Isabel Fattal

@IsabelFattal

Copy editor , former fellow in education + family. Previously , | Wesleyan University '17

Washington, DC
Joined May 2014
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    21 hours ago

    .'s reporting on what's happening to one million Muslims in China is terrifying—and so worth your time

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  2. Aug 23

    "This is the way language evolves—not in an orderly line, but as a messy argument. And that is a blessing—words deserve regular interrogation."

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    Aug 23

    Every time Mike Pence brings up faith or God or prayer in his NASA speeches, some people roll their eyes. I did a bit of digging into his approach, and found a surprising history:

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    Aug 3

    I’m looking to interview pairs/sets of friends about their friendships! Interested in any unique stories but here are a few I’m particularly looking for. reach out — julie at the atlantic dot com — if you AND your friend(s) are down to talk please don’t spam me 🙏🏻

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  5. Aug 2

    "Textbooks could start right off by saying: We don’t know everything—isn’t that cool?"

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  6. Jul 31

    Yes! Keep an eye out for more great work by this wonderful colleague who lets me nerd out about the history of mysticism with her by the water cooler every day.

    I'm so excited to have been selected for the new Public Theologies of Technology and Presence initiative—this means I'll be doing more reporting for on the intersection of tech + religion! Thank you &
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    Jul 9

    Who else but could write in the same breath about Love Actually & Foucault & The Bachelor & "the most ardently post-y of the post-structuralists"? So smart and so much fun to read:

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  8. Jun 21

    This piece is absolutely essential.

    I wrote about empathy becoming Orwellian:
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    Jun 21

    I spent the last few days talking to lawyers and advocates about how detained children will be reunited with their parents. What I learned: For some, it could take weeks, if not months or years.

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  10. Jun 17

    "Really, the thrill of making a sound has never left me.”

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    Jun 14

    YUM! KIPPER WAR

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    Jun 13

    My latest piece on the politics of history education—and on what can happen in the long-term when schools downplay the scope and complexity and synergy of the world's collective narrative.

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  13. Jun 11

    Loved this piece on the implications, both creative and economic, of new TV-watching habits:

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    Jun 11

    Gig workers may make up only 6.9% of the economy, but low-wage food service/retail workers make up 18%. For many of them, variable shifts don't add flexibility—they cause uncertainty, and instability.

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    Jun 6

    LOVE love

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  16. Jun 5

    .'s latest is so good. Stay for the kicker!

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  17. Jun 5

    In which a higher-ed futurist offers a bleak view of what's next for higher ed:

    Less of a bubble that will suddenly pop, and more of a long, slow slide, and we may already be on the way down:
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  18. May 31

    Yes.

    I’m taking the occasion of this Zach Woods profile to state a longstanding theory of mine: the collective sexuality of heterosexual millennial women was irrevocably shaped by Seth Cohen, in ways that continue to reverberate throughout our lives and society as a whole thank you
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  19. May 31

    "Americans are deeply religious people—and atheists are no exception. Western Europeans are deeply secular people—and Christians are no exception."

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    May 29

    At 35, the death toll by gunfire at U.S. schools makes 2017-18 the deadliest academic year in recent decades. via

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