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Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a former writer at New York. She is a multi-year winner of the New York Newswomen’s Club prize for feature writing and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. Previously on staff at The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek magazine. She’s currently a domestic correspondent at the New York Times.

  1. health
    An American Girlhood in the Ozempic EraParents, activists, and doctors are divided about giving children new weight-loss drugs. At age 13, Maggie Ervie became one of the first to take them.
  2. encounter
    Huma Abedin Is Ready to Tell You Who She IsThroughout a public career and an even more public marriage, the political confidante has remained an enigma, until now.
  3. parenting
    The Children of QuarantineWhat does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
  4. first person
    My Therapists Were Right About UncertaintyFaced with actual, persistent chaos, I’ve realized there was never a way to outpace danger.
  5. power
    Why Did I Think She Wouldn’t Die?I see now that attributing superhuman strength to Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn’t do her enough justice.
  6. risk
    It Hardly Ever Happens But Sometimes It DoesOur new national pastime is calculating relative risk.
  7. first person
    The Spaces Between UsWhen friends and neighbors run for the hills, small differences in wealth suddenly loom large.
  8. life after life
    I Conducted a Funeral Service All AloneA Brooklyn rabbi on what it’s like to hold a burial service over Zoom.
  9. coronavirus
    Walking the Dog Is the Only Time I Feel SaneNothing is the same, except for her.
  10. politics
    Would Andrew Yang’s UBI Plan Actually Help Women?He loves to talk about recognizing “women’s work” but doesn’t propose much to help women in the workplace.
  11. let’s stay together
    I Thought I Wanted to Go It AloneMy toughness was my everything, until I fell in love.
  12. photography
    A Joyful Testament to Middle AgeElinor Carucci photographs her teenagers, her uterus, and her naked self.
  13. crime
    One Night at Mount SinaiAja Newman went to the emergency room for shoulder pain. Her doctor was a superstar. What’s the worst that could happen?
  14. transitions
    Reconciling With My Body After a MastectomyWhat do you wear when your body no longer resembles itself?
  15. work
    Men Know It’s Better to Carry NothingThe trouble with “being prepared” and carrying the literal load of mopping up the world’s spills.
  16. the epstein case
    How a Predator Operated in Plain SightJeffrey Epstein knew that when it comes to sex, the rules have always been different for “brilliant” men.
  17. health
    Measles for the One PercentVaccines, Waldorf schools, and the problem with liberal Luddites.
  18. marriage: an investigation
    5 Perspectives on What Kids Do to a Marriage“Little by little, this forced, idealized version of our marriage, performed for the benefit of our child, became the norm.”
  19. mental health
    Women Battling Their Hormones Are Demanding to Be HeardWhat happened after we published “Listening to Estrogen,” an investigation into how little doctors know about hormones and mental health.
  20. science of us
    Listening to EstrogenHormones have always been a third rail in female mental health. They may also be a skeleton key.
  21. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Entitled Rage of Brett KavanaughNothing offends the privileged more than an accusation from a non-elite.
  22. the kavanaugh hearings
    Brett Kavanaugh’s Former Yale Roommate Describes Their Debauched Dorm“There was a lot of vomit in the bathroom. No one ever cleaned it up. It was disgusting.”
  23. books
    From Chaste Virgin to Accommodating Tigress in BedLinda Kay Klein’s memoir about the devastating effects of purity culture is a revelation.
  24. tv
    The Relentless Torture of The Handmaid’s TaleWhy I’m done watching season two.
  25. rebellions
    Teens Already Know How to Overthrow the GovernmentYou would too if you’d grown up reading the Hunger Games.
  26. first person
    The Gift of LonelinessA single woman’s secret to surviving the holiday season alone.
  27. love map
    482 Stories of Hookups, Breakups, and Missed Connections on the Streets of NYCWe collected 482 stories of kissing and hooking up, longing looks and breaking up, and we plotted their coordinates. Add your own.
  28. work
    The Ambition CollisionA generation raised to chase professional success is confronting a dead end.
  29. i don’t
    I Married the Perfect Man for the ApocalypseWhat choosing a husband means.
  30. wrinkles in time
    Don’t Tell Me I Look GoodI know what you really mean.
  31. with her
    My Daughter Grew Up Believing She Could Do AnythingThen she woke up the day after the election.
  32. education
    Is Pre-K Broken?Maybe so. But let’s not throw the 4-year-olds out with the bathwater just yet.
  33. sex on campus
    Sally Quinn on When ‘No’ Didn’t Mean ‘No’Sally Quinn on what it used to be like at Smith.
  34. religion
    Pope Francis’s Revolution Has Left Out WomenIn both words and deeds, he supports reinforcing traditional gender roles within the Catholic Church. 
  35. work
    Why We Need Older Women in the WorkplaceThey show us who we want to be.
  36. race
    The Psychological Advantages of Strongly Identifying As BiracialIt might pay to embrace multiple identities at once.
  37. feature
    Can Racism Be Stopped in the Third Grade?An experiment at Fieldston, which starts when 8-year-olds are sorted by race, has some very liberal parents fuming.
  38. religion
    Will a Catholic City Put Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Death?The sentencing phase of the trial highlights the changing relationship between American Catholics and the death penalty.
  39. religion
    Why Kids Need Spirituality“In the entire realm of human experience, there is no single factor that will protect your adolescent like a personal sense of spirituality.”
  40. principles
    Alas, I Will Never Actually De-Clutter My HouseMarie Kondo sounds great, but I believe in the principle of “perfectly good.”
  41. parenthood
    If You Aren’t My Child, Don’t Call Me Mom.Why do adults use “mom” to talk about other adults?
  42. when getting dressed is hard
    Powerful Women and Their ‘Uniforms’: What I’ve LearnedConfidence takes you very far. And Hermès doesn’t hurt.
  43. comfort and joy
    The Season for Social-Media Self-LoathingOne woman showed us the way everyone feels at the holidays.
  44. studies
    Stop Blaming Women for Holding Themselves Back at WorkA new study in the Harvard Business Review debunks the conventional wisdom.
  45. first person
    How I Broke Up With My Clothes (and My Walk-in Closet)Splitting up with a former version of yourself. 
  46. phenomenons
    How My Little Pony Became a Cult for Grown Men and Preteen Girls AlikeIt’s a worldview, and a way of life, for millions who say it provides them with the personal guidance, moral ­lessons, and comforting perspective.
  47. Why Are We Grossed Out by Women With Armpit Hair?It’s a sweaty and smelly and complicated question.
  48. Does Stress During Pregnancy Really Cause Autism?Worry may consume many moms-to-be, but the evidence on whether it could harm their fetuses is decidedly mixed.
  49. Does Being Anxious Make Us More Moral?Those who are insecure in their relationships may have more well-developed senses of fairness and empathy.
  50. follow-ups
    Tiger Mom Strives to Shock a Second Time, FailsAmy Chua’s new book lacks the unhinged energy of its predecessor.
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