Like a lot of people, I wrestle with the pros and cons of social media. The desire to reach out and feel connected is a fundamental aspect of our species. The human brain evolved to seek out human contact. It’s no surprise, then, that the need to be tagged, tweeted, […]

Photo credit: Getty Images From Esquire Chances are you have a mate who carries a vintage camera at all times. Spends each weekend wandering aimlessly around the Barbican, photographing leaves and balconies. Would defend their Instagram ‘aesthetic’ with their lives, if it came down to it. Still, what an Instagram […]

Putting an end to speculation. However, as she pointed out in her Instagram Stories on Monday afternoon, an edited screenshot of her post has since surfaced that makes it look as though her first caption read “brown skinned girl.” The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star then posted another Story with screengrabs of her real original caption and […]

What does it mean that there are millions of people in the world who have millions of followers on platforms like Instagram? Are they all actually famous, or did they have a little help getting there? And if that’s the case, does that mean anyone really can become famous? Journalist […]

Extremists in the U.S. Capitol building after overrunning police.Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP (Getty Images) The first inkling I had that something was very wrong on Wednesday was when my wife said, “Oh shit, is this real?” as we were en route to Trader Joe’s after spending a few hours on the […]

One billion people use Instagram, and many of them share edited vacation photos that help create a faux reality. Shutterstock Over the last decade, Instagram has changed how people approach travel — and not always for the best. While many use the platform as a source of inspiration, people using […]

Marley Mauvais is a 29-year-old fruit influencer and plant-based content creator who lives in New Jersey. In 2019, she started an Instagram account to share her fruit-based recipes with others, and slowly began to make and sell the products and home remedies she used. In September, Marley recorded her first […]

Today the fitness women leading the charge on Instagram couldn’t care less about achieving a certain body ideal. Their metric for success isn’t the number of abs you can achieve but learning more about what makes your body feel good and what makes you feel good in your body. Sure, […]

The Week The difficult lessons of Democrats’ 2020 victory The presidential election was finally called for Joe Biden over the weekend, and so naturally Democrats, who also retained a House majority, are already pointing fingers about who to blame for the victory not being as big as expected. Moderates who […]