Megan Garber
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George Santos, the GOP’s Useful Liar
It’s easy to condemn the congressman’s fabrications. Maybe too easy. → Read More
We’re Already Living in the Metaverse
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives. → Read More
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2022
Television has always been a tether—to other people and to ourselves. In 2022, a year of turmoil and uncertainty, TV has provided something even more essential: a lifeline. Some shows reflected the moment’s surreality back to us. Some made us see other people in slightly new ways. Some offered escapism through larger-than-life story lines. At their best, the TV shows of 2022 revealed human… → Read More
The Fall of Roe and the Curse of Forced Motherhood
In recent works of pop culture, the aging mother fights to reclaim her body—and her freedom. → Read More
‘Knocked Up’ and the American Impulse to Edit Out Abortion
How the comedy, now 15 years old, foresaw Roe’s looming tragedies → Read More
'Shallow Hal' at 20: A Never-Ending Fat Joke
The romantic comedy premiered 20 years ago. Its cruelties refuse to age. → Read More
Portrait of a Leader Humblebragging
In October, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a book-length ode to his leadership style. It has not aged well. → Read More
American Cynicism Has Reached a Breaking Point
The nation’s politics is in dire need of earnestness. Can its culture meet the moment? → Read More
Fox News Hits a Dangerous New Low
The most-watched news network in America is choosing to mislead its viewers about the state of the election. → Read More
Why Women Can’t Want
Kamala Harris and the politics of female ambition. → Read More
How Fox News Became a Language
How Donald Trump’s favorite news source became a language → Read More
The World That Kamala Harris Will Navigate
The vice-presidential candidate just made history. American culture will find new ways to see her as a threat. → Read More
Good Riddance to the Handshake
A terrible custom is gone for good. Hallelujah. → Read More
The American President, for the Foreseeable Future, Will Be a Man
*Please see headline. We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com. Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture. → Read More
CNN Was Ill-Equipped for This
During the debate it hosted yesterday, the news network made its best effort to convert discussions of policy into the thing it knows best: punditry. → Read More
On Trump’s ‘Not My Type’ Defense Against E. Jean Carroll
The president, in attempting to downplay E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegation against him, isn’t talking about attraction. He’s talking about protection. → Read More
Sarah Sanders Broke the News
The press secretary for the Trump White House, who announced her resignation today, used her pulpit to spread the gospel of winning. → Read More
‘The Goddess of Good Sex’
Dr. Ruth, the world’s most famous sex therapist—and at 90, the subject of a new documentary—has long harnessed the power of pop culture to tackle that most intimate of subjects. → Read More
The Perverse Paradox of the Mueller Report
Donald Trump’s outrageous behavior described by the special counsel is, at this point, so deeply familiar that it has lost its power to outrage. → Read More
The Scams Are Winning
American language suggests that grift can be separated from everything else. American life suggests otherwise. → Read More