Lyz Lenz
The Guardian
Iowa, United States
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Trump and Tucker Carlson were codependent. Their Venn diagram was one angry white circle
The Trump presidency was fuelled by the Fox hosts’ fact-free claims. Their gospel of hate will endure → Read More
Doing a little word puzzle as the world burns
"I started playing word games as a way to stop reading the news first thing in the morning." → Read More
From the Archive: Why Writing Matters in the Age of Despair
No word is wasted. No story is told in vain. → Read More
It’s been two years. Why does the pandemic feel so much harder for me now?
The vaccines have saved lives, but our support systems have collapsed. → Read More
Staring Contest
How election reporters see us, and how we view them → Read More
Lyz Lenz: New York's Andrew Cuomo investigation hits a snag — because of course it does
If we’ve learned anything, it’s that we have to stop hoping that men will save us. → Read More
When the Mob Comes
An interview with author Talia Lavin about online harassment and what you can do about it → Read More
The Only New Friends I Made This Year Were My Children
I worry my kids and I have become too close, that the boundaries between us are forever blurred. My daughter talks to me like she's 47, and my son calls me bro. But in the middle of this profoundly broken time, I’m grateful they're in it with me. → Read More
Thread Man
For four years, America has been ruled by the tyranny of tweets, and the news media has been tangled in threads. Twitter threads are a way for journalists to gather information and to promote their work; Virginia Heffernan wrote in Politico that they have become the “literary form of the Trump era.” In some ways, virality has enabled marginalized voices to be heard, but an ecosystem ruled by… → Read More
Welcome to Iowa, a state that doesn’t care if you live or die
The governor lifted all covid-19 restrictions — showing what we really mean when we say “Iowa nice.” → Read More
If Biden and Harris are serious about recovery, they have to bail out American women
If there’s a silver lining to the coronavirus, maybe it’ll be the moment when lawmakers started to recognize that the economy depends on American women. → Read More
The real reason local newspapers are dying » Nieman Journalism Lab
"I left daily newspaper journalism in 2005. But it’s only gotten worse, because now there is the internet to scapegoat for all of the incompetence and thievery." → Read More
White women vote Republican. Get used to it, Democrats.
White women are not a swing voting bloc. → Read More
Joni Ernst and the White Lie of 'Conservative Feminism'
“Joni doesn’t know beans” was the trending joke on the internet the night of the final debate between Joni Ernst, Iowa’s Republican incumbent senator, and Democratic challenger, Theresa Greenfield. → Read More
Iowa Republicans are only pivoting toward the center to save their hold on the state
Their change of tone is indicative of how desperately Republicans are trying to pivot in case Democrats win the presidency and/or the Senate. → Read More
The Power—And Threat—Of Mothers Like Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett’s motherhood is fetishized not because the GOP cares about moms, but because finding a mother who shares its interests is good for their brand. → Read More
Trumpism is based on a shared delusion about our politics. The virus punctured it.
Trump and his supporters could avoid that reality if Trump and his supporters could hide in their red bubbles. The virus punctured that bubble. → Read More
We have another health crisis: STIs going undetected
In Iowa, we deal with hardship through grit, determination and passive-aggressive denial. → Read More
It Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal
I spent 12 years fighting for an equal partnership, when what I needed was a divorce. → Read More
It Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal
I spent 12 years fighting for an equal partnership, when what I needed was a divorce. → Read More