Katy Waldman
Slate
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Katy:
Rabbit Holes: Why I Study the Menus of Restaurants at Which I Will Never Dine
Crafting the perfect imaginary meal can be just as tasty as the real thing. → Read More
There’s Nothing More to Learn About Trump. Please Enjoy This Essay About Him.
There was so much to say, and we said it all. We really did. → Read More
Why We Didn’t Listen to Larry Nassar’s Victims
It wasn’t just USA Gymnastics and Michigan State that ignored the girls and young women he abused. We all did. → Read More
Trump’s Fake News Awards, or When an Idiot Calls You a Loser
The ritual of picking losers rather than winners is a characteristically Trumpian one. → Read More
A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Mike Pence’s Master Class in Toadyism
Fourteen compliments in less than three minutes! → Read More
Slate Critics Pick the Best Episodes of Children’s Television of All Time
Obviously a Backyardigans episode is on the list. But which one?! → Read More
The Odyssey’s First Female Translator Draws Out the Poem’s Strangeness and Ambiguity
Listen to this episode using the audio player below: The January selection is Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Join us! Visit our Au ... → Read More
Katy Waldman’s 10 Favorite Books of 2017
Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan Read Laura Miller’s review of Manhattan Beach. Listen to Slate’s Audio Book Club discuss the book. Jennifer Egan repo ... → Read More
A Beautiful Novel About Masculinity, Repression, and a Gay Footballer
What would it look like, Raisin asks, if the whole system of repression and regulation were overturned? → Read More
What Do We Really Want From Public Apologies by Alleged Sexual Harassers?
When Louis C.K. issued a response to allegations that he had masturbated in front of multiple women, his statement seemed—at first glance—to limp acros ... → Read More
Twitter’s New Character Limit Has Made Trump Coherent. That’s So Much Worse.
He is now tweeting legible messages rather than a geyser of ranty gobbledygook. → Read More
What It Feels Like to Watch Election Night 2016 a Year Later
From my perch in the present, I felt bad for these poor people. → Read More
What to Do if a Co-Worker Who Suffers Sexual Harassment Asks You to Keep It Secret?
Thinking through a difficult moral dilemma. → Read More
Hillary Clinton’s Gutting Campaign Memoir Sure Feels Relevant This Week
Listen to this episode using the audio player below: The November selection is Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Join us! Visit our Audio Book Club arc ... → Read More
Being Inside the Courtroom When Paul Manafort Got Arraigned Was Wonderfully Soothing
The alleged criminals barely registered as present, let alone furious or terrified or guilty or righteous. → Read More
Let’s All Chip in to Buy Ivanka Trump a Better Thesaurus
Adventures in word salad with the first daughter of the United States. → Read More
Bob Corker and Jeff Flake Would Rather Perform Their Trump Hatred Than Act on It
Conservative tantrums may be inspiring, but they're also kind of impotent. → Read More
The First Volume of The Book of Dust Is a Masterpiece
Reading this novel is like standing in a room in which suddenly all of the windows have blown open at once. → Read More
This Week, It Was Particularly Rough to Be a Woman
It is always strange to evolve into the knowledge that something is pervasive. Not just that it exists—although sometimes that’s a shock too. But reali ... → Read More
Donald Trump Is Reveling in His Power to Save Puerto Rico or Condemn It
Three weeks in to the humanitarian crisis in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Trump has gotten bored with providing relief and moved on to obsessin ... → Read More