Brooklyn, Everywhere
A native Brooklynite ponders the many meanings of gentrification and what we lose in our relentless pursuit of “the American dream.”
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In 2022, the Worker Is All of Us
The Amazon workers’ win comes at a time when unionization is no longer limited to the assembly line or industrial sectors.
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Five Great Oscars Moments for Women
Lessons for us all from Ariana DeBose, Sian Heder, Liza Minnelli, and even Jane Campion.
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I Refuse to Gentrify My Cleaning Products
The cultural legacy of Lemon Pledge, Murphy Oil Soap, Fabuloso, Windex, Ajax, and bleach.
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The No-Pain, No-Gain Ethos of Gen X
Life, we were always told, was gonna hurt a little bit.
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Parity With Men Is No Longer Enough
Why I'm focused on womanism rather than feminism
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Where Are Ukrainians Finding Their Courage?
This isn’t just about the protection of their mortal lives, but the protection of their way of life.
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How to Come Clean to Your Boss
A reader asks what her fiancé can do about a big lie he told his employer.
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The One Commodity the Wealthy Value Above All
Brooklyn’s rich condo dwellers want silence—even when there's a wedding going on.
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The Joys of Being a Regular
Yes, New York is an exciting place, but it’s routine that weaves you into the city.
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Who Are New York’s “Bad Guys,” Anyway?
Why we need to change the conversation around public safety in New York
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Embracing My Inner Rat Lady
Every great New Yorker has an obsession—mine happens to be rats.
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And Just Like That... Is A Mirror Image of the New NYC
What’s wrong with the SATC reboot is exactly what’s wrong with the city.
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It's Never Too Late for a Second Act
The real trick isn’t so much vision as it is discipline.
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Anthony Barbosa / Getty So You Wanna Know Ol' Brooklyn?
15 films that will help you understand the "old country"
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On Gentrification of Self: An Ode to Jeremy Strong
Some see an ambitious control freak. I see the American Dream.
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Fight Gentrification: Read a Book on the Subway
A defunct newsstand, a pop-up bookstore, and models for revitalizing NYC communities.
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Iris the Bra Lady Knows Better Than Your Instagram Ad
How the death of the mom-and-pop shop has been fueled by our own algorithmic-informed arrogance.
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Stephen Sondheim, Way Off Broadway
“The history of the world, my sweet, is who gets eaten and who gets to eat” landed differently at Edward R. Murrow High in the ’90s.
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King Baby brings graffiti back to NYC—and Tucson?
Because I participate in the continued gentrification of Brooklyn but am full of self-loathing about it, I take a peculiar satisfaction in the city refusing to heel to the behavioral standards of its newer, soft-skinned inhabitants. Put another way, when the city reminds us—in fucked-up ways big and small—that this is a complex urban metropolis and not a gilded playground, I’m kind of tickled by it. I ruffled some feathers last week when I wrote about quiet, so I’ll take it a step further and an
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America's Inside Voice
How the concept of quiet became a territorial marker for a certain white, monied class.
