Xochitl Gonzalez

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Xochitl Gonzalez

Recently, I accidentally overdrew my checking account. That hadn’t happened to me in years—the last time was in 2008, when I was running a small business with no safety net in the middle of a financial crisis. Back then, an overdrawn account meant eating canned soup and borrowing cash from friends only slightly better off than me. This time, I didn’t need to worry—I was able to move money from a different account.

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Xochitl Gonzalez

One day this fall, while on campus at Brown University, I was met by two students—cellphones raised, cameras recording. They had spun off from a larger group protesting Brown’s decision not to divest from Israel. They recognized me as a trustee of the university and saw an opportunity to take me to task. They followed me for perhaps a block or two, calling me a hypocrite. For at least one of the students, the war in Gaza was not some cause du jour that he’d picked up from TikTok.

1 month ago | bbmundo.com | Xochitl Gonzalez

¿Sabías que tu bienestar, físico y emocional, depende en gran medida de qué tan buenos recuerdos conservas de tu infancia? Los recuerdos positivos de experiencias vividas durante esta etapa guardan una relación directa, no solo con la salud y la felicidad, sino con tus habilidades cognitivas y su capacidad para mantener una actitud de optimismo y saber manejar el estrés. Si a ti no te fue tan bien, no cometas el mismo error, es mejor sembrar buenos recuerdos en tus hijos.

2 months ago | theatlantic.com | Xochitl Gonzalez

New Yorkers, despite our reputation for being cantankerous, agree on many things—primarily things we dislike: rats; subway crime; our mayor, Eric Adams. Adams’s polling was dismal well before he was indicted on federal corruption charges. A 2023 Quinnipiac University poll put his approval rating at 28 percent—the lowest result for a mayor since Quinnipiac began polling New York voters, in 1996.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Xochitl Gonzalez

Should you find yourself invited to a sex party, it might be helpful to know that you are not obliged to have sex. You can listen to music or watch performances, observe your fellow guests, and, with permission, touch them. But no one will consider it rude should you leave without having sex. If you’re invited to an orgy, however, that’s a whole different ball of wax, and people will most certainly be offended if you don’t participate.