Helen Lewis
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The Atlantic The Joke’s on Us
In the 2010s, Hitler memes and “ironic” racism filled the internet. What if we had taken them seriously?
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Illustration by Paul Spella; image from PA Images ... In Search of the First Female Sports Superstar
The remarkable career of the Victorian athletic phenom Charlotte Dod—and the legacy that wasn’t
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Mythology of Karen
The meme is so powerful because of the awkward status of white women.
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Susan Meiselas / Magnum The Shadow Pandemic
How do we help domestic-violence victims who stay with their partners?
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Getty / The Atlantic How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture
Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact.
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PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive / Alamy How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort
The backlash against the Harry Potter creator is a growing pain of her fandom.
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Getty / CSA / The Atlantic Don’t Build Roads, Open Schools
The idea of child care as women’s (unpaid) work holds the issue back in political discussions.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic The Conservative Case for Liberalizing Divorce
Britain has finally passed a new law allowing for no-fault divorce, all without a culture war.
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The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You This
Peddle misinformation. Cry “conspiracy” when no one else reports it. Repeat.
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Getty / The Atlantic Crises Are No Time for Political Unity
The leader of Britain’s Labour Party is showing what you can do when you don’t have a leader’s bully pulpit.
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The Atlantic Why I’ve Never Believed in ‘Believe Women’
The Biden allegations reveal the weakness of the #MeToo movement’s rallying cry.
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Georgian Spring Series by Mark Power/Magnum When Will We Want to Be in a Room Full of Strangers Again?
Theater, an industry full of optimists, is reckoning with a heartbreaking realization.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Pandemic Has Revealed the Weakness of Strongmen
Women leaders are a symptom of a political system’s success, not necessarily its cause.
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Celina Pereira You Should Politicize the Coronavirus
The pandemic raises unavoidable and legitimate political questions. We should be suspicious of any attempt to dismiss them.
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Martina Badini / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Healing the Rift With Britain’s Jews
The U.K. Labour Party’s new leader wants to disown Jeremy Corbyn’s toxic legacy.
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Calum Heath What Happens When a Joke Is Followed by Silence
Usually, that’s bad. The pandemic makes it normal.
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Amy Sussman / Getty How Panic-Buying Revealed the Problem With the Modern World
The pandemic has shown how just-in-time systems are also fragile.
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Max Mumby / Getty / The Atlantic A Royal Reality Check
The heir to the British throne getting the coronavirus will make this outbreak seem real to many people.
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FPG / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The ... The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism
Pandemics affect men and women differently.
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Henry Nicholls / Reuters The ‘Blitz Spirit’ Won’t Protect Britain From the Coronavirus
As the government inevitably restricts Britons’ lives, the country must reject the voices arguing that it is overreacting.
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