jenduende
@jenduende.bsky.social
Senior editor, The Atlantic. New York Times + Washington Post alum. 2012-13 Nieman fellow. Occasional writer, always a dancer.
“Like the ‘moral good’ rhetoric, which assumes that having more babies is all upside, the ‘gift’ rhetoric ignores the fact that having one child may simply be the best decision for many families—including for solo children,” @amandaruggeri.bsky.social argues: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Stop Calling Siblings ‘Gifts’
The term assumes that adding a child to a family is for the best. But that’s not always the case.
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“It’s hard for me to not believe that, like, we’re not priming these kids to just dump their money into FanDuel the second they have a checking account,” one parent told Connie Chang. She writes @theatlantic.com about the games cultivating compulsive behavior: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Why Kids Can’t Quit Roblox
The mechanics of many games on the platform are nearly identical to those of slot machines and sports-betting apps.
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Ads preying on women’s insecurities are “designed to turn women against themselves,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. Manosphere content differs b/c it pressures men to “validate their manhood by harming others”—and has been adopted by Republicans as a policy plan. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Masculinity Scam
The manosphere’s campaign strategy
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“...the little engine that could—only with wise eyes and a shiny snout and a tongue that is, it must be said, exceptionally tongue-y”: I had no idea what this was until yesterday and now, like Megan Garber and others @theatlantic.com, am smitten. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Pant-Pant, Choo-Choo
Train Dog is the meme of the summer.
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James Magnussen "was impossible to look away from, his head balanced atop a bulging neck, traps spilling out like over-risen sourdough from his bronze swimsuit": The inimitable @elcush.bsky.social has thoughts about the Enhanced Games. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The Sporting Event Where Doping Was the Star
Athletes at the Enhanced Games were bigger—but not exactly better.
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When @namimun.bsky.social told me this story, I said to her: You have to write it. An @theatlantic.com colleague who read this resulting essay said: It will save lives. Let’s hope so. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
American Women, Please Learn From What I Went Through
Some 21,000 of you will be diagnosed this year with ovarian cancer. Here’s what I wish I had known.
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Get your hot summer reading recs here! My choice was an oldie but a goodie: Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran," a page-turner about literature—and one that feels timely for ... reasons. (h/t @emmasarappo.bsky.social for stage-directing this great project) www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
25 Sensational Books to Read This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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"People navigate the world with brains meant to protect them from the fanged beasts of the savanna. Now our predators stalk us with their phones": Read an adapted excerpt of Megan Garber's SCREEN PEOPLE—in bookstores today!—at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The New Age of Performance Anxiety
With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.
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They're studs, and not just because they look good during space showers. As @sallyjenx.bsky.social writes, these are "people of accomplishment bringing expertise—not bravado—to difficult problems." Such a refreshing departure... www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The Artemis Astronauts Are Studs
Strength, courage, expertise, wonder: NASA’s moon-mission crew has reset the bar for greatness.
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Terrorized by the men in their lives, then terrorized by the state—a harrowing piece by @rosesheinerman.bsky.social. I keep hoping to wake up one day and not feel sick to my stomach, but no. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
She Testified About Being Raped. Then ICE Showed Up.
Immigration officers are making arrests in sensitive locations, including family court.
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Americans have long used the “liberation” of Muslim women as justification for warfare and occupation. But “nothing about war” supports the efforts that actually lead to women’s safety and freedom. Meher Ahmad, sobering and true, in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...
Opinion | ‘The First Losers in All of This Were Women’
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“A man,” a renowned Dutch gynecologist wrote 100 years ago—in a sometimes surprisingly spicy text—“must know how to make love.” But his book also promoted disturbing beliefs with “unsettling echoes in the present,” Anna Holmes writes @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
What a Century-Old Sex Manual Got Right
And very wrong
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"Men simply do not call each other on their shit." If only more of them would, how powerful that would be. @katemanne.bsky.social nailing it again. katemanne.substack.com/p/one-weird-...
One Weird Trick for Being a Better Man
When a man is with other men, why does he lose his moral compass so reliably?
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Tickled to make my first on-page cameo in an @theatlantic.com story—a delightful, relatable confession by the hype-averse Anna Holmes: @annahttps://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/pop-culture-hype-aversion/686312/
How Did I Become So Averse to Hype?
“The Pitt,” “Severance,” “Sinners,” you name it: For some reason, the more popular something is, the more likely I am to resist it.
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You might see a “career-ambition gap,” “museum-appreciation gap,” “anxiety gap,” or just about any other “gap” in a relationship—but what are these labels *really* saying? @faith-hill.bsky.social @theatlantic.com has a sharp take: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
The Tyranny of the Relationship Gap
Age gaps, swag gaps, woke gaps—where does it end?
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"Misogyny rarely announces itself openly; instead, it very often emerges through small slights and insults": I'm not watching this show but I *am* here for this smart critique from Megan Garber @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Love Is Blindsided
On Netflix’s hit dating show, the villain edit is out; the villain twist is in.
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In which @faith-hill.bsky.social @theatlantic.com says the quiet part out loud: "That this fact has been obscured—that women themselves have been obscured in this conversation—says a lot about who gets prioritized in American culture." www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Gen Z Women Are Having an Identity Crisis
They may be struggling even more than young men.
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"I was there. I was there. I was there. We were there." // That's the part where the lump came into my throat and wouldn't leave. A heartfelt, devastating portrait by @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
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Moral of the story from @galuten.bsky.social: We could all probably use a bit more Gene Kelly... www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
The Gene Kelly School of Life
I thought I was okay, until I started watching musicals with my daughter—and couldn’t stop crying.
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"This is, admittedly, not a terribly sexy topic," Stephanie H. Murray writes, but it is an intriguing one: She dives into some striking data showing how commutes affect women's employment and earnings, especially after they have kids—and thus the gender wage gap. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
‘Commuting Is Bad’—Particularly for Women
A growing body of research shows how longer travel times affect moms’ ability to work.
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"The reality is that we’re all on the 'dead people' beat now." Devastating and true, from @juliettekayyem.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Brown Shooting Felt Different
I’m used to responding to sudden tragedies, but not ones this personal.
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“Instead of learning the textbook definitions of psychological disorders,” @olgakhazan.bsky.social writes, “laypeople are absorbing the oversimplified versions, then diagnosing their spouse.” Might this sound familiar? Then you need to read this good piece: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
Why Couples Therapists Are Sick of ‘Therapy-Speak’
What happens when spouses accuse each other of gaslighting? Nothing good.
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“An employer whose new hire ghosts before onboarding is inconvenienced; an applicant who’s ghosted by prospective employers over and over again can end up sleeping in their car.” Sharp analysis of the “job ghosting” phenomenon by Franklin Schneider: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?
Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.
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Some sprout recipes "involve individually pulling all the layers of leaves off each one, which sounds like some kind of boarding-school detention." Now seriously second-guessing my Thanksgiving choices thanks to this delightful piece by @giladedelman.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Enough With the Brussels Sprouts Already
Cabbage is the better Thanksgiving option.
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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“The assumption behind Cluely is that letting an AI pull a Cyrano yields better interactions than relying on your own brain,” @julieebeck.bsky.social writes. Her verdict after testing it: It's horribly inefficient—and could in fact harm your relationships. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
How to Cheat at Conversation
A new AI tool promises to improve social interactions but instead makes them worse.
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Now you, too, can count down to Christmas, @elcush.bsky.social writes, by unboxing: tea, designer lipstick, wine, weed, chili crisp, cheese, knives, crystals...toys for children, toys for cats, toys for dogs, toys for sex (or a daily thong). www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Advent Calendars Are Totally Out of Control
What began as a form of religious expression has morphed into a brand-a-palooza.
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“Without exposure to the normal variety of bodies, we may become less comfortable with our own.” A fun, fascinating @theatlantic.com piece by Jacob Beckert on the decline of mundane, everyday opportunities to get naked together: www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
The End of Naked Locker Rooms
What we lose when casual nudity disappears
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"The political reality in 2025 is that our government is as stereotypically masculine as a dick-measuring contest in a weight room": @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com wades into the "great feminization" debate and it is 🔥🔥🔥: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
No, Women Aren’t the Problem
America is rapidly becoming the manosphere, but, sure, let’s go after the “feminization” of culture.
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