Kaitlyn Tiffany

Pandemic Organizers Are Co-opting Productivity Software

Mutual-aid groups are distributing groceries and spare air conditioners via tools designed to turn labor into money as efficiently as possible.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• 3:04 PM ET

The Secret Lives of Perfect Social Distancers

Someone who looks like they’re always staying inside on Instagram may actually have a double life they’re hiding to avoid judgment.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• May 19, 2020

Something in the Air

The coronavirus pandemic is sparking baseless theories about the dangers of 5G. But the fear that wireless technology is slowly killing us isn’t new—and it doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• May 13, 2020

It’s Cool to Look Terrifying on Pandemic Instagram

Life is just four walls for many of us right now, but bizarre augmented-reality filters give us the illusion that it’s not.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• May 11, 2020

How ‘Karen’ Became a Coronavirus Villain

A popular joke about entitled white women is now a big pandemic meme.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• May 6, 2020

Women Are Buying ‘Essential AF’ Shirts, Candles, and Wine Glasses

The strangest pandemic souvenir is Etsy merch with sassy slogans about essential workers.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 27, 2020

Prom at Home Is Sad, but Sweet

The pandemic has canceled proms nationwide, but teens are still re-creating the joy of them on TikTok.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 22, 2020

The World Where The Bachelor Will Never Stop Airing

Reality TV won’t be filming for the foreseeable future—except in The Sims.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 19, 2020

No, the Internet Is Not Good Again

After a few weeks of faith in the possibility of online utopia, the cracks are starting to show.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 16, 2020

America Is Thirsty for Anthony Fauci

What is it about a crisis that can turn even a 79-year-old immunologist into a heartthrob?

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 7, 2020

Is That Nostalgia You’re Feeling?

Missing the daily pleasures of pre-quarantine life doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• April 1, 2020

There’s No Zoom Party Like a College Zoom Party

Gen Z’s impulse to congregate online and post constantly—which older adults often mock—is serving them well in self-quarantine.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• March 24, 2020

You Have a Moral Responsibility to Post Your Boring Life on Instagram

I’m lonely. Please let me look at your face.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• March 17, 2020

The Dos and Don’ts of ‘Social Distancing’

Experts weigh in on whether you should cancel your dates, dinner parties, and gym sessions.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• March 12, 2020

The Hand-Sanitizer Hawkers Aren’t Sorry

On Craigslist, you can find Purell for 10 times its normal price.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• March 11, 2020

A Chart to Explain Your Entire Worldview

A simple grid from Dungeons & Dragons has become a way to categorize people, food, fonts, Shia LaBeouf acting roles, and everything else. ​

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• March 5, 2020

You Can’t Buy Memes

Michael Bloomberg is here to meme. But his controversial approach seems to misunderstand internet culture.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• February 28, 2020

Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks

Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• February 25, 2020

The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse

The old but newly popular notion that one’s love life can be analyzed like an economy is flawed—and it’s ruining romance.

• Ashley Fetters and Kaitlyn Tiffany
• February 25, 2020