Virginia Heffernan is an author at Magic + Loss. She explores themes related to culture and society, including cultural movements, internet culture, and issues of diversity and inclusion, alongside topics such as civil rights and gender issues. Her work has been featured in prominent publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and WIRED.
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The philosopher and liberal politician Benedetto Croce laid it out in (where else?) The New Republic in 1937, galvanizing his Italian comrades.
By: Virginia Heffernan
He seemed like such a fiercely uncompromised critic of elites. But maybe it's always been more complicated than that.
By: Virginia Heffernan
Once, war was justified by ho-hum lies about WMDs. Now, it's Childish Gambino grooves and the Book of Revelation. Get with the program.
By: Virginia Heffernan
Shockingly, his ranch there—where unspeakable things went on—was never so much as dusted for prints. At long last, that's going to change.
Shockingly, his ranch there—where unspeakable things went on—was never so much as dusted for prints. At long last, that’s going to change.
By: Virginia Heffernan
The viral AI videos from Iran supporters that have flooded the internet since Trump started the war are obscene—and masterful.
By: Virginia Heffernan
Anthropic's large language model says he doesn't like having helped the U.S. military select targets in Iran. He also can't keep them straight.
By: Virginia Heffernan
Ashley St. Clair used to hang with Erika Kirk. And she bore Romulus, the zillionth child of Elon Musk. She's now turned her back on MAGA—and wants to tell you all about it.
By: Virginia Heffernan
The president insisted that Biden’s economy was “failing” in 2024, when it was anything but. Then he came into office and showed everybody what failing really is.
By: Virginia Heffernan
For us mere mortals, from the pope's encyclical to the total failure of the Enhanced Games, it's been a pretty good week.
