Rebecca Onion
Rebecca Onion Rebecca Onion

Rebecca Onion is a Slate staff writer and the author of Innocent Experiments.

Family
Jan. 18 2019 1:07 PMThe Troubling Thing About the “Fit Mom” Instagram CommunityRebecca Onion
History
Jan. 17 2019 5:38 PM“Build a Wall of Steel”A century before Trump, the KKK also wanted to halt immigration. And while a real wall wasn’t in their playbook, their motivations and goals sound eerily familiar.Rebecca Onion
Downtime
Dec. 24 2018 5:55 AM“Absurd Creatures of My Own Invention”The delightful, inventive, fraught era when kids made their own toys.Rebecca Onion
Life
Dec. 14 2018 3:36 PMA Penthouse DividedCan a publication be both sexually provocative and a mouthpiece for the right? The iconic porn magazine seems to be trying.Rebecca Onion
Science
Dec. 6 2018 5:34 PMThe Real Story Behind Margot Robbie’s Wild Queen Elizabeth MakeupElizabeth I is famous for her face powder. Why she wore it and whether it poisoned her is complicated.Rebecca Onion
Picks
Nov. 28 2018 5:44 AMThe Game That Takes Advantage of Your Psychic Connection to the Ones You LoveAn ode to Celebrity.Rebecca Onion
Life
Nov. 16 2018 11:11 AM(French!) Kissing the Teen Mag GoodbyeWith Seventeen moving to “digital-first,” the era of the teen print magazine is over. As it should be.Rebecca Onion
History
Nov. 14 2018 1:16 PMWorld War WasteMemorials of World War I should focus on the truth—that it was bloody and pointless.Rebecca Onion
Life
Nov. 1 2018 2:43 PMHow Disinformation and Conspiracy Culture Are Convincing Young People They Don’t Know Enough to VoteRebecca Onion
History
Oct. 25 2018 12:51 PMThe Far Right Is Claiming That Letter Bombs Are a “Liberal Tactic”But history shows that they are equal-opportunity terrorism.Rebecca Onion
Life
Oct. 17 2018 11:03 AMThought Trump’s “Pocahontas” Joke About Elizabeth Warren Was Just Racist? Great News: It’s Also Kinda Sexist!Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 10 2018 5:29 PMThe Angle: Where’s the Base EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on Jamal Khashoggi, drag in A Star Is Born, and Hispanic turnout.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 4 2018 6:08 PMThe Angle: College Try EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on A Star Is Born, crème brûlée, and Kavanaugh’s Yale roommate.Rebecca Onion
Life
Oct. 3 2018 11:08 AMPoor Little Rich JudgeThe GoFundMe campaigns for the Kavanaugh family are a disturbing reminder of the nomination’s forgotten controversy.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 1 2018 5:47 PMThe Angle: No Fury EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on the Devil’s Triangle, the history of sexual assault, and Kavanaugh’s anger.Rebecca Onion
Brow Beat
Jan. 17 2019 7:01 PMWild and Precious LifeMy mom, Mary Oliver, fancy smart people, and me.Rebecca Onion
Family
Jan. 8 2019 1:47 PMWhat a Single Mom of Four Spends on Her Kids During One Week in IndianapolisOn an annual income of $76,000.Rebecca Onion
Work
Dec. 18 2018 1:44 PMTavi Gevinson on Why Rookie Had to EndThe writer and actress, now 22, on aging out of her iconic teen magazine—and retreating from the Instagram life.Rebecca Onion
History
Dec. 11 2018 12:59 PMMaking History Go ViralHistorians used the Twitter thread to add context and accuracy to the news cycle in 2018. Here’s how they did it.Rebecca Onion
Science
Nov. 29 2018 4:30 PMHow to Stop Falling for the “I’m Not a Scientist” TrapThis is a rhetorical tactic that denialists have been using for decades. There are better responses than deifying scientists.Rebecca Onion
Family
Nov. 26 2018 2:47 PM“I Am Happy Again”A new book shows the remarkable contrast between 19th-century women’s views of miscarriage and the loss-focused rhetoric of today.Rebecca Onion
Family
Nov. 14 2018 1:21 PMWhat a Dad of Two Spends on His Kids During One Week in Arlington, VirginiaRebecca Onion
Future Tense
Nov. 6 2018 2:36 PMThat Beautiful Barbed WireThe concertina wire Trump loves at the border has a long, troubling legacy in the West.Rebecca Onion
Family
Oct. 30 2018 2:46 PMIn Defense of Parenting IdealsActing like only crackpots police screens, or have wooden toys, devalues all our parenting.Rebecca Onion
History
Oct. 19 2018 1:56 PMA Devil’s BargainThe Proud Boys’ acceptance at a fancy Republican club looks a lot like the courtship between conservatives and fascists before WWII.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 11 2018 4:52 PMThe Angle: Whither the Court EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on Kara Swisher’s bosses, teenagers and abortion, and the future of SCOTUS.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 9 2018 5:26 PMThe Angle: Your Emotions EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on the A Star is Born soundtrack, racism on Discord, and misogyny vs. the Democrats.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 3 2018 5:54 PMThe Angle: Google “Fears” EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on Kavanaugh GoFundMes, presidential-text alerts, and changes at Google.Rebecca Onion
The Angle
Oct. 2 2018 6:04 PMThe Angle: Drinking Problem EditionSlate’s daily newsletter on Stormy’s memoir, a child star’s experience, and why Kavanaugh’s relationship to alcohol matters.Rebecca Onion
Family
Oct. 1 2018 9:00 AMShould We Force Shy Kids to Do Class Presentations?Here’s what experts say.Rebecca Onion

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