New York Magazine: November 25, 2019 Issue

Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform Fame

Throughout the 2010s, she demonstrably shifted American culture, changing the way we understand fame and the internet.

Ta-Nehisi Coates on What Changed in the ‘Obama Decade’ — and What Didn’t

Talking reparations, Kaepernick, and the first black president with the writer who may be the definitive chronicler of racial politics in the 2010s.

By Zak Cheney-Rice

Kevin Systrom

Kevin Systrom talks truth, scale, and influencers.

By Stella Bugbee

DeRay Mckesson

Few American social movements shaped the 2010s as definitively as BLM, and few of its activists have proved to be as galvanizing as Mckesson.

By Zak Cheney-Rice

BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on Making the World a Meme

Talking the dress, the dossier, and the next pivot to video with the CEO of the company that transformed digital media over the last decade.

By Max Read

Margaret Atwood on the Decade The Handmaid’s Tale Came to Life

Her novels speculated about lab-grown meat, environmental catastrophe, and the diminishment of reproductive autonomy. Does anything shock her anymore?

By Molly Young

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

November 25, 2019

Who Were the 2010s?

features

Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform Fame

Ta-Nehisi Coates on What Changed in the ‘Obama Decade’ — and What Didn’t

Kevin Systrom

DeRay Mckesson

BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on Making the World a Meme

Margaret Atwood on the Decade The Handmaid’s Tale Came to Life

Intelligencer

The National Interest

From the Cut

The Swamp

DEPARTMENTS

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of November 25, 2019

The Approval Matrix: Week of November 25, 2019

On the Cover of New York Magazine: A Decade in Review

STRATEGIST’s Gift Guide 2019

Gift Guide: Under $50

Gift Guide: $51 to $200

Gift Guide: $201 and Up

THE CULTURE PAGES

Alexa, Break Our Hearts

Let’s Talk About Ariana Grande’s Extremely Horny Christmas Album

American Is a Snarling Dog

The Faces of Vulture Festival LA 2019

Laura Dern Doesn’t Need Our Approval

The Theater Review

The Movie Review

The Album Review

To Do: November 27–December 11

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

November 25, 2019

Who Were the 2010s?

features

Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform Fame

Ta-Nehisi Coates on What Changed in the ‘Obama Decade’ — and What Didn’t

Kevin Systrom

DeRay Mckesson

BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on Making the World a Meme

Margaret Atwood on the Decade The Handmaid’s Tale Came to Life

Intelligencer

The National Interest

From the Cut

The Swamp

DEPARTMENTS

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of November 25, 2019

The Approval Matrix: Week of November 25, 2019

On the Cover of New York Magazine: A Decade in Review

STRATEGIST’s Gift Guide 2019

Gift Guide: Under $50

Gift Guide: $51 to $200

Gift Guide: $201 and Up

THE CULTURE PAGES

Alexa, Break Our Hearts

Let’s Talk About Ariana Grande’s Extremely Horny Christmas Album

American Is a Snarling Dog

The Faces of Vulture Festival LA 2019

Laura Dern Doesn’t Need Our Approval

The Theater Review

The Movie Review

The Album Review

To Do: November 27–December 11

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