Rachel Simon

2 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Rachel Simon

The death of influencer Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son is a tragedy. Due to his mother’s significant fame on TikTok, it’s also a national story. What it isn’t is an excuse to shame a grieving parent, and yet the ordeal has quickly become another example of the way parasocial relationships on social media can discourage empathy and lead to cruel online mobs, even in the aftermath of a terrible accident.

2 weeks ago | vulture.com | Rachel Simon

Taylor Swift might have sung, “I swear I don’t love the drama, it loves me,” on her 2017 album Reputation, but the fanfare leading up to its loooong-awaited rerelease seems to indicate otherwise. Ever since Swift’s sixth studio record became eligible for rerecording way back in November 2022 — the same long-ago month that saw Ron DeSantis topping polls and the end of The Walking Dead — fans have eagerly lapped up any clue that Reputation (Taylor’s Version) is ready for release.

1 month ago | thetaxadviser.com | Rachel Simon |Catherine Davis

tax clinic GROSS INCOME Editor: Mo Bell-Jacobs, J.D.The IRS has issued extensive guidance on treating payments to employees and other service providers as compensation, including how to report such compensation and the deductions and related treatment of the payments from the company side.

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Rachel Simon

Between Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent false claims that autism “destroys families” and the reports of a since-abandoned plan for a an autism registry tracking diagnosed individuals, getting tested for the condition may feel like an especially fraught decision right now. I absolutely understand these concerns. But forgoing an autism diagnosis poses its own risks, while also denies the person invaluable insight and support — both of which I received when I was diagnosed with autism last year.

2 months ago | vulture.com | Rachel Simon

Taylor Swift might have sung, “I swear I don’t love the drama, it loves me,” on her 2017 album Reputation, but the fanfare leading up to its loooong-awaited rerelease seems to indicate otherwise. Ever since Swift’s sixth studio record became eligible for rerecording way back in November 2022 — the same long-ago month that saw Ron DeSantis topping polls and the end of The Walking Dead — fans have eagerly lapped up any clue that Reputation (Taylor’s Version) is ready for release.