Social Media

May 5, 2017

Future Tense: Social Insecurity? Internet Turns Boomers Into Twits

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE We have long counted on our elders to act with a dignity befitting their advanced years and to express their sagacity […]
May 5, 2017

Modern Love: My So-Called (Instagram) Life

Modern Love By CLARA DOLLAR “You’re like a cartoon character,” he said. “Always wearing the same thing every day.” He meant it as an intimate observation, […]
April 19, 2017

Disruptions: How the Netflix Show ‘13 Reasons Why’ Led to Memes, T-Shirts and Debate

In response to “13 Reasons Why,” a 13-episode Netflix show about a high school student who commits suicide, teenage Twitter users are going at each other […]
March 25, 2017

Future Tense: The Perverse Thrill of Chaotic Times

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE For all the rational appeal of peace and stability, Americans have a powerful attraction to calamity and disruption. World War II […]
March 20, 2017

Skin Deep: Is Huda Kattan the Kim Kardashian West of Beauty Bloggers?

Skin Deep By BEE SHAPIRO Every month there seems to be a newly minted beauty star — someone whose social media feed highlights trends, how-tos, product […]
December 31, 2016

Scene Stealers: Introducing the Stallone Sisters

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — It was a high-wattage room even by this city’s standards. Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain were there, […]
December 17, 2016

Encounters: Kelly Oxford Is Looking for Peace of Mind

Encounters By KATHERINE ROSMAN On a bleak-for-Los Angeles morning this month, Kelly Oxford — author, mother, social media activist and provocateur — sat in a coffee […]
December 14, 2016

The Year in Style 2016: Kylie Jenner and the Year of the Drop

The Year in Style 2016 By ELIZABETH PATON Last Friday, on a sunny December morning, chaos descended upon a glossy shopping mall in the Canoga Park […]
December 10, 2016

Noted: Soak, Steam, Spritz: It’s All Self-Care

In the days after the presidential election, Jessa Blades, an herbalist and makeup artist in Brooklyn who supported Hillary Clinton, was devastated. “All I could think […]
December 5, 2016

On the Runway: Luxury Brands Seek a Way Into Generation Z

On the Runway By ELIZABETH PATON Millennials, the much-studied generation whose behavior has seduced and puzzled luxury brands in equal measure, are no longer the sole […]