Internet Brain

200 Words with Owen Lang

Notes on emojis: our culture’s contemporary hieroglyphics.

What Do Parasocial Relationships Say About Your Psychology?

This week, Lisa—a licensed therapist with an MA and MFT—offers insight into what lies behind parasocial relationships and how to look underneath the hood of what makes a person more likely to have them.

By Lisa Pepper-Satkin

Money Wisdom For the City-Living and Down Bad

This week, Lisa—a licensed therapist with an MA and MFT—offers a mantra for your money issues.

By Lisa Pepper-Satkin

Am I Too Horny or Too Online?

On finding fantasy in the flesh and in a world of gooning, Grindr, and going out.

By Luke Francis Austin

In Defense Of The Drunk Text

Go ahead and send it. You might learn something you didn't already know.

By Kelby Mackenzie

How I Killed Liam Payne

Before the artist's death, a podcast episode predicted it. The internet's self-proclaimed jury set forth a false murder charge. A story of cancellation and online trauma unfolds.

By Brittany Deitch

The Perilous Act Of Writing About Someone Who’s Going To Read It

What happens when the man you love starts reading between the lines?

By Antonia Bentel

A Certain Type Of Girl

What does it mean to build an online persona, and what's the point, anyway?

In Defense Of The Digital Eavesdropper

For chronic eavesdropper Mia Freund, Spotify Friend Activity is a dizzying world full of strangers' secrets and hidden tales.

By Mia Barzilay Freund