Article Club

Spoiler alert... no. This week, we're reading Jenn Dowd's surgical tear down of a click-baity new study that claimed the iphone is directly responsible for the decline of fertility rates in the US. Follow (and swoon) along with us as she has her way with the data. You can see her Substack piece here: https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/did-the-iphone-cause-the-baby-bust

In her piece "Rise, Grind, and Die," Julia Kopstein is trying to understand why Influencers are hawking life insurance policies left and right. And so are we. End of life rituals go back thousands of years and today, they cost thousands of dollars. But why is paying for them becoming the latest ponzi scheme?

Nearly half of all American men between 18 and 49 have an online sports betting account. Betting thousands of dollars is as easy as tapping twice on your phone. What is that doing to us?! Jasper Craven places a bet or 5 in Vegas to confront the epicenter of America’s gambling addiction. 

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/02/on-tilt-america-gambling-epidemic-jasper-craven/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Do you know who's watching you when you’re at a concert or basketball game? This week we’re tracking you down with Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman’s piece in Wired, The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine. Tis timely with the Knicks all up in all the feeds this week. They’re watching us! 

Check out the piece here: https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/?src=longreads

It was beloved. It was hated. And now it is no more. In his article in the Atlantic: The Only Thing Worse Than Spirit Airlines...is a world without Spirit Airlines, Saahil Desai analyzes the cultural icon we loved to loathe and what it means for future travel. Check out the article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/spirit-airlines-cancellation-closure/687047/

Why Are So Many Women Getting ADHD Diagnoses in Midlife? Caitlin Moscatello breaks down the theories in The Cut and we dissect em' all including why boys are more likely to be diagnosed in childhood and some spooky ties between ADHD and menopause.

https://www.thecut.com/article/surge-of-women-midlife-adhd-diagnoses.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=social_acct&utm_campaign=feed-part

From Deep-Plane Facelifts to Blepharoplasty, Welcome to Plastic Surgery’s New Era. We’re talking about the full workup from a BBL (yes Brazilian butt lift) to “yoga boob” and the world of post glp1 skin de-sagging. Pucker up!

Peep the article here: https://www.wmagazine.com/beauty/plastic-surgery-trends-facelift-surgeons-2026?utm_source=gloria.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=a-magic-skin-fix&_bhlid=750048223311cdd409d3dde1ac74a46d03fa3a64

We have a light one for you this week... you guessed it, near death experiences. In her piece, What I Saw When I Peeked Over the Edge of Consciousness, Jessica Grose goes to a Near Death conference (yes that's a real thing) where people who've had a brush with death or lost a loved one gather to connect about science and spirituality.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/opinion/near-death-conference-grief-chicago.html

This week we’re racking up the debt with Courtney Shea’s piece “The Doom Spenders,” where she digs into a new generation of Canadians on the installment plan. As the future looks more uncertain, the buy now, pay later life is taking over... are we doomed?!

Check out the piece here: https://macleans.ca/longforms/the-doom-spenders/

We're hitting GQ this week for a piece called, "Dads Are the New Moms. How’s That Going?" Erin Somers interviews stay at home dads and turns out... they have a lot to say (like a lot they need a friend) about identity, marriage, work, and being judged at the playground.