Kat Rosenfield

4 days ago | unherd.com | Kat Rosenfield

Donald TrumpLaura LoomerOval OfficePoliticsSeinfeldThe Supreme CourtUSvibe shift One of comedy’s greatest stock characters is the guy who’s his own worst enemy. You know the type: Kramer from Seinfeld; Michael Scott from The Office; the fanatical Wile E. Coyote who stalks the desert in perpetual and fruitless pursuit of his nemesis, the Road Runner.

6 days ago | thefp.com | Kat Rosenfield

America Is a Nation of Control Freaks. And Mel Robbins Has a Solution. Judging each other on social media has become a national sport. The internet’s favorite self-help guru wants everyone to stop. Two decades ago, the dawn of social media and the increasing ubiquity of smartphones catalyzed a fundamental shift in how human beings relate to each other. It wasn’t all bad: At their best, these new technologies fostered connection, communication, and creativity on an unprecedented global scale.

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Kat Rosenfield

In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally DisappointingUnderlying the much-hyped, brand-new show is a deep pessimism about heterosexual relationships. Molly, the heroine of the new show Dying for Sex, has stage IV breast cancer and a bucket list with just one item on it: to have mind-blowing sex, for the first time in her life. “I’ve never even had an orgasm with another person,” she tells her hospital therapist, after learning that she has about five years left to live.

4 weeks ago | thefp.com | Kat Rosenfield

What 23andMe Told America About ItselfThe disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity. To understand this week’s biggest business story, please join me in remembering the solipsistic, race-crazed fever dream that was American culture in 2017. This was the year when young adult fiction writers ate each other alive over a fantasy novel that was allegedly racist toward fairies.

4 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Kat Rosenfield

To understand this week’s biggest business story, please join me in remembering the solipsistic, race-crazed fever dream that was American culture in 2017. This was the year when young adult fiction writers ate each other alive over a fantasy novel that was allegedly racist toward fairies. In Portland, Oregon, a food truck was shuttered and its owners threatened with violence because they had supposedly culturally appropriated indigenous burrito recipes.