
Ellen Cushing
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
I write about food and other stuff for @theatlantic and my email address is [email protected] 🌞
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Ellen Cushing
Kim Kardashian always knows what people want to see. In the early 2010s, what people wanted was Kim, and Kim obliged. She was everywhere: on her show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians; on other people’s shows; on magazine covers; and, mostly, on the internet. There, she built an apparatus of self-surveillance out of newly available technology and newly acquired cultural hunger for unfiltered celebrity.
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Ellen Cushing
Listen1.0x0:008:43Listen to more stories on harkYou would have been forgiven, in 2019, for thinking that America could not possibly get more fanatical about fried-chicken sandwiches. This was the year Popeyes—a fast-food company previously known for bone-in chicken—lost the bones, added a bun (and some pickles and mayo), and set off a complete frenzy.
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1 month ago |
theatlantic.com | Ellen Cushing
Cameo is a platform that allows everyday people to commission B-to-Z-list celebrities to record personalized videograms for any occasion. Some time ago, when my friend Caroline was in the hospital, I used it to buy, for $12.59, a 2-minute, 14-second pep talk for her, delivered by a man who is famous online for dressing like a dog. More than two years later, Cameo wants me to know that if I would like to not receive Mother’s Day–related promotional emails, I can opt out.
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1 month ago |
theatlantic.com | Ellen Cushing
Inflation was high, economic growth was stagnant, and food prices were soaring: It was the 1970s, and everyone needed to eat to stay alive, but no one had any money. So a few enterprising grocery stores had an idea—they began purchasing their own food straight from the manufacturer, putting it in ostentatiously no-frills packaging, and selling it for significantly less than the name-brand stuff.
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1 month ago |
theatlantic.com | Ellen Cushing
Katy Perry climbed aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocketship with a smile on her face. She held a daisy, in tribute to her daughter, Daisy.
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