Megan Garber

How to Look Away

A corollary to a politics of destabilized truth is a politics of destabilized empathy.

• Megan Garber
• Jun 20, 2018

The Humans of The New York Times

The documentary series The Fourth Estate tries to humanize the journalists who report the news. It can’t help but fall into a trap.

• Megan Garber
• Jun 15, 2018

Miss America 2.0: The Inner Beauty Pageant?

The competition is getting a #MeToo-era makeover. But even if the bikini tops are on their way out, the biases will remain.

• Megan Garber
• Jun 5, 2018

Bill Clinton Feels His Own Pain

His current book tour has reinvigorated discussions of what the former president owes, in the age of #MeToo, to “that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.”

• Megan Garber
• Jun 4, 2018

The Facts and Fictions of Harvey Weinstein’s Arrest

On Friday, hazy questions—about celebrity, about impunity, about American culture’s messy tangling of that which is immoral with that which is illegal—collided with stark criminal charges.

• Megan Garber
• May 25, 2018

The Day the Genius Died

To mourn Philip Roth is also to mourn a particular kind of literary celebrity.

• Megan Garber
• May 23, 2018

David Foster Wallace and the Dangerous Romance of Male Genius

A recent spate of #MeToo stories serves as yet another reminder of the centrifugal forces of talented men.

• Megan Garber
• May 9, 2018

Roman Polanski Wants 'Due Process'

The Academy, in a move that comes approximately 41 years too late, expelled the director; he now says he’ll appeal the ruling.

• Megan Garber
• May 3, 2018

The Slow, Awkward Death of the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Michelle Wolf’s biting mockery of it was only the latest reminder: The annual event’s contradictions have become too heavy to bear.

• Megan Garber
• Apr 29, 2018

Bill Cosby and the Slow Death of Celebrity Impunity

The conviction of the actor and comedian is a testament to the power of #MeToo.

• Megan Garber
• Apr 26, 2018

Sympathy for the Charlie

A spate of #MeToo comeback stories—including a rumor about a confessional TV show hosted by Charlie Rose—ask uncomfortable questions about who deserves redemption.

• Megan Garber
• Apr 26, 2018

Tony Robbins, #MeToo, and the Limits of Self-Help

The secular guru has preached a gospel of individual solutions to individual problems. But when it comes to sexual abuse, as to so much else: It’s not enough.

• Megan Garber
• Apr 9, 2018

The Lie Detector in the Age of Alternative Facts

Russell Simmons, Stormy Daniels, he said, she said: Americans are desperately seeking truth in machines that are unable to provide it.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 29, 2018

Jagged Little (Blue) Pill

Released to the public 20 years ago, Viagra changed the way Americans have sex—and the way they talk about it.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 27, 2018

The Powerful Silence of the March for Our Lives

Three of the young women who spoke on Saturday made silence awkward. And shameful. And, in all that, striking.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 24, 2018

Roseanne vs. the 'Nasty Woman'

The original sitcom reveled in complexity. In the premiere of its highly anticipated reboot, though, it has simplified politics down to easy partisanship.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 23, 2018

Mike Isabella, Top Chef, and the Capitalism of Bad Behavior

For years, the restaurateur played a jerk with a heart of gold. Now, he’s the latest celebrity chef to be accused of sexual harassment.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 19, 2018

The Power-Structure Oscars

Diversity. Intersectionality. Representation. The 2018 Academy Awards knew the words to say; whether Hollywood can follow them up with action is a different matter.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 5, 2018

The Graduate 50 Years After Its Oscar Win

Revisiting a film embraced by the 1968 generation

• Conor Friedersdorf, Megan Garber, Christopher Orr, and Adrienne LaFrance
• Mar 3, 2018

Forgiving Jimmy Kimmel

It’s a thoroughly modern irony: The host who will set the tone for the #MeToo Oscars got his start on a show that gleefully ogled women.

• Megan Garber
• Mar 2, 2018