Collier Meyerson
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Past articles by Collier:
My Phone Keeps Me Sane During This Crisis
What happens when the only device that can make you stop crying is exactly the device that is making you cry? → Read More
Is This the End of Oversharing?
The internet has been reshaped by a fresh anxiety over posting—and revealing—too much. → Read More
VSCO Girls Are Just Banal Victorian Archetypes
The VSCO girls who rise to the top of my feed are a new version of an enduring image of piousness and demureness as the ultimate ambition. → Read More
The YouTubers Who Changed the Landscape for #NaturalHair
“It’s just hair, but it’s more than that. Every culture has held meaning in hair." → Read More
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Reveals the City's Lost Authenticity
A new film tackles San Francisco’s gentrification problem and what it means for a displaced community. → Read More
Instacart Delivers Groceries, but Detaches Us From Our Food
The less we touch our food, the further we get away from its significance. → Read More
The Invisible Reality of Brand-New Motherhood on Instagram
Instagram is full of serene, beautiful, caftan-clad mothers. But nothing on the platform really focuses on the visceral ravages experienced by a postpartum body. → Read More
Crispr Babies, IVF, and the Ethics of Genetic Class Warfare
He Jiankui was broadly condemned for editing the DNA of twins. But more widely used forms of gene editing, like IVF, perpetuate inequality by design. → Read More
When Kids Don’t Count
The Census already drastically undercounts children. Will “zero tolerance” make it worse? → Read More
It’s Time for Americans to Reckon with the True History of Racial Oppression in this Country
In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that. → Read More
For Women of Color, the Child Welfare System Functions Like the Criminal Justice System
Mothers of color are scrutinized by authority figures—and then punished. → Read More
Economic vs. Racial Justice Is a ‘False Choice,’ Says the New Working Families Party Director
Maurice Mitchell wants the WFP to be a political home for working-class people of every race. → Read More
Black Americans Face ‘Impossible Choices’ at Election Time. Alicia Garza Wants to Change That.
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement talked to The Nation about her initiative to engage skeptics and build political power among black communities. → Read More
A Crop of Reform-Minded Mayors Is Trying to Fix Policing and Fight Mass Incarceration
In their choice of a police chief and through other local initiatives, mayors can make major strides in improving the way their constituents interact with police and the criminal justice system. → Read More
Do We Need to Redefine Masculinity—or Get Rid of It?
It might not be enough to expand on masculinity’s so-called “innate properties.” We might have to rethink the idea of innate manhood altogether. → Read More
#MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’
The “enthusiastic consent” standard imagines a future in which pressure and coercion aren’t part of bad sex at all. → Read More
Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance
The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle. → Read More
6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo
Our writers reflect on how this remarkable moment of accountability can grow and endure. → Read More
Protesters Against Police Violence Risk the Very Thing They’re Fighting
In Baton Rouge, community members protesting Alton Sterling’s death faced police brutality, unjustified arrests, and jail time—and lasting trauma. → Read More
Prosecutors Keep Their Jobs by Putting People in Jail. Can They Be Leaders in the Fight for Criminal-Justice Reform?
A new wave of “progressive” prosecutors has made big promises. But is it possible for them to bring change when they are so reliant on law enforcement to do their jobs? → Read More