It’s been almost two years since I read a line from a lawsuit that would spiral into a story so much bigger than I could ever imagine. It’s a story about BBLs, but it’s also a story about power, social media& a system that preys on our every insecurity:

The future is here...and here...and here... New @Newsweek by @95gunn

How these five cities—Seattle, Singapore, Paris, Charlotte and Freiburg—are leading the way to a greener world. New @Newsweek cover story by @95gunn

10 innovators who are transforming healthcare for the greater good. Via @Newsweek. H/t @ChangLabUcsf @NeurosurgUCSF, @PolinaLishko @WUSTLmed, @NarjustFlorezMD @DanaFarberNews @Florez_Lab @harvardmed. Plus writers @95gunn, @kerenzulli

she convinced me to add to cart

Thank you to @PeterCarbonara and @dianeharris for the best editorial guidance on this!

For @Newsweek , I dove into the wild world of legal sports betting and what this rapid expansion could mean for the U.S.

Last week's essay is the 2nd @95gunn has written for OA. Her #lettertoastranger, "To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest," reflects on the comfort of friendship when faced with danger, and was featured in Best American Travel Writing 2021. Read it here:

Amen. When @OffAssignment puts out a story like this one, a thousand to-do lists of my recent past glow with worth. YES, @95gunn. How fully & deftly & unforgettably you sweep us to Alaska.

This @OffAssignment piece by Meghan Gunn is superb. Alaska, Post Malone, Silence...everything you want in an essay. Read it here: https://t.co/tlC7RP5wA1

.@postmalone echoes over Alaskan tundra. @95gunn watches over children left behind while adults go inland to fish for the winter. She also finds rising seas, kids who grow up too fast, & a new form of speech. Read this stunning "Under the Influence" essay:

New Alzheimer's drug brings hope, tough choices for patients, caregivers

@LonSchneiderMD @barttels2 @nvillain_alz @MadhavThambiset @seb_walsh @AlbertoEspay @ProfRobHoward @PhilAlz @ayton_scott @AE_MD @reshmagar @gregggonsalves @MemoryDoc @jasonkarlawish @KarlHerrup @GiovanniFrisoni @macesari @geoperry @samgandy @Gill_Livingston @Kariem_Ezzat @andrea_sturchio @AndaloussiLab @rkhamsi @r_merrick @DrLiHueiTsai @adamfeuerstein @Jasonmmast @damiangarde @lauriemcginley2 @grace_huckins @aylinsdincer @PamBelluck @schrag_matthew @kathy_y_liu @dmrind @icer_review @biogen @EisaiUS @naomikresge @DrMariaALZ @alzassociation @US_FDA @CMSGov @rdotinga @Medscape @drjohnm New @newsweek article on Lecanemab by @95gunn & highlighted by Madhav @MadhavThambiset https://t.co/bvbGRdEDYx

"The drug has significant risks, including bleeding & brain swelling. Eisai estimates the annual price of treatment would be somewhere between $9,249 & $35,605 & the drug has only a modest effect on the debilitating progress of Alzheimer's" @ProfRobHoward @pash22 @gregggonsalves

This week, we're reading a meditative review by @emilydingwrites of @Tim_Hannigan's "Travel Writing Tribe;" a philosophical treatise on astonishment by @timmtriplett; and an investigation by @95gunn about deadly plastic surgery. These & more: https://t.co/kNySR9nr5V

Slick Instagram ads promised the perfect figure at a great price. But for these women, their Brazilian Butt Lift dreams turned into a life-threatening nightmare. More from @95gunn's yearlong investigation into the world of discount BBLs:

When Tyesha Washington made her way into an unfinished basement below the glitzy lobby of Goals Plastic Surgery, she was told to swallow a handful of Xanax and Percocet before undergoing her BBL. The pills would render her numb—but awake—for the procedure.

"The BBL is the fastest-growing cosmetic procedure in the world. Last year, 61,387 butt augmentations...were performed in the U.S." | Chilling story on the dangers of #BBL surgery for @marieclaire by @litrep_nyu alum @95gunn https://t.co/2ov6c5JUI4 #cosmeticsurgery

I can’t get over this @marieclaire story about a clinic called Goals Plastic Surgery and its scary, shady practices. Several patients have died after procedures. The lack of regulation around this is mind-boggling.

“I truly believe if men were the victims, there would already have been a national dialogue with movement afoot for the passage of sterner regulations.”