Joanna Weiss

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Joanna Weiss

Chiseled jawlines are in everywhere, but in Washington, D.C., people have even more reasons to go under the knife (or at least the needle). Illustration by Tara Jacoby for POLITICO Joanna Weiss is a writer in Boston and a contributing writer for POLITICO Magazine. One of Washington observers’ favorite online games, in the MAGA-2 era, is guessing whose facial features are looking … different. And these days, it’s increasingly the men.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joanna Weiss

One of Washington observers’ favorite online games, in the MAGA-2 era, is guessing whose facial features are looking … different. And these days, it’s increasingly the men. Sometimes the changes are obvious: When former Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz unveiled what seemed like an entirely new face last year, dermatologists described every suspected procedure on TikTok and the tabloids.

1 month ago | bostonmagazine.com | Joanna Weiss

I was in a classroom at Northeastern University, where I worked at the time, giving a science-communication workshop to a group of graduate students. When I asked what they studied, a young biologist named Maria told me she works with an animal called C. elegans.My humanities brain heard “sea elegance.” I imagined a giant creature swimming gracefully through the water, like the Little Mermaid.

Mar 22, 2025 | politico.com | Joanna Weiss

The reality show is a microcosm of a deep national divide over politics. Illustration by Bill Kuchman/POLITICO (source images via Netflix) Joanna Weiss is a writer in Boston and a contributing writer for POLITICO Magazine. Love may be blind, but politics has X-ray vision.

Jan 31, 2025 | wbur.org | Joanna Weiss

It is a conundrum of life as a transplanted New Englander that you can hate winter but love snow. Winter is the worst. Sorry, skiiers. It’s cold that seeps into your bones, darkness that descends by 5 p.m. Dry hands, chapped lips. Hat head. Snow, on the other hand, is magical. It makes the bare branches look beautiful. It’s thrilling for dogs. It gives you a reason to chat with your neighbors. And it feeds that New England sense of superiority.