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Michelle Santiago Cortés is a Cut contributor who writes essays and features about digital culture and the social internet.

  1. culture
    Seeking Mavis Beacon’s Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross Are Very OnlineThe director and artist on screenshots, Chess.com, and SoundCloud playlists.
  2. relationships
    Sometimes Smut Is Too GoodReading a “spicy” book can be a fun escape — that is, if your relationship is strong enough to survive it.
  3. the internet
    We’re All Shopping Addicts NowThere is always a newer, cooler, more desirable version of ourselves to become, if only we buy the right products.
  4. the internet
    Living the DreamWhy endure the dull or excruciating realities of everyday life when you can just manifest your way to a better one on TikTok?
  5. extremely online
    The Internet’s Most Hellish YearWe spent 2022 giving our online souls over to dark forces. Maybe next year we’ll get ’em back.
  6. extremely online
    Could Thin Be in Again?The 2022 body is more worryingly aspirational than ever.
  7. the internet
    The Beginning of the End of Millennial DiscourseNo one is talking about what they think they’re talking about.
  8. water
    My Summer Crush Is the OceanConsider me a cross between a fangirl and a marine biologist.
  9. the internet
    Can a PDF Really Tell You If You’re Queer?Unpacking the complicated legacy — and history — of The Lesbian Masterdoc.
  10. the internet
    The Anti-Instagram App Promising to Make Us Feel GoodBeReal wants to capitalize on our desire for authenticity on social media.
  11. self
    In the Pursuit of HotnessHow one sub-Reddit community is defining our beauty standards — and then striving for them at all costs.
  12. ambition
    Who Is the Girlboss Now?On TikTok, a reckoning with the millennial striver.
  13. the internet
    The World War III Memes Are Not HelpingI mean, do you feel better?
  14. love and tiktok
    Online Dating, Without the AppsLasting digital-first connections don’t have to start with swiping.
  15. culture
    Because Your Algorithm Says SoExamining our (sometimes toxic) relationship with our AI overlords.
  16. cannabis
    A Weed Experience Without the SmokeWelcome to the Stone Age: a 9,000-square-foot space filled with black-light murals, interactive art, and installations.