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You Can’t Blame the Phones Forever
Yes, smartphones suck. Now what?
Nov 27, 2024
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Grinding
Implications of a middle school pastime
Sep 17, 2023
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The Whiplash of Modern Uncertainty
What, exactly, was 2020?
Aug 21, 2023
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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Being a “Pop Princess Ally” Hasn’t Done S*** For Me
Lorde, fanaticism, and the Mitski sleeper cell lurking beneath the Gowanus Canal
Nov 20, 2024
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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Babies Are Obsessed With Their iPads. Who Cares?
CoComelon and the fraught battle over the quality of youth
Jun 24, 2024
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Sofia
Cuatro veces más. Cuatro veces más. Sofia is disgusted. I’ve known her for six hours, but I can see it in her eyes, through the dusty right-hand mirror…
Aug 25, 2023
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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Before the Flood
The meaning of the Los Angeles fires
Jan 9, 2025
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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Age is a Waterfall
Am I the only one who's obsessed?
Jun 12, 2024
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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East Village Poser
A fresh history dispels the myth of the "real" New Yorker
Feb 2, 2024
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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Barbarian Haze
Trust a memoir at your own risk
Sep 4, 2024
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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A Drifter's Game
New York City and the obvious impossibility of "Frances Ha"
Aug 30, 2023
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Nicky von Hartz Shapiro
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My first short story is live
Mar 31, 2025
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