Laura Kipnis

Laura Kipnis is the author, most recently, of Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis.

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  1. The Pornography Paradox

    Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users’ desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal.

    A small circle containing a color photo of a woman's mouth is superimposed on a black-and-white photo of a man's eye.
    Photo-illustration by Vanessa Saba
  2. America’s Mediocre Hero

    In his newest book, Michael Cohen seems to be no longer a witness to history, but rather a man fractured by history.

    Portraits of Michael Cohen
    Chip Somodevilla / Getty; Yana Paskova / Getty; The Atlantic
  3. Screw Wisdom

    In a bold new memoir of female middle age, libido obliterates the usual clichés.

    Eleni Kalorkoti