Social Media

October 5, 2016

A Head-Shot Truck Comes to New York

On a recent afternoon in Hell’s Kitchen, a pink and orange Chevrolet Stepvan, pulled up to the curb. It looked suspiciously like a food truck peddling […]
September 10, 2016

Future Tense: The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE “The world has always been messy,” President Obama said in 2014 after a string of doom-and-gloom news events. “In part, we’re […]
August 17, 2016

Fighting Frizz? Then You Should’ve Put a Shower Cap on It.

Aly Walansky doesn’t care how ridiculous she may look. When she is running errands or heading to meetings and it begins to rain, she will reach […]
August 11, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: At the Olympics, Everyone’s Looking. Especially at the Men.

Call them the “Magic Mike” Olympics. The Games have always meant different things to different people, whether they are fans of popular sports, passionate adherents of […]
August 6, 2016

8 Olympians Who’ve Got Social Media Game

Over 11,000 athletes have spent much of their lives preparing for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which begin with tonight’s opening ceremony. Somehow, between training, competing, eating […]
June 26, 2016

Mourning the Death of Bill Cunningham

On Saturday afternoon, the legendary fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died in Manhattan at age 87. Shielded from the elements by a simple blue coat and with […]
June 25, 2016

Noted: Closing the Gender Gap, One E-Battle at a Time

Judy Jetset walked around the bar at the Playwright Irish Pub in Midtown Manhattan, checking in on the 40 people she had brought together to watch […]
June 14, 2016

Scene Stealers: What a ‘Ghostbusters’ Online Attack Says About the Digital Age

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — The rage was immediate. As soon as the Hollywood trades reported that Sony Pictures was going to reboot […]
May 28, 2016

This Life: Lights, Camera, We’re Having a Baby!

May 28, 2016 By BRUCE FEILER When Danielle and Jon Murray of Raleigh, N.C., learned they were having their first child five years ago, they were […]
April 16, 2016

Mary Beard and Her ‘Battle Cry’ Against Internet Trolling

By MATTHEW SCHNEIER April 16, 2016 Mary Beard, silver-haired and red-shod, was seated in front of a packed house at Lincoln Center one recent Thursday morning, addressing an […]