Showing results by author "Amanda Hess"

Twenty years ago, “I Love Dick” — Chris Kraus’s novel chronicling her one-sided obsession with a cultural critic named Dick and how she staked out her own identity as a writer through a wild series of letters to him — was published to little notice. Since then, it has grown into a feminist cult classic.

The Try Guys, a quartet of BuzzFeed personalities who film themselves undergoing often absurd and humiliating experiences on camera (skiing in Speedos, posing for beefcake photos, suffering simulated labor pains), subjected themselves last year to a different kind of bodily experimentation: genetic testing.

"The Racial Spectacle of DNA Test Result Videos" is from the May 06, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Asian-American Actors Will Not Be Ignored" is from the May 25, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"MTV Classic Is Nostalgia for Millennials. But Do They Want TV?" is from the August 17, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"The Slow-Game App Is the New Smoke Break" is from the August 09, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, 15-year-old Bryce Xavier went to the Olive Garden with his mom, pulled out his phone and broadcast lunch. Across the country, teenagers’ phones lit up with a push notification: Bryce was live.

The filter bubble describes the tendency of social networks like Facebook and Twitter to lock users into personalized feedback loops, each with its own news sources, cultural touchstones and political inclinations.

"After Election, Getting Out of Media Bubble" is from the March 04, 2017 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Twitter Alert: Unrelenting Bots Are at War for Your Soul" is from the December 14, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Secrets of the Emoji World, Now with Its Own Convention" is from the November 08, 2016 Art section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"The Rise of the Internet Fan Bully" is from the August 15, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Hands off My Smiley Face: Emoji Become Corporate Tools" is from the June 20, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Caroline Miller.