Reposted by Christina CauterucciStone Cold Jane Austen @jameswilliams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Honestly maybe the most level-headed thing I’ve read about this whole story! 012
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wrote about what we can learn from the chilling case of the COVID-conscious Western Mass lesbian bar! slate.com/life/2026/09...slate.comThe Real Lesson to Take From the Viral Lesbian-Bar-Meltdown StoryIf only we can stop rubbernecking long enough to learn. 0133
Reposted by Christina CauterucciMolly Olmstead @mollyolmstead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s a long read, but I'd really appreciate it if you checked out my medbed story for Slate: slate.com/news-and-pol... It was a wild ride.slate.comTrump Posted About Magic Beds That Cure Cancer. Millions of Americans Believe They’re Real. I Found the Guy Who Started It All.An internet conspiracy theory was killing people even before the president posted about it. I found the man who started it. He’s nothing like you’d expect. 1022275
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In this new genre of plastic surgery apologia, cosmetic procedures are not just acceptable in polite feminist society, but feminist deeds unto themselves. slate.com/life/2026/08...slate.comMore and More Women Are Opening Up About Something That Used to Be Shameful. I Wish They’d Kept It All Secret.I’m not sure I can take another round of pretending our actions have no effect on the world. 121
Reposted by Christina CauterucciLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Getting a face-lift is not an act of liberation. By @c-cauterucci.bsky.socialslate.comMore and More Women Are Opening Up About Something That Used to Be Shameful. I Wish They’d Kept It All Secret.I’m not sure I can take another round of pretending our actions have no effect on the world. 3574
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Like everyone else, I loathe the Dulles people movers. But after learning its history for this piece, it makes a hell of a lot more sense!! Still..... rest in piss slate.com/business/202...slate.comDonald Trump Has Finally Wielded His Presidential Power for GoodRIP to one of air travel's most cursed features. 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026sad news - Slate has canceled Outward. it sucks to lose an outlet for queer commentary in this moment, but it's a tough time for podcasts. I love this final, fitting episode we made 💟 3121
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Not sure why reporters are still saying this when, with 73 percent of the vote counted, Janeese is ahead by double digits in all but D.C.'s whitest, wealthiest ward. 081
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026this is a very satisfying explanation of Susan Collins! 021
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I am once again asking you to steam your Pride flags slate.com/life/2025/06...slate.comFor the Love of God, Please Stop Putting Up This One Pride FlagDo this instead. 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026There's a peculiar sort of comfort to knowing that Trump's aesthetic signature is an ancient, enduring metaphor for a life poorly lived. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comOne Trump Obsession Says More About Him Than Any OtherEvery major chapter of Trump’s story has been suffused with the gleam of his favorite metal. 0194
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I will die on this hill: If there's one Trump obsession that summarizes his character better than any other, it's his thing for Rosie O'Donnell. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWhat’s Really Going On in Donald Trump’s Head? One Big Clue Has Been in Plain Sight for Years.We might not have his brain scans. We do have something else. 031
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026America is now Trump’s Playboy Mansion. The rest of us are just living in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWhat’s Really Going On in Donald Trump’s Head? One Big Clue Has Been in Plain Sight for Years.We might not have his brain scans. We do have something else. 020
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This story has everything: * the biggest fertility clinic scandal in U.S. history * high-rolling doctors and heroic whistleblowers * an unlikely friendship born of tragedy * a major update to the story that came years after I started reporting it * Pedro Pascal's dad slate.com/life/2026/05...slate.comIn 1995, a Woman Got a Call That Shook Her to Her Core—and Ignited an International Scandal. It Took Almost 30 Years to Come Full Circle.She had gone to a clinic for help getting pregnant. She got something far different. 155
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I went long on Megyn Kelly, whose career arc tells the story of how journalism, the GOP, and America (??) have warped and withered over the last decade. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWhat Happened to Megyn Kelly?The former Fox News host’s transformation tells a dark story about her—and us. 052
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Money can overcome a universe of moral or aesthetic objections. The rich occupy a universe unto themselves.slate.comThe World’s Most Evil Couple Exposed the Rot at the Heart of the Met GalaI don’t really care to see an OpenAI employee walk the red carpet. 100
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 15/04/2026you're alive!!!! and unfortunately your prediction is probably correct. no helmets either 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 01/04/2026"Basically, everyone else is like, ‘OK, what crunchy thing can I sprinkle on my gummy?’" slate.com/life/2026/03...slate.comGrocery Hackers Are Obsessed With This Secretive Element of Snack Production. But Can It Survive a Legal Crackdown?Would a PB&J pocket by any other name taste as sweet? 000
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Neck beards. Hoodies. Graphic tees. Beanies. I wrote about why ICE agents are dressing less like a regimented unit of government employees and more like a Confederate reenactor meetup at the local Hardee’s. slate.com/culture/2026...slate.comCrusty Beards. Hole-Filled Pants. Plaid Button-Downs. What’s Going On With the Men of ICE?While other government employees sport crisp uniforms and clean-shaven faces, ICE guys are nearing mind-boggling levels of sartorial slop. 011
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I wrote about Cesar Chavez and the left-leaning men whose robust analyses of power and justice stop precisely when they cross the threshold of their own homes, offices, or local middle schools. slate.com/life/2026/03...slate.comThe Cesar Chavez Sexual Abuse Allegations Show a Disturbing Similarity to Jeffrey EpsteinAs with so many abusers before him, his sterling public image provided the perfect cover. 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 06/03/2026In a rare bit of """good""" news, Kristi Noem had an utterly humiliating last week in office. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comTrump Has Been Restrained, in One Way at Least, This Term. That Just Ended.She looked, to be frank, like a total chump. 011
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I wrote about the saddest part of the Jim Carrey conspiracy theories. slate.com/life/2026/03...slate.comA Beloved Actor’s Face Is Now Unrecognizable. But It’s Us Who Should Be Looking in the Mirror.His extreme transformation spawned a spate of worldwide conspiracy theories. 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I'm totally fascinated by how easy it can be to defang traumatic memories (including breakups!) with something a lot of us already have in our medicine cabinets: beta blockers. slate.com/life/2026/03...slate.comThere’s No Such Thing as an Eternal Sunshine Drug. What We Do Have Is Propranolol.Pop a few pills, do a little therapy, and it might all go away. 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Feel like everyone is breaking up lately? Here's why. slate.com/life/2026/03...slate.comSomething Strange Is Happening With Breakups. It’s Making It Much Harder to Date.Careful you don’t get Shrekked. 120
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Almost 10 years ago, I bought a gun for a Slate reporting project that never panned out. I detested guns. I thought we should ban them all. I couldn't wait to get rid of it. This is the story of how my feelings changed. slate.com/life/2026/02...slate.comConservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be.We’re here. We’re queer. Increasingly, we’re armed. 232
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Here's a story, a decade in the making, about my love/hate relationship with the handgun in my living room. slate.com/life/2026/02...slate.comConservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be.We’re here. We’re queer. Increasingly, we’re armed. 4112
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Trump is concocting a world that rewards unabashedly manufactured femininity. Who better to capitalize on it than the company that insists the sexiest thing in the world is a stiff, sculpted bra that hides our softest body parts behind a wall of foam? slate.com/life/2025/10...slate.comVictoria’s Secret Is Returning to “Sexy.” You’re Not Going to Like Why.I hate to be the person who brings up Donald Trump in conversations about thongs, but ... 020
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025In this "darkest moment" for climate activism, Bill McKibben is trying to recapture the magic of the first Earth Day, when so much more seemed possible. Can a message of beauty, collective liberation, and the magic of the sun resonate in today's cynical, politically polarized times?nytimes.comThe Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? 010
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Climate activists told me that they're having to completely rethink their strategies. That the window for stopping warming "has closed, and perhaps never really existed.” That "everything that I’ve worked on in my entire professional life has gone down the toilet in the last six months.”nytimes.comThe Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? 100
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025For the NYT Magazine, I wrote about this moment as an existential turning point for climate activists. Just as solar power became cheaper than fossil fuels, global politics swung to the right. Where does the movement go from here? I went to Vermont for creemees with Bill McKibben to find out.nytimes.comThe Old Climate-Activism Playbook No Longer Works. What Else Can? 141
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I wrote about the first indelible image of Trump's D.C. invasion: a sandwich bouncing off a bulletproof vest.slate.comThe Image That Defines Trump’s Reign of Terror Is … a Subway Sandwich?Sometimes, the only way to fight fascism is with a $5 footlong. 0104
Reposted by Christina CauterucciJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 13/08/2025“The D.C. public spaces that will be militarized and overpoliced in the weeks to come are exactly where you can best observe the interdependence and plurality that make cities great, and that conservatives view as a threat to their own ideological ends.” slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comI Walked Through Trump’s D.C. Hellscape. It’s Now Clear What Exactly the Feds Are Doing Here.It’s not what the president would have you believe. 072
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 13/08/2025I took a stroll through D.C., trying to see my city through the tactical Oakleys of a DEA agent patrolling the National Mall slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comI Walked Through Trump’s D.C. Hellscape. It’s Now Clear What Exactly the Feds Are Doing Here.It’s not what the president would have you believe. 0163
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 08/08/2025I really wish the phrase "WNBA dildos" had come into my life in a more positive and celebratory (read: merch) context but this is the society we live in slate.com/culture/2025...slate.comIt’s Raining Dildos on WNBA Courts. You’ll Never Believe Who’s to Blame.The WNBA needs to get tough on spectators behaving badly. 031
Reposted by Christina CauterucciDee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Probably the most ridiculous photo illustration I've ever had to cook up in my almost 12 years at @slate.com. (And I've done some doozies.) Shouts to @c-cauterucci.bsky.social for breaking down one of the most idiotic things going on in pro sports right now. slate.com/culture/2025...slate.comIt’s Raining Dildos on WNBA Courts. You’ll Never Believe Who’s to Blame.The WNBA needs to get tough on spectators behaving badly. 192
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 11/07/2025a searing and aggressively sensible (and, because it's @benmathislilley.bsky.social, fun) piece on the trap Democrats have laid for themselves and how they can get themselves out slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comDemocrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Here—and They Can’t Stop Listening to It.During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win—and it’s destroying them now. 022
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I'm sorry in advance. Once you read this, you won't be able to unsee it. slate.com/life/2025/06...slate.comFor the Love of God, Please Stop Putting Up This One Pride FlagDo this instead. 010
Reposted by Christina CauterucciNims @nims462.bsky.social · 10/06/2025“Crowds of queer people cheering for rainbow-clad straight people on a day meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community—it’s as dissonant as sending a model of a drone down the parade route, and it’s a sign of how far Pride has drifted from its origins as a show of queer visibility and power.”slate.comI Am Beyond Thrilled That Corporations Are Defunding Pride. No, Not for the Reason You Think.I really think we’ll be fine without the Raytheon float, you guys. 021
Christina Cauterucci @c-cauterucci.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I wrote about the beginning of the end of corporate Pride, and the possibilities that await us when the companies leave slate.com/life/2025/06...slate.comI Am Beyond Thrilled That Corporations Are Defunding Pride. No, Not for the Reason You Think.I really think we’ll be fine without the Raytheon float, you guys. 042
