Minimalism might be the new trend, but it’s also misunderstood.
Veronica Walsingham asks: “How exactly did I go from paying a monthly $7.99 to listen to a Meredith Grey monologue while I did the dishes to paying $110.32 per month for the same thing? It happened the same way Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt in ‘The Sun Also Rises’: gradually and then suddenly.” O.K., so I am still watching “Grey’s Anatomy” on Hulu and paying a reasonable price for it. But Walsingham’s Op-Ed from the future could be a prescient glimpse into my future — and yours, if you think it’s possible that “we never outsmarted the entertainment industry when we opted for Netflix subscriptions over cable.” Happy bingeing. — Alexandra March |
You Are Now Remotely Controlled |
 | | Illustration by Erik Carter; Photograph by Getty Images |
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“Surveillance capitalism has turned epistemic inequality into a defining condition of our societies, normalizing information warfare as a chronic feature of our daily reality prosecuted by the very corporations upon which we depend for effective social participation.” |
What We Get Wrong About Minimalism |
 | | Lucy Jones |
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What comes to mind when you read that word? Sparse white walls, modern shapes, sleek lines? Minimalism might be today’s trend, but it’s so much more than that. “It advocates seeing the world not as a series of products to consume but sensory experiences to have on your own terms.” |
The First Time I Said, ‘I’m Trans’ |
 | | Alessandra De Cristofaro |
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Twenty years ago, Jennifer Finney Boylan came out as transgender — long before that word was on the minds of politicians and nestled within policy pages. The visibility that transgender people have seen since has made life better in many ways, but in others, so much worse. |
Minutes of the Monthly Chapter Meeting: Influencers’ Union L39 |
 | | Molly Fairhurst |
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“At 6:02 p.m., a Beauty Blogger representative requested a short recess on the basis of, ‘There’s really good lighting down here and I want to get a quick pic.’ The recess was denied on the basis of, ‘We haven’t even started yet.’” |
Can You Defeat the Privacy Chicken? |
Sure, you know that giving away your personal information puts your privacy at risk. “But instead of being pilfered without your knowledge, this game forces you to make a clear choice … Or are you too chicken?” |
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