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Jessica Winter is a Slate senior editor. Follow her on Twitter.

Five-ring Circus
Feb. 20 2014 8:29 PMThat Was ... CuriousRussia’s Adelina Sotnikova beat Yuna Kim to win figure skating gold. But did she really deserve to win?Jessica Winter
Five-ring Circus
Feb. 19 2014 12:32 PMFrom Single to Double to TripleThe evolution of the jump in women’s figure skating, from 1936 to 2014.Chris Wade and Jessica Winter
Culturebox
Feb. 7 2014 1:01 PMWoody Allen and Dylan Farrow: Just the Facts
Digging deeper into Robert B. Weide’s misleading Daily Beast story. 
Jessica Winter
Culturebox
Jan. 17 2014 12:56 PMDid Woody Allen Molest His Adopted Daughter 22 Years Ago?Let’s take a break from the Hollywood tributes to him and reconsider the evidence.Jessica Winter
Brow Beat
Dec. 6 2013 2:58 PMYou Really Should Go See the New Mandela MovieJessica Winter
The XX Factor
Nov. 27 2013 2:31 PMNo, the New York Times Did Not Sexualize Breast CancerJessica Winter
Brow Beat
Nov. 8 2013 10:05 AMEvery Song From Morrissey’s Autobiography, in One Great PlaylistJessica Winter
Billion to One
Oct. 31 2013 11:41 PMThe Path to 10 FiguresIntroducing Slate’s special series on the billionaires of the future.Jessica Winter
Books
Oct. 21 2013 6:00 PMThe Jumped-Up Pantry Boy Who Never Knew His PlaceMorrissey’s Autobiography.Jessica Winter
Books
Oct. 3 2013 4:33 PMAll That Happens Must Be KnownDave Eggers has zero interest in the tech world. So why did he write a 500-page satire about it?Jessica Winter
Food
Sept. 25 2013 11:54 PMSympathy for the DevilIn defense of Gordon Ramsay.Jessica Winter
Brow Beat
Sept. 19 2013 10:46 AMBreaking Bad Has a Pinkman ProblemJessica Winter
Future Tense
Sept. 3 2013 4:43 PMIn Praise of the World’s Most Underappreciated SmartphoneJessica Winter
Culturebox
Aug. 14 2013 5:30 AMThe Kindly BrontosaurusThe amazing, prehistoric posture that will get you whatever you want, whenever you want it.Jessica Winter
Rivalries
Aug. 1 2013 10:47 AMBattle ReadyIntroducing Slate’s special series on rivalries.Jessica Winter
Five-Ring Circus
Feb. 19 2014 9:48 PMThere Will Be No Tara Lipinski of the Sochi GamesJessica Winter
Five-Ring Circus
Feb. 11 2014 12:58 PMCongratulations, NBC: You Finally Made a Tear-Jerking Segment That Isn’t TerribleJessica Winter
Culturebox
Feb. 4 2014 2:35 PMDon’t Listen to Woody Allen’s Biggest DefenderWhy are so many journalists lauding Robert Weide’s sleazy, passive-aggressive attack on Mia Farrow and her daughter?Jessica Winter
Technology
Dec. 18 2013 11:02 AMI Want to Live in Spike Jonze’s FutureCool phones. Great pants. A reassuringly familiar undertone of melancholy.Jessica Winter
Moneybox
Dec. 5 2013 1:05 PMWho Gets to Be Poor?A viral essay shows that we’re confused about the difference between “downwardly mobile” and “impoverished.”Jessica Winter
Technology
Nov. 27 2013 2:00 PMThe Pen Is Mightier Than the KeypadA high-tech stylus that keeps you writing by hand.Jessica Winter
Wild Things
Nov. 4 2013 12:52 PMDo Animals Know That They Are Dying? I Think My Cat Did.Jessica Winter
When Big Businesses Were Small
Oct. 27 2013 11:45 PMPlay the Name-Droppers Quiz!Can you match the great business with its terrible original moniker?Emma Goss and Jessica Winter
When Big Businesses Were Small
Oct. 13 2013 11:45 PMBillion Dollar BabiesIntroducing Slate’s special series about the early days of iconic companies.Jessica Winter
Politics
Oct. 1 2013 7:51 PMSlate Readers Talk About Day 1 of Obamacare
Faith-based
Sept. 20 2013 4:42 PMCatholic TruthinessMove over, Antonin Scalia. Stephen Colbert is now America’s Catholic.Jessica Winter
Future Tense
Sept. 11 2013 1:27 PMAT&T: The 9/11 ThinkfluencersJessica Winter
Moneybox
Aug. 22 2013 2:53 PMThe Magnificent Nightmare of the Billy BookcaseIkea is so good at so many things. Why is it so bad at delivery?Jessica Winter
Moneybox
Aug. 9 2013 11:00 AMSteal This Look: Using Social Security Benefits as a Marketing FrontJessica Winter
Brow Beat
July 25 2013 5:27 PMWhen Is It OK to Crack Up? Some Ground Rules for the Cast of SNL.Jessica Winter

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