Sep 7, 2026
We Have More Ways to Date, and Fewer Ways to Meet Ordinary life has stopped producing relationships, so now governments, companies and AI are getting involved. When I moved to New York in 2008, it was the era of multi-dating. I’d never experienced anything like it...
Aug 10, 2026
Summer used to synchronise adulthood. Now it shows how differently we live. Adulthood used to be organised by two moments in time, regardless of what life stage you were in: Christmas, when we all got together, and summer, when we did the same. Christmas still looks...
Jul 6, 2026
From Prove It to Hot Divorce, the Four Female Moods of 2026 This is the summer women stop trying to have the same summer. Two summers ago, culture gave us Brat Summer. Lime green, messy, loud, anti-polish. This summer feels different. It’s not producing one dominant...
Jun 1, 2026
Before the algorithm, it was the bookshelf. Different medium. Same instruction. We’re fixed on the idea that the internet and the algorithm created the value divide between men and women. They haven’t helped. But they weren’t the start. Men and women have been given...
Mar 9, 2026
For over twenty-five years I’ve interviewed people all over the world. From talking about candy in Chicago to shampoo in Shanghai my job has been about parking my preconceptions. My work requires me to design questions that create space for answers I haven’t...
Mar 9, 2026
When I did a stand-up comedy course, the warm-up exercise involved standing on the stage one by one. Then everyone tells you their ‘read’ of you without saying a word. I got middle aged, middle class, mother. Two out of three were right. What struck me wasn’t that...