I wrote about the triumph of Imane Khelif's glamorous high-fashion photo shoots, which celebrate her for the very things (her face, her physique, her gender presentation) the anti-trans right loves to mock. slate.com/culture/2024/1…

The Olympic boxer who became the face of awful transphobia is reclaiming her image. slate.com/culture/2024/1…

🚨 sorry to bring this up, but... did you buy Harris/Walz merch? I want to talk to you about it, please DM me 🚨

I wrote about why it's still shocking to hear a member of Congress use a transphobic slur, even in this era of anti-trans politics slate.com/news-and-polit…

I wrote about how sheer clothing took over and what it all means at the dawn of a second Trump presidency: slate.com/business/2024/…

On the Harris-Walz camo hat: “This is going to sound like really stupid and nostalgic, but tossing it feels like giving something up. And as long as I’ve got it, I’m not giving it up.” slate.com/news-and-polit…

Anita Bryant, villain of the gay-rights movement, is dead. In the 70s, she led a backlash against the rising visibility of LGBTQ people that was jarringly similar to what we're seeing today. I feel fine using her death to promote my podcast about it: slate.com/podcasts/slow-…

Just 6% of D.C. voters supported Trump. Now, he's moving back, bringing a whole new band of staffers and acolytes to the city. Here's how D.C. residents feel about it. slate.com/business/2025/…

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

after my fourth helping of fish sperm, I began to wonder...

I wrote about the strange current state of buying drugs: Legal dispensaries make you feel like a criminal. Black-market vendors have never been so polished. And corporate $ gives a professional sheen to harmful substances that aren't regulated at all! slate.com/business/2025/…

"The median American has $8,000 in the bank; Noem had nearly half that in a bag resting against her foot under her chair when it was ganked." Christina Cauterucci slate.com/life/2025/04/d…

on the return of a highly powerful political tool: Pete Buttigieg's beard slate.com/life/2025/04/p…

fur is in, handwringing about ethics is out slate.com/life/2025/05/f…

I wrote about the boom in Pride celebrations in conservative areas, and the extreme measures organizers are taking to keep them safe in the face of violent threats. slate.com/life/2025/06/p…

TODAY at 12pm ET - @RandiZuckerberg Celebrates #PRIDEMonth🏳️‍🌈 - @C_Cauterucci on the Conservative Wave's impact on Pride - @ZZDoubleZZ on his special “Surprise Me” - Steve Buckley on Stereotypes in Sports Culture - R.K. Russell on Queer Presence in Sports 🔊@SiriusXM Ch. 132🔊

I wrote about the beginning of the end of corporate Pride, and the possibilities that await us when the companies leave slate.com/life/2025/06/p…

more and more people are saying that the death of corporate pride is Actually Good. you’re hearing it all the time

I'm sorry in advance. Once you read this, you won't be able to unsee it. slate.com/life/2025/06/p…