Kat Tenbarge is an award-winning culture journalist. She has worked at NBC News & Business Insider.
Apr 13, 2026
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12 min read
Victim-blaming rhetoric hurts all survivors, even the ones people claim to care about.
Apr 7, 2026
11 min read
The artist's fandom is now standing in the way of his accountability.
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Apr 3, 2026
13 min read
The generational infighting is the product of—and distraction from—the broligarchy.
Mar 30, 2026
Also, a newsletter bundle deal with Marisa Kabas and Katelyn Burns!
Mar 24, 2026
17 min read
Reality TV has a long, sordid history of pushing women to their breaking point.
Mar 18, 2026
14 min read
Can election deniers and socialists really work together to regulate big AI?
Mar 16, 2026
8 min read
We've been thoroughly disincentivized from talking about abuse.
Mar 13, 2026
When trolls are treated as evidence by institutions.
Mar 8, 2026
A new homepage design, year-end results, and what's next.
Mar 3, 2026
Part one of an investigation into an online smear campaign that followed a complaint against a music school.
Feb 24, 2026
Are people shining a light on exploitation or perpetuating it?
Feb 18, 2026
These men shared some of the same crisis publicists and PR strategies.
Feb 12, 2026
Not everyone can be a Substack star. But that's not all newsletters are, either.
Feb 6, 2026
10 min read
From the Epstein files to Amber Heard, we obsess over victims while denying their own right to speak.
Jan 28, 2026
Plus, this newsletter supports legal services for immigrants in Maine.
Jan 23, 2026
The celebrity gossip to patriarchy pipeline.
Jan 20, 2026
GenAI and gender-based violence are inextricably linked, well beyond bikinis on X.
Jan 15, 2026
Renee Good and her neighbors aren't perpetrators. They're victims.
Jan 8, 2026
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
Jan 2, 2026
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
Dec 31, 2025
16 min read
Plus, my best and worst lists for 2025.
Dec 28, 2025
Viral jokes and AI memes about Jeffrey Epstein only enable his abuse of power.
Dec 23, 2025
Everyone is getting pushed to be a 'creator.' But does that mean being conventionally attractive?
Dec 18, 2025
9 min read
Age verification laws are as ineffective as they are dangerous.
Dec 13, 2025
This never-ending media saga mirrors the implosion of beauty YouTube.
