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Lauren Michele Jackson

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english professor @northwesternu, contributing writer @newyorker
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Taking In the Scene at Daisy Chain Fields, the Zoomer Lilith Fair

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By Lauren Michele Jackson
| The New Yorker Verified
A music festival ostensibly unfurls itself for music fans, but the experience of one can give lovers cause for doubt. Its contemporary format impresses, firstly, as an altar to capital. Tickets are priced at tiers that smell extortionate, and are won by either facing off with bots or succumbing to the—actually extortionate—resale market. And the sell doesn’t end there, what with the soaring concession prices and the branded outposts that one must dodge before hearing a single note.
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The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal

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By Lauren Michele Jackson
| The New Yorker Verified
Cofnas had his own answer—“in a meritocracy, Harvard faculty would be recruited from the best of the best students, which means the number of black professors would approach 0%,” he wrote in that 2024 blog post. And, after a tip from a faculty member at Cambridge, he claimed, he had his hook. The allegation was that Arday was a “plagiarist and fabulist”; and, as would later become publicized, Arday’s scholarship had in the past received scrutiny for accusations of plagiarism.
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Ariana Grande and the Disappointment of Diagnosis

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By Lauren Michele Jackson
| The New Yorker Verified
Tell me, who’s to blame? Is it the people or myself? . . . This is not a cry for help . . . But I am not a victim, bitch I’m practically drowning in my blessings If those proclamations are autobiographical, a vanishing few believe it. The “Petal” video has been received as a smoking gun, shot to accentuate her extreme thinness. Its screenshots have circulated with ferocity this past week as proof that Grande is in danger, and imperiling others with her.
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