Collier Meyerson
Ideas Contributor
Collier Meyerson is an Ideas contributor at WIRED. She was awarded an Emmy for her work on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes and two awards for her reporting from the National Association of Black Journalists. She is a contributing editor at New York Magazine, and maintains the Nobler Fellowship at The Nation Institute.
My Phone Keeps Me Sane During This Crisis … and Insane, Too
What happens when the only device that can make you stop crying is exactly the device that is making you cry?
Is This the End of Oversharing?
The internet has been reshaped by a fresh anxiety over posting—and revealing—too much.
VSCO Girls Are Just Banal Victorian Archetypes
The VSCO girls who rise to the top of my feed are a new version of an enduring image of piousness and demureness as the ultimate ambition.
Anxiously Seeking the Perfect Anti-Anxiety App
Will the magic of the app stop working? Will I soon be swiping on my screen, looking for something newer, better, flashier, like Tinder for fixing mental anguish?
The YouTubers Who Changed the Landscape for #NaturalHair
“It’s just hair, but it’s more than that. Every culture has held meaning in hair."
The Last Black Man Searches for an Elusive ‘Authenticity’
A new film tackles San Francisco’s gentrification problem and what it means for a displaced community.
Instacart Delivers Groceries, but Detaches Us From Our Food
The less we touch our food, the further we get away from its significance.
The Invisible Reality of Brand-New Motherhood on Instagram
Instagram is full of serene, beautiful, caftan-clad mothers. But nothing on the platform really focuses on the visceral ravages experienced by a postpartum body.
Crispr Babies, IVF, and the Ethics of Genetic Class Warfare
He Jiankui was broadly condemned for editing the DNA of twins. But more widely used forms of gene editing, like IVF, perpetuate inequality by design.