The Age of Instagram Face

Plus: The House Judiciary Committee votes on impeachment, the fight for Hong Kong’s soul, and William Gibson. View in browser | Update your preferences Decade in Review The Age of Instagram Face How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look. By Jia Tolentino In the News Daily Comment Lessons to Be Learned from the Afghanistan Papers A self-justifying drive to “rid the world of evil” can itself become evil’s incubator. By James Carroll Letter from the U.K. A Tired Britain Trudges to the Polls In a very tight race, the most important issue for voters seemed to be Brexit—specifically, getting it over and done with. By Anna Russell PAID POST GIVE GRISHAM THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Give everyone on your list a thrill. John Grisham’s newest novel features a determined lawyer who risks his reputation—and his life—to free an innocent man. The Washington Post says The Guardians is “terrific…Grisham has done it again.” Wrap it up today! The New Yorker in Translation A Reporter at Large Hong Kong’s Protest Movement and the Fight for the City’s Soul After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise. By Jiayang Fan A Reporter at Large 香港示威运动，为城市的灵魂而战 历经六个月的动荡，反对北京的示威者越发不愿妥协。 By Jiayang Fan Culture and More The Front Row The Unintentional Politics of “Richard Jewell” Clint Eastwood’s new film offers a political fable polished so brightly that it can reflect more or less any prejudice that a viewer brings to it. By Richard Brody Profiles How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real Midway through his career, the inventor of “cyberspace” turned his attention to a strange new world: the present. By Joshua Rothman Page-Turner How Perumal Murugan Was Resurrected Through Writing The Indian author is a chronicler of the ordinary, able to create a sense of intimacy with the pastoral with a frank, brutal tone. By Amitava Kumar The New Yorker Documentary Life with Cancer in “Dani” A new documentary shows how one family talks through difficult medical news. By Andrea DenHoed Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts What I Mean by “Looking for Fun” in My Dating Profile Open and honest discussions about what we can do as a couple to make more ethical purchases and decrease our carbon footprint. By Amy Collier Daily Cartoon Thursday, December 12th By Ellis Rosen Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.