Kaitlyn Tiffany
Before joining The Atlantic in 2019, Kaitlyn was a reporter for Vox’s consumer-culture vertical, The Goods. At The Atlantic, she writes about internet culture and technology.
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The Atlantic We Finally Learn to Shuck Oysters
On an extremely steamy afternoon, Lizzie and Kaitlyn put on thick gloves for a good reason.
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The Atlantic; cougarsan / Shutterstock No, I Will Not BeReal
The alternative to Instagram gamifies a more “authentic” kind of posting.
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The Atlantic The Horrors of No-News Facebook
Bible quotes and teddy bears forever
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The Atlantic How to Pivot on a Thursday Night
Lizzie and Kaitlyn try to get into a buzzy art show, but wind up singing Don Henley at a “saloon” instead.
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The Atlantic What Are Abortion Code Words Even For?
‘I’ll take you camping’ and the limits of online activism
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The Atlantic; Dianingsih Miasari / Getty The Vasectomy Influencers
Doctors who have spent their careers promoting vasectomies are finding themselves thrust into the spotlight.
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The Atlantic ; Getty The 10-Year-Old Tweet That Still Defines the Internet
A cryptic utterance from a supposed spambot never lost its relevance.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Strawberry Festival at the End of the World
Lizzie and Kaitlyn summer in the Hamptons—sort of.
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The Atlantic 10 Hours, Two Theme Parties
Lizzie and Kaitlyn indulge in cowboy hats, cucumber sandwiches, and crime.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Personal Brand Is Dead
Gen Z would rather be anonymous online.
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Paul Bergen / Redferns / Getty Why Fangirls Scream
From bobby-soxers to Beatlemania to Bieber Fever—we all know what a screaming fangirl looks like. But do we really know why she’s screaming?
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Michael Hurcomb / … The Viral Online Challenge Is Never Coming Back
We used to come together on social media. Now we come apart.
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The Atlantic We Take Ourselves Out to the Ball Game
On a Thursday night, you really have no better place to be than Coney Island.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic; Getty Why the Internet Hates Amber Heard
Notes on the paranoid style in online fandom
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The Atlantic Actually, Summer Is Not Tomorrow
Lizzie and Kaitlyn lose money on the Kentucky Derby, but win compliments on a bagel-shaped cake.
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The Atlantic What Do Female Incels Really Want?
Online, groups of women have started using the rhetoric of the incel movement. But to what end?
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The Atlantic Why Hunter Biden’s Laptop Will Never Go Away
Could anything that happens with this laptop bring us closure?
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Getty; The Atlantic The Elon Musk Placebo Effect
Even if Twitter’s new owner changes nothing about the site, it will still feel different.
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The Atlantic Celebrating 4/20 When You Hate Being High
Lizzie and Kaitlyn honor the holiday that celebrates weed, though only one of them enjoys herself at all.
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Getty; The Atlantic Doxxing Means Whatever You Want It To
The word once defined a category of behaviors. Now it expresses an emotion.
