Lawrence, as her roles turn darker.
Jennifer Lawrence Goes Dark
She has been cast in maternal roles since her teens. Now, playing a mother for the first time since becoming one, she has chosen the part of a woman pushed past the edge of sanity.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Epiphanies
“Eat, Pray, Love” was a huge hit in part because readers imagined they could be like its author. Her new book, “All the Way to the River,” shows how dubious that notion was.
What the Labubu Obsession Says About Us
From the daily newsletter: why the tiny, grinning monsters became the latest cultural craze.
Why Young People Are Hooking Up Less Than Ever
From the daily newsletter: And should we worry about it? Plus: Atul Gawande on R.F.K., Jr.,’s war on vaccines.
Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
Confronted with a Vegas buffet of carnality, Generation Z appears to be losing its appetite.
What We’re Reading This Summer: Mega-Reads
New Yorker writers on long, immersive books that are worth the plunge.
John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”
Also: the skateboarding play “Bowl EP,” the off-kilter divas Grace Jones and Janelle Monae; Jamie Lee Curtis’s early “Love Letters,” and more.
Our Favorite “Only in New York” Spots
New Yorker writers muse on sui-generis spots around New York City.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion’s “everywoman.com”
Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition.
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
It took less than twenty-four hours after Trump’s reëlection for young men to take up a slogan that could define the coming era of gendered regression: “Your body, my choice.”
How America Embraced Gender War
Both Trump’s and Harris’s campaigns framed the Presidential election as a contest between men and women. Did the results prove them right?
Warren Hern, America’s Abortion Doctor
Hern, one of the few physicians who openly perform late abortions, has been receiving death threats since 1973. He thinks women are worse off today than they were back then.
A Story Collection About People Who Just Can’t Hang
Niche-porn addicts, self-proclaimed feminist allies, and nightmare optimization bros converge in Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.”
Sophie Is Gone. Her Music Lives On
The artist’s posthumous album is less an expression of her journey than a guide for the rest of us—a last gift.
What Tweens Get from Sephora and What They Get from Us
Kids are mimicking the semi-professionals they see on their phones, imbibing ideas about beauty rooted in deep desires and capitulations.
How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention
The animation juggernaut is now streamed for billions of hours each year, including on Netflix and its own YouTube channel. Should we be worried about that?
The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment
We are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. Becoming a parent showed me how tempting, and how dangerous, that exchange can be.
Jennifer Lawrence Grows Up
From the daily newsletter: a profile of the actress Jennifer Lawrence, as her roles turn darker.
Jennifer Lawrence Goes Dark
She has been cast in maternal roles since her teens. Now, playing a mother for the first time since becoming one, she has chosen the part of a woman pushed past the edge of sanity.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Latest Epiphanies
“Eat, Pray, Love” was a huge hit in part because readers imagined they could be like its author. Her new book, “All the Way to the River,” shows how dubious that notion was.
What the Labubu Obsession Says About Us
From the daily newsletter: why the tiny, grinning monsters became the latest cultural craze.
Why Young People Are Hooking Up Less Than Ever
From the daily newsletter: And should we worry about it? Plus: Atul Gawande on R.F.K., Jr.,’s war on vaccines.
Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
Confronted with a Vegas buffet of carnality, Generation Z appears to be losing its appetite.
What We’re Reading This Summer: Mega-Reads
New Yorker writers on long, immersive books that are worth the plunge.
John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”
Also: the skateboarding play “Bowl EP,” the off-kilter divas Grace Jones and Janelle Monae; Jamie Lee Curtis’s early “Love Letters,” and more.
Our Favorite “Only in New York” Spots
New Yorker writers muse on sui-generis spots around New York City.
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion’s “everywoman.com”
Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition.
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
A New Rallying Cry for the Irony-Poisoned Right
It took less than twenty-four hours after Trump’s reëlection for young men to take up a slogan that could define the coming era of gendered regression: “Your body, my choice.”
How America Embraced Gender War
Both Trump’s and Harris’s campaigns framed the Presidential election as a contest between men and women. Did the results prove them right?
Warren Hern, America’s Abortion Doctor
Hern, one of the few physicians who openly perform late abortions, has been receiving death threats since 1973. He thinks women are worse off today than they were back then.
A Story Collection About People Who Just Can’t Hang
Niche-porn addicts, self-proclaimed feminist allies, and nightmare optimization bros converge in Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.”
Sophie Is Gone. Her Music Lives On
The artist’s posthumous album is less an expression of her journey than a guide for the rest of us—a last gift.
What Tweens Get from Sephora and What They Get from Us
Kids are mimicking the semi-professionals they see on their phones, imbibing ideas about beauty rooted in deep desires and capitulations.
How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention
The animation juggernaut is now streamed for billions of hours each year, including on Netflix and its own YouTube channel. Should we be worried about that?
The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment
We are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. Becoming a parent showed me how tempting, and how dangerous, that exchange can be.