Broad Questions
The push for a female libido pill reveals misunderstandings about female sexuality. Plus: Jorge Ramos' confrontation with the GOP front-runner; a guide to parsing stock market coverage; and an...
View ArticleThe Fat Jew: Superstar or Supervillain? (Part 2)
In the wake of widespread allegations of joke theft on his wildly-popular Instagram page, Josh Ostrovsky (aka "The Fat Jew") was pummeled by the media, derided as trashy, lazy, and talentless....
View ArticleThe Fat Jew: Superstar or Supervillain? (Part 1)
The news that Josh Ostrovsky (better known by his online persona "The Fat Jew") had signed a deal with CAA sparked outrage across the comedy community. Ostrovsky maintains an extraordinarily popular...
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#Bookface Brings Book Cover Art into the Real World
Libraries aren't just palaces of dead trees anymore. Lots of libraries and librarians have embraced technology and social media. And one library-centric hashtag has caught on in the wider book-loving...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: The Legend of #Lakshmeme (LIVE)
Since mid-December, I have been taking photos of public radio personalities, producers and strangers on the street wearing a hat that that makes an obviously false claim: “I AM LAKSHMI SINGH." At a...
View Article10 Photos of New Yorkers Soaking Up a Summer Concert in the Park
All summer, WQXR has been bringing you live broadcasts from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park where we've also been asking you to share your photos using #WQXRsummer. Here are 10 snapshots from...
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Should You Post Pictures of Your Kids Online?
This is the latest installment of "Question of Note," in which we take a listener's question — your question! — and find just the right the person (or in this case... people) to answer it. See them all...
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Five Things You Had To See Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Barbie tears your instagrams apart, The True Size improves your geography, Hell's Club combines every single movie's club scenes, nihilism has never looked happier,...
View ArticleWhy Texts From Your Ex Is a Thing
"You go, 'Damn, just it’s not my crazy person... it’s everyone’s crazy person!'"– Elan Gale, creator of Texts From Your Ex, Tinder Nightmares, Unspirational and moreIf you're not one of Text From Your...
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Halloween #Goals: Pastry Edition
Most home bakers stick to layer cakes and pies, but Christine McConnell sculpts pastries worthy of Ladurée ... if it were run by Tim Burton. McConnell is a photographer and a self-trained baker, and...
View ArticleInstagram from a Surreal Universe
Jati Putra Pratama's Instagram account is full of photos that look like travel brochures from an alternate universe. There's a woman sitting poolside, her wet hair slicked back, but instead of staring...
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Facebook bans private gun sales on social networks
Facebook on Friday banned person-to-person sales of guns from its social networks, including Instagram, and will rely on users to notify the company when the new policy is violated. Photo By Jim...
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If You're Reading This It's Too Cake: Drake Lyrics in Frosting
Most first world problems can be solved with one of two things: listening to a large dose of Drake, or burying your face in food. Preferably cake. This Instagram account of a New Orleans baker combines...
View ArticleTaste of Streep Is the Instagram Account You Didn't Know You Needed
The best mashups are simple, unexpected, and greater than the sum of their parts. Like tasteofstreep, the Instagram account that combines photos of Meryl Streep with assorted food items. It's a simple...
View ArticleZone Out with these Meditative Calligraphy Videos
In high school, I spent a lot of time listening to angsty music while staring at the hypnotic music visualizer on my laptop (I know, I was super cool). These videos of Instagram calligrapher King...
View ArticleEpisode 23: The Birth of Instagram, and Tunisia’s Jihadis
This week: Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger talks about how Instagram took over the world; the New Yorker’s cartoon editor, Bob Mankoff, shares his three favorite jokes; and George Packer reports from...
View ArticleHow Instagram Took Over the World
When Facebook paid a billion dollars to acquire Instagram, in 2012, it seemed ridiculous; now it seems natural. The photo-sharing site has grown into a truly global social network, with four hundred...
View ArticleSix Instapets You Need to Follow
Instagram cats and dogs like Lil Bub and Marnie the Dog have blinded the internet with cuteness and launched their own multimediabrands — just check out these sweet cattoos. But there are some other,...
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Teens on being tethered to their phones and social media
Watch VideoHARI SREENIVASAN: Next: to another in our Brief But Spectacular series. This week, we asked a handful of eighth-graders from a public school in Los Angeles about technology, what they use,...
View ArticleShould We Post Pictures of Our Children Online?
According to the internet security company AVG, 92% of children in the U.S. have a digital presence by the time they turn two. But a University of Michigan poll from March 2015 found that three-fourths...
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Students who use social media score lower in math, reading and science
New research shows frequent social media use is linked to lower math, reading and science scores among students. Yet those who play video games tend to score higher. (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg...
View ArticleThe Thing About Texts From Your Ex
"You go, 'Damn, just it’s not my crazy person... it’s everyone’s crazy person!'"– Elan Gale, creator of Texts From Your Ex, Tinder Nightmares, Unspirational and moreIf you're not one of Text From Your...
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The one place people ‘like’ the TSA
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post The one place people ‘like’ the TSA appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
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Can Instagram’s new tool really help users who self-harm?
A new tool on Instagram serves as a self-help service for users who are dealing with an eating disorder or are at risk for self-injury. Image courtesy InstagramCheese, pasta, butter, jam, “liquid...
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How Instagram pictures the world
Watch VideoWILLIAM BRANGHAM: Next: the rapid rise of one of the world’s biggest social media networks, Instagram.It’s building up steam, with 700 million people now using it each month, and it just...
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This poet is trolling everyone on Instagram to show how social media...
A satirical poem by Thom Young. After it was posted to Instagram, it received 2,236 likes.When Texas-based poet Thom Young joined Instagram around 2009, he noticed a number of poets were already using...
View ArticleShould We Post Photos of Our Kids Online?
There’s David after the dentist. The BBC interview crashers. The Charlie bit my finger kid. That hero girl blanking Snow White. To say nothing of the baby pics in your Facebook feed, kid pics in your...
View ArticleTo Post or Not To Post: Take Our (Quick) Surveys
Do your parents post pictures of you? Or did they when you were younger?Do you post pictures of your kid?We want to better understand how families are sharing information online. So we made two surveys...
View Article5 Adorable Halloween Instagram Posts That We Love
The Halloween fun for the year is coming to an end soon enough. But until then we wanted to share a bit more fun with you from classical music fans on Instagram. Below are some of our favorite...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Q2 Music Instagram Takeovers
How do artists refresh their creative lives? This summer, we're inviting some of your favorite composers and performers to take over our Instagram account, giving you a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Christopher Rountree
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram account to reveal his or her favorite forms of downtime. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Nina C. Young
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram account to reveal his or her favorite forms of downtime. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Christopher Cerrone
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Caroline Shaw
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Nick Zammuto
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. Soon after, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Paola Prestini
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. Soon after, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleBite-Sized Bytes: Composing in 15 Seconds
What would you do with 15 seconds? For composer Ray Lustig, it's the perfect amount of time to set up a low-stakes creative lab and ongoing audio-visual experiment. He explains below the inspiration...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist Jherek Bischoff
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Tanya Tagaq
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Sam Amidon
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Flutist Gina Luciani
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: Sarah Kirkland Snider
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life: The Westerlies
How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. Each week, Q2 Music compiles the...
View ArticleThat Viola Kid's Top 5 Classical Artists on Instagram You Should Be Following
Juilliard alum That Viola Kid— AKA Drew Forde — knows what it takes to make a sensation on social media, especially when it comes to going viral in the world of classical music. So who better than...
View ArticleWhat to Think About Before Posting Family Photos
We asked how you share personal photos. Here’s what we learned from your 1,200 (!) answers. Psychologist Guy Winch joins Manoush to untangle our mixed posting emotions. Because our grams are complex. A...
View ArticleNo Filter: Lele Pons
Every day this week, a new episode of our series, No Filter: Women Owning It Online, with New York Magazine’s The Cut. Five conversations with badass women. Some old, some young. ALL have bent the...
View ArticleNo Filter: Trace Lysette
The Transparent star talks to Manoush about the political nude selfie, her #metoo moment, and constructing her self online and IRL. Plus, how her life as a young trans woman prepared her to confront...
View ArticleHow To Have No Filter
Today, listener stories and tips: we wrap up our No Filter series of conversations about how women live online. From YouTube megastar Lele Pons to iconic artist Barbara Kruger, we heard a joyous mix of...
View ArticleNaomi Fry Recommends Three Internet Treasures
Naomi Fry writes about Internet news and celebrity gossip. Although she joined the staff of The New Yorker scarcely five weeks ago, she has already caused a frenzy on the Web with her writing: a piece...
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