Alana Hope Levinson
GQ
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Past articles by Alana:
Cody Rigsby’s Raunchy Ride to Stardom
The Peloton instructor is at the forefront of the company’s push to blend fitness and entertainment. → Read More
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Bennifer
It doesn’t matter whether Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are really rekindling their relationship or not: Their storied affair offers solace to a generation in need of celebrity nostalgia. → Read More
Who’s Actually Horny on Main When Everyone’s Horny on Main?
It’s hard to imagine, but there was once a time when I worried that my tweets about eating ass would get me fired. The fear... → Read More
Who Are the Women of the Manosphere?
Over the past decade, we’ve seen the explosion of the “manosphere,” a collection of online spaces that have been effective in radicalizing men. Against what,... → Read More
‘Trashfire Daddy’ and Other Names You’ve Been Given in Your Exes’ Phones
For a while, my friend was dating a man whose name I can’t remember. But she, and by extension I, called him Trashfire Daddy. During... → Read More
Millennials Aren’t Killing Titties, We’re Just Changing the Way We Spell the Word
From 2012 to 2016, the number of Hooters dropped 7 percent. Could the breastaurant simply be going the way of pretty much every other fast... → Read More
Millennials Aren’t Killing Titties, We’re Just Changing the Way We Spell the Word
The Extremely Online are destroying language — one tiddy (or tity) at a time → Read More
F*ck Santa Claus—It’s All About The Elves
I don’t remember ever believing in Santa. By age 5, I was already determined to catch my mom in the central lie of Christmas because... → Read More
A Rabbi on How to Atone for Our Digital Sins This Yom Kippur
About a year ago, I made friends with a tech-savvy Hasidic rabbi named Mordechai Lightstone on Twitter. Every so often, he would slide into my... → Read More
A Rabbi on How to Atone for Our Digital Sins This Yom Kippur
About a year ago, I made friends with a tech-savvy Hasidic rabbi named Mordechai Lightstone on Twitter. → Read More
Family Plans Forever
Jeremy turned 15 a week after 9/11, the event that inspired his mom to buy him a Samsung. The same was true for Katie, who... → Read More
Where Have All the Dick Flaps Gone? –
How guys are handling the trend of fly-less men’s undies → Read More
Alana Hope Levinson
Alana Hope Levinson is a writer and editor of things on the internet. → Read More
How to build a more civil internet
Over the course of the election, we saw online discourse reach a new low. “Trolls are no longer just a 17-year-old sitting in their mom’s basement hacking away,” said reporter Kristen Brown while introducing a panel about online civility at the Real Future Fair in Oakland. “Everybody has the potential to be a troll, and we are seeing trolling becoming a really big problem.” → Read More
The cruelty of Facebook’s algorithmic newsfeed
If this election brought out the worst in us as a nation, our newsfeeds contain all the evidence. → Read More
Meet the ‘meme scientists’ who tracked this election’s crazy viral phenomenon
When you've been offline for hours and you return to discover all your friends are sharing something you don't understand, Know Your Meme is there for you. → Read More
In Black Mirror’s San Junipero, heaven is a queer, feminine place on earth
People on the internet are obsessed with “happy endings.” → Read More
RIP VINE: Here Are the Vines That Will Loop in Our Hearts Forever
Vine is dying. → Read More
Here's What It's Like When Your Tinder Date Lives Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
Online dating between the U.S. and Mexico can get complicated. → Read More
Why So Many College Students Are Getting Busted for Racist Snapchat Posts
If you are a living, breathing human that consumes media online, you’ve seen it. → Read More