The New Age of Performance Anxiety With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.

"People navigate the world with brains meant to protect them from the fanged beasts of the savanna. Now our predators stalk us with their phones": Read an adapted excerpt of Megan Garber's SCREEN PEOPLE—in bookstores today!—at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Artemis Astronauts Are Studs Strength, courage, expertise, wonder: NASA’s moon-mission crew has reset the bar for greatness.

They're studs, and not just because they look good during space showers. As @sallyjenx.bsky.social writes, these are "people of accomplishment bringing expertise—not bravado—to difficult problems." Such a refreshing departure...
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She Testified About Being Raped. Then ICE Showed Up. Immigration officers are making arrests in sensitive locations, including family court.

Terrorized by the men in their lives, then terrorized by the state—a harrowing piece by @rosesheinerman.bsky.social. I keep hoping to wake up one day and not feel sick to my stomach, but no.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Opinion | ‘The First Losers in All of This Were Women’

Americans have long used the “liberation” of Muslim women as justification for warfare and occupation. But “nothing about war” supports the efforts that actually lead to women’s safety and freedom. Meher Ahmad, sobering and true, in @nytopinion.nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...

What a Century-Old Sex Manual Got Right And very wrong

“A man,” a renowned Dutch gynecologist wrote 100 years ago—in a sometimes surprisingly spicy text—“must know how to make love.” But his book also promoted disturbing beliefs with “unsettling echoes in the present,” Anna Holmes writes @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

One Weird Trick for Being a Better Man When a man is with other men, why does he lose his moral compass so reliably?

"Men simply do not call each other on their shit." If only more of them would, how powerful that would be. @katemanne.bsky.social nailing it again. katemanne.substack.com/p/one-weird-...

How Did I Become So Averse to Hype? “The Pitt,” “Severance,” “Sinners,” you name it: For some reason, the more popular something is, the more likely I am to resist it.

Tickled to make my first on-page cameo in an @theatlantic.com story—a delightful, relatable confession by the hype-averse Anna Holmes: @annawww.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/pop-cult...

The Tyranny of the Relationship Gap Age gaps, swag gaps, woke gaps—where does it end?

You might see a “career-ambition gap,” “museum-appreciation gap,” “anxiety gap,” or just about any other “gap” in a relationship—but what are these labels *really* saying? @faith-hill.bsky.social @theatlantic.com has a sharp take: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

If We Cared About Girls The world would be unimaginably different

Co-sign @katemanne.bsky.social.

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Love Is Blindsided On Netflix’s hit dating show, the villain edit is out; the villain twist is in.

"Misogyny rarely announces itself openly; instead, it very often emerges through small slights and insults": I'm not watching this show but I *am* here for this smart critique from Megan Garber @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Gen Z Women Are Having an Identity Crisis They may be struggling even more than young men.

In which @faith-hill.bsky.social @theatlantic.com says the quiet part out loud: "That this fact has been obscured—that women themselves have been obscured in this conversation—says a lot about who gets prioritized in American culture." www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

"I was there. I was there. I was there. We were there." // That's the part where the lump came into my throat and wouldn't leave. A heartfelt, devastating portrait by @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Gene Kelly School of Life I thought I was okay, until I started watching musicals with my daughter—and couldn’t stop crying.

Moral of the story from @galuten.bsky.social: We could all probably use a bit more Gene Kelly...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

‘Commuting Is Bad’—Particularly for Women A growing body of research shows how longer travel times affect moms’ ability to work.

"This is, admittedly, not a terribly sexy topic," Stephanie H. Murray writes, but it is an intriguing one: She dives into some striking data showing how commutes affect women's employment and earnings, especially after they have kids—and thus the gender wage gap.
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

Why the Brown Shooting Felt Different I’m used to responding to sudden tragedies, but not ones this personal.

"The reality is that we’re all on the 'dead people' beat now." Devastating and true, from @juliettekayyem.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why Couples Therapists Are Sick of ‘Therapy-Speak’ What happens when spouses accuse each other of gaslighting? Nothing good.

“Instead of learning the textbook definitions of psychological disorders,” @olgakhazan.bsky.social writes, “laypeople are absorbing the oversimplified versions, then diagnosing their spouse.” Might this sound familiar? Then you need to read this good piece:
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When Did the Job Market Get So Rude? Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.

“An employer whose new hire ghosts before onboarding is inconvenienced; an applicant who’s ghosted by prospective employers over and over again can end up sleeping in their car.” Sharp analysis of the “job ghosting” phenomenon by Franklin Schneider:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Enough With the Brussels Sprouts Already Cabbage is the better Thanksgiving option.

Some sprout recipes "involve individually pulling all the layers of leaves off each one, which sounds like some kind of boarding-school detention." Now seriously second-guessing my Thanksgiving choices thanks to this delightful piece by @giladedelman.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Pig Is in the White House This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.

Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

How to Cheat at Conversation A new AI tool promises to improve social interactions but instead makes them worse.

“The assumption behind Cluely is that letting an AI pull a Cyrano yields better interactions than relying on your own brain,” @julieebeck.bsky.social writes. Her verdict after testing it: It's horribly inefficient—and could in fact harm your relationships. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

Advent Calendars Are Totally Out of Control What began as a form of religious expression has morphed into a brand-a-palooza.

Now you, too, can count down to Christmas, @elcush.bsky.social writes, by unboxing: tea, designer lipstick, wine, weed, chili crisp, cheese, knives, crystals...toys for children, toys for cats, toys for dogs, toys for sex (or a daily thong). www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

The End of Naked Locker Rooms What we lose when casual nudity disappears

“Without exposure to the normal variety of bodies, we may become less comfortable with our own.” A fun, fascinating @theatlantic.com piece by Jacob Beckert on the decline of mundane, everyday opportunities to get naked together:
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

No, Women Aren’t the Problem America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but, sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.

"The political reality in 2025 is that our government is as stereotypically masculine as a dick-measuring contest in a weight room": @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com wades into the "great feminization" debate and it is 🔥🔥🔥: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Dear James: So Long, Farewell A reader keeps having to leave unsupportive support groups. And James Parker says goodbye to his column.

Some beautiful advice from James Parker @theatlantic.com as he wraps up his “Dear James” column: “If we can stay connected to the miraculous and fleeting fact of being here at all, we’ll have at least a chance of being—eventually—okay.”
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When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.

"College is, among other things, an exercise in independence": I recommend this piece to any parents of rising freshmen who might be experiencing "an inability to let go, to allow children the gift of separation," as Russell Shaw writes: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

What Leni Riefenstahl’s Work Reveals About Fascism The director’s collaborations with the Nazi government translated Hitler’s ideas to film, almost verbatim.

Leni Riefenstahl’s 1938 film on the Berlin Olympics is dull in the way porn is, @sallyjenx.bsky.social writes: It has an obsession with "perfect" bodies; "monotony; repetitive floggings.” But a riveting new doc offers a better way to decipher her work—and Nazism: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

How Delivery Destroyed American Restaurants We’ve become a nation of order-inners. Eating will never be the same.

"Convenience is like sex: Once you’ve had it, it’s hard to forget how good it is to have it," @elcush.bsky.social writes. So it has gone with restaurants and delivery—and the results are...not great.

The Louvre Heist Is Terrific Here was a dreamy little crime in which no one really got hurt.

"How nice to read about a heist rather than a massacre"—especially when the article about that heist is by @caity.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Rich-Mom, Poor-Mom Happiness Fallacy Where commentary on parental satisfaction goes wrong

Many people have claimed that wealthy moms are "the most miserable and stressed." But Stephanie H. Murray, after a deep dive into the research on parental well-being, finds that in many instances, the opposite is true: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.

Such a moving, powerful essay by Reem Kassis: "My grief from witnessing what has been done to my people is so vast, so relentless, that sadness over my grandmother’s death feels like something too indulgent. I am heartbroken, and I am ashamed of that heartbreak."
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...