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Amanda Hess

@amandahess

writer at large, @nytimes. my book is SECOND LIFE: HAVING A CHILD IN THE DIGITAL AGE: https://nitter.cf/t.co/YhdswmXUZF

amazon.com/Second-Life-Having-Child-Digital/dp/0385549733
Joined September 2008
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Lowkey when a woman talks about her incompetent idiot husband he always sounds like me
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Very distressed to learn this week about the allegation that The New York Times is callously refusing to let a software engineer work from home so that he can take care of his ailing 96yo father. NYT now fighting employee in court. Why? Extremely sad. nycclc.org/news/take-action-…
Take Action: Tell The New York Times to Stop Being Heartless and Let Rich Quan Work at Home | New...

Take Action: Tell The New York Times to Stop Being Heartless and Let Rich Quan Work at Home | New...

Rich Quan, an engineer at The New York Times and a member of the Tech Guild, is a certified caregiver for his 96-year-old father, who is in an advanced stage of Alzheimer’s Disease. He provides vital...

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Amanda Hess@amandahessAug 26
I wrote about how Dolly outsmarted every dumb-blonde joke about her: nytimes.com/2026/08/26/style…
Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke

Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke

Nothing a critic or comic said about Parton — and they said plenty — compared with what she said about herself. She stepped on their punchlines and took away their power.

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kelsey weekman
@kelsaywhatAug 26
this is like if they put the ending of TAR at the beginning of TAR
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Dolly Parton at 40, to Ms. Magazine
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I wrote about how Dolly outsmarted every dumb-blonde joke about her: nytimes.com/2026/08/26/style…
Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke

Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke

Nothing a critic or comic said about Parton — and they said plenty — compared with what she said about herself. She stepped on their punchlines and took away their power.

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Karen Attiah
@KarenAttiahAug 24
BREAKING: The Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth after Charlie Kirk's killing. I fought back. I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. ✊🏾 nytimes.com/2026/08/24/busin…
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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@DexertoJul 8
A student pilot successfully landed a plane by herself after her instructor jumped to his death mid-flight She said her instructor told her "You know what to do" before leaping from the aircraft
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thank you the pope
Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) profile picturePope Leo XIV
@PontifexJun 24
Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…
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Il Post@ilpostMay 10
Becoming a mother among app and infuencers, with Amanda Hess ilpost.link/sSgwg0SMSy
Becoming a mother among apps and influencers, with Amanda Hess - Il Post

Becoming a mother among apps and influencers, with Amanda Hess - Il Post

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people who get off at my bus stop have a certain wisdom all too rare in the world today. people who get off at the bus stop before mine are doubtless idlers. people who get off at stops after mine have ways that are foreign and uncertain but one imagines idolatrous
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Gay Interrupted
@TwinkTheoryApr 17
Told my boyfriend the New York Times referenced one of my tweets and this was his reply. You absolutely need one offline one online in every couple for it to work
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and yet ... she did
Gillian Branstetter (@GBBranstetter) profile pictureGillian Branstetter@GBBranstetterApr 17
The concept of Lena Dunham representing the naked
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“The internet of Dunham’s time created a mode of radical self-exposure, and then punished people for it. It’s rare now, and necessary, to have a public figure who, despite the costs, opens all of herself to us — this time, to promote a book about how that almost killed her.”
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I wrote about our Girl nytimes.com/2026/04/17/magaz…
Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.

Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.

The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us.

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I wrote about our Girl nytimes.com/2026/04/17/magaz…
Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.

Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.

The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us.

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Richard Brody@tnyfrontrowApr 3
Replying to @selfstyledsiren @FilmLinc @MoMAFilm
In general, with a negative review, not recommending that you not see the movie but that you not enjoy it.
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yes, and you can pre-order the paperback now amazon.com/Second-Life-Havin…
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gianmarco
@GianmarcoSoresiMar 10
Every AI video is like someone made a collage out of magazine cutouts and wants me to be impressed with their ability to glue
el.cine (@EHuanglu) profile pictureel.cine
@EHuangluMar 9
this is scary.. see dance 2.0 can mimic a film style just by typing directors' name in prompt..
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pictoria vark@pictoriavarkMar 2
spoke to @nytimes about heated rivalry 🫢⭐️🏒🥅 thank you @amandahess for letting me talk about the show on everyone’s minds
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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnFeb 27
Time to learn to ode
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@jawwwn_Feb 25
Peter Thiel on who is most likely to lose their jobs to AI: "It seems much worse for the math people than the word people.”
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