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Iris the Bra Lady Knows Better Than Your Instagram Ad

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 8, 2021

A tailor compares bras at her store. (Photo by Maica/Getty Images)

‘It’s Giving’: A Gift to Language

December 6, 2021

An illustration of a man in a crossword-puzzle vest working on a crossword at his computer

The Dangerous Experiment on Teen Girls

November 21, 2021

Illustration of a smartphone with a sad girl on the screen.

The Art of the Boyfriend ‘Soft Launch’

Kaitlyn Tiffany

October 29, 2021

Clark Gable's face, mostly blurred out, with a spinning wait cursor overlaid

Photos Are Too Flattering Now

October 25, 2021

collage of bad photos

Social Media Is Attention Alcohol

September 17, 2021

Illustration of a sad person with their smartphone

To Be Honest With You, No Influencer Has Been Treated More Unfairly Than Donald Trump Jr.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

July 22, 2021

Collage image of Donald Trump Jr. and social-media symbols

The Truth Seekers Are Coming

Kaitlyn Tiffany

March 17, 2021

The word "truth," several times on a pink background. Part of a woman's face in black and white.

Don’t Help Your Kids With Homework

Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

March 2, 2021

A stressed-out person with a pencil

The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful

Kaitlyn Tiffany

August 18, 2020

It’s Cool to Look Terrifying on Pandemic Instagram

Kaitlyn Tiffany

May 11, 2020

The Atlantic Daily: 8 Ways to Stay Creative in Quarantine

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 17, 2020

We Want to Hear From You

Join the #AtlanticPoetryChallenge on Instagram

April 6, 2020

You Have a Moral Responsibility to Post Your Boring Life on Instagram

Kaitlyn Tiffany

March 17, 2020

Two iPhones, one with a boy in a blue shirt, waving at the girl in a pink shirt in the other one.

It’s All So … Premiocre

April 2020 Issue

Illustration of hand lifting cover off of burger

You Can’t Buy Memes

Kaitlyn Tiffany

February 28, 2020

Former mayor Mike Bloomberg with pixelated meme sunglasses.

The New Trophies of Domesticity

January 29, 2020

An animation of a stand mixer

Meme Thievery Goes Corporate

December 6, 2019

A variation on the "distracted boyfriend" meme

We Want to Hear From You

#ReadingMyAtlantic Is Back

November 13, 2019

Free the Eggplant

November 7, 2019

A pile of eggplants

Tattoos Now Have an Exit Strategy

October 29, 2019

A tattoo of a flower on a young woman's upper arm

Why the New Instagram It Girl Spends All Her Time Alone

Kaitlyn Tiffany

October 16, 2019

A woman alone in an art installation with hundreds of tiny lights and mirrored walls.

Lift Weight, Not Too Much, Most of the Days

September 26, 2019

The silhouette of a man doing a pull-up on a beach in the Philippines.

‘Close Friends,’ for a Monthly Fee

Kaitlyn Tiffany

September 17, 2019

Two kids look at a smartphone at home

The Real Message Behind Justin Bieber’s Drug Confession

Spencer Kornhaber

September 5, 2019

The Hypocrisy of SoulCycle

August 12, 2019

A woman lifts weights while riding a SoulCycle stationary bicycle.

Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet

August 12, 2019

The People Who Love to Watch Other People Clean

August 7, 2019

Various cleaning supplies

Instagram Wants Memers to Like It Again

August 6, 2019

Where Everyone’s an Influencer

July 31, 2019

The Tender Power of Astrology Memes

July 30, 2019

A person takes a photo of a Lego portrait of a bull.

The Problem With Verification

June 25, 2019

Sudan and the Instagram Tragedy Hustle

June 17, 2019

Why Teens Are Selling Clothes Out of Their Closets

June 13, 2019

There’s Nothing Wrong With Posing for Photos at Chernobyl

June 12, 2019

A man takes a photo of ruins in Pripyat, Ukraine.

One Day, All of This Will Be Embarrassing

June 11, 2019

Man taking a photo of a group with a smartphone