The Outline

Dan Brooks

We probably shouldn’t be telling children that who they are determines what they do.

A lot of awful people should believe in themselves much less.

My journey through the emerging market for identity-tailored jewelry.

Invented curses like “fuckbonnet,” “douchenozzle,” and “shitwhistle” suggest something obnoxious about the new politics of civility.

In September, the Emmys turned one of the year’s worst people into a fun reference.

Netflix’s new show tries to humanize mass murder. It doesn’t work.