Keziah Weir
@keziahweir.bsky.social
author of 'The Mythmakers'
Vanity Fair senior editor
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Vanity Fair senior editor
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Keziah Weir
@keziahweir.bsky.social
· Nov 19
This year my debut novel came out in paperback with the most beautiful easter egg of a cover. If you pick up a copy from your favorite local indie it will make a bookseller happy, it will make me happy, and it will make you happy—a win-win-win! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Can one cure existential ills via sweating in beautiful places? I'm sure trying! keziahweir.substack.com/p/its-sauna-...
It's Sauna Season
The prettiest naked bathhouse in Amsterdam—and are the men alright?
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November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Can one cure existential ills via sweating in beautiful places? I'm sure trying! keziahweir.substack.com/p/its-sauna-...
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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In conversation with VF this morning, Graham Platner swore that he didn’t know the tattoo’s connotations until very recently; when asked whether he would have removed it if he’d been aware previously, he said that he had already covered it up.
Graham Platner Tells VF He’s Already Gotten Rid of His Nazi Tattoo
“It’s been covered up with some kind of Celtic knot with a dog on it, because that’s far more in line with my opinions,” the embattled Democrat tells Vanity Fair in a wide-ranging interview.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In conversation with VF this morning, Graham Platner swore that he didn’t know the tattoo’s connotations until very recently; when asked whether he would have removed it if he’d been aware previously, he said that he had already covered it up.
I talked to Graham Platner about the Nazi tattoo. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/g...
Graham Platner Tells VF He’s Already Gotten Rid of His Nazi Tattoo
“It’s been covered up with some kind of Celtic knot with a dog on it, because that’s far more in line with my opinions,” the embattled Democrat tells Vanity Fair in a wide-ranging interview.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I talked to Graham Platner about the Nazi tattoo. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/g...
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The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing.
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
(“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
For @vanityfair.com, I chatted with Mona Awad about 'We Love You, Bunny,' out today.
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Novelist Mona Awad on Her Dark Impulses: “No Boys Were Axed in the Making of This Book”
The author chats with VF about the much-anticipated sequel to her best-selling novel, 'Bunny,' Reddit reader theories, and the horror of the MFA.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For @vanityfair.com, I chatted with Mona Awad about 'We Love You, Bunny,' out today.
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I was interviewed for Vanity Fair about the connection between Paltrow, GOOP and MAHA www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Dr. Jen Gunter Sees a Direct Line Between Goop Culture and MAHA
The California-based gynecologist and ‘Gwyneth’ biography source opens up about why she’s decided to leave the United States.
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July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was interviewed for Vanity Fair about the connection between Paltrow, GOOP and MAHA www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Here's some of the weird stuff going on with AI and literature these days, plus 12 really good books written (almost entirely 😉) by humans to kick off your summer reading. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
A Newspaper Published an AI-Generated List Full of Fake Novels. Here, 12 Real Books to Read Instead
Forget AI oopsies; here are some of the best books to kick off your summer reading, from the steamy to the spine-chilling—and each hand-selected by the staff of VF.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here's some of the weird stuff going on with AI and literature these days, plus 12 really good books written (almost entirely 😉) by humans to kick off your summer reading. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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My HTLYM publishes in two weeks but you can read some of it here in @vanityfair.com
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Molly Jong-Fast Reflects on Her Mother’s Dementia and the Fleeting Nature of Fame
In a moving excerpt from ‘How to Lose Your Mother,’ Jong-Fast writes about being raised by larger-than-life feminist icon Erica Jong, and witnessing her heartbreaking decline.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My HTLYM publishes in two weeks but you can read some of it here in @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
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Amid sweeping attacks on the freedom to read, these novels deal with essential questions of what it means to be a human in this world. VF’s picks for 16 books to read this month:
16 Books To Read This Month
Amid sweeping attacks on the freedom to read, these novels and nonfiction deal with sex and sensuality, racism and artmaking, dreams under fascism, and more essential questions of what it means to be ...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Amid sweeping attacks on the freedom to read, these novels deal with essential questions of what it means to be a human in this world. VF’s picks for 16 books to read this month:
For @vanityfair.com I spoke with José Andrés, whose World Central Kitchen is using dwindling supplies to make meals in Gaza and whose colleagues were killed by Israeli and Russian attacks, about working through grief. www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
José Andrés Lost 18 WCK Workers to the Violence of War. He Still Believes There’s Good in the World.
The Michelin-starred chef lost friends and colleagues to Russian and Israeli airstrikes. With his new book, Change the Recipe, he hopes to convince readers—and himself—to stay hopeful.
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April 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For @vanityfair.com I spoke with José Andrés, whose World Central Kitchen is using dwindling supplies to make meals in Gaza and whose colleagues were killed by Israeli and Russian attacks, about working through grief. www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
For @vanityfair.com, I wrote about Meta's defense of training its AI on millions of pirated books, including: they didn't read the pirated copies, it would be annoying to license them, and they don't think the books are individually worth anything to them, anyway. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”
As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For @vanityfair.com, I wrote about Meta's defense of training its AI on millions of pirated books, including: they didn't read the pirated copies, it would be annoying to license them, and they don't think the books are individually worth anything to them, anyway. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
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Thank you @keziahweir.bsky.social for the interview with @marklemley.bsky.social
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Former AI Lawyer for Meta Is Now Taking on Elon Musk, DOGE, and Trump
Months after Mark Lemley posted a fiery missive to LinkedIn, he talks to VF about ditching Meta, suing DOGE, and his one regret about his “neo-Nazi” allegation.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank you @keziahweir.bsky.social for the interview with @marklemley.bsky.social
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"The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America"
@keziahweir.bsky.social talks to Jason Stanley
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@keziahweir.bsky.social talks to Jason Stanley
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The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America
Philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the US for Canada, “the Ukraine of North America,” because he believes Trump’s America is “pretty far along” in the grips of fascism.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America"
@keziahweir.bsky.social talks to Jason Stanley
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
@keziahweir.bsky.social talks to Jason Stanley
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
"Democracy comes before the price of eggs. But what I think is particularly foolish and naive and stupid is to give up democracy *and* raise the price of eggs." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America
Philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the US for Canada, “the Ukraine of North America,” because he believes Trump’s America is “pretty far along” in the grips of fascism.
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March 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Democracy comes before the price of eggs. But what I think is particularly foolish and naive and stupid is to give up democracy *and* raise the price of eggs." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
A Friday treat: eavesdrop on Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar's Bay Area roadtrip courtesy of @nickhilden.bsky.social. “Kaveh is team poetry and I’m team novel, and we were both trying to recruit each other for each other’s teams, then realized we could play for both.” www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Inside a Book Tour Turned Road Trip With Best Friends and Best-Selling Authors Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar
The authors of the celebrated novels ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘Martyr!’ are each other’s valued early readers. “We both wrote when no one gave a shit that we were writing it,” Akbar tells VF. “It’s fun t...
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March 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A Friday treat: eavesdrop on Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar's Bay Area roadtrip courtesy of @nickhilden.bsky.social. “Kaveh is team poetry and I’m team novel, and we were both trying to recruit each other for each other’s teams, then realized we could play for both.” www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
For @vanityfair.com I wrote about someone poisoning their neighbor's trees—but also about climate change, and the brilliance of oaks, and what it means to live in community together. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
An L.L. Bean Heiress Suspected Neighbors of Poisoning Her Trees. What Happened Next Roiled Camden, Maine
When Lisa Gorman noticed that a grove of her majestic oaks had died, she cast her suspicions on seasonal neighbors who wanted a better view of the harbor. The fight that ensued became a town drama tha...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
For @vanityfair.com I wrote about someone poisoning their neighbor's trees—but also about climate change, and the brilliance of oaks, and what it means to live in community together. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Of course I picked Ina Garten's memoir (her Outrageous Brownies recipe remains undefeated) for @vanityfair.com's roundup of the best books of 2024.
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21 Best Books of 2024 to Read Right Now
The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Of course I picked Ina Garten's memoir (her Outrageous Brownies recipe remains undefeated) for @vanityfair.com's roundup of the best books of 2024.
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Hate picking favorites. Love proselytizing about good books. The latter impulse won. Here are 21 of the @vanityfair.com staff's most beloved 2024 reads. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
21 Best Books of 2024 to Read Right Now
The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Hate picking favorites. Love proselytizing about good books. The latter impulse won. Here are 21 of the @vanityfair.com staff's most beloved 2024 reads. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cher's memoir is, in big part, a love letter to (and mourning song for) reproductive rights, and the doctors who perform essential care. I wrote about it for @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cher Reveals She Made a Difficult “Choice” During a Pregnancy, In Her New Memoir
Writing about miscarriages, abortions, and giving birth, the Goddess of Pop juxtaposes her own health history against the harrowing landscape of her mother’s experiences.
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November 21, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Cher's memoir is, in big part, a love letter to (and mourning song for) reproductive rights, and the doctors who perform essential care. I wrote about it for @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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These Trump cabinet picks are really crystalizing how much I love artists, intellectuals, feminists, academics, librarians, musicians, writers, poets, people who wear glasses, and basically anybody who has ever held, read or enjoyed a book.
November 20, 2024 at 3:01 PM
These Trump cabinet picks are really crystalizing how much I love artists, intellectuals, feminists, academics, librarians, musicians, writers, poets, people who wear glasses, and basically anybody who has ever held, read or enjoyed a book.
This year my debut novel came out in paperback with the most beautiful easter egg of a cover. If you pick up a copy from your favorite local indie it will make a bookseller happy, it will make me happy, and it will make you happy—a win-win-win! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
This year my debut novel came out in paperback with the most beautiful easter egg of a cover. If you pick up a copy from your favorite local indie it will make a bookseller happy, it will make me happy, and it will make you happy—a win-win-win! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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was asked by Vanity Fair what art has helped with the past week & I talked about the work of Lee Bul, a groundbreaking Korean artist with a 1989 performance piece that involved hanging nude from the rafters while talking about her experience of abortion
November 13, 2024 at 12:29 AM
was asked by Vanity Fair what art has helped with the past week & I talked about the work of Lee Bul, a groundbreaking Korean artist with a 1989 performance piece that involved hanging nude from the rafters while talking about her experience of abortion
For @vanityfair.com I wrote about "your body, my choice," the MAGA penis obsession, and Aristophanes' Lysistrata. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
MAGA Has a Penis Obsession. 4B Feminism Is a Logical Response
Welcome to our phallocracy. Sure, the election was about the economy, but it was also about misogyny (among other things).
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November 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
For @vanityfair.com I wrote about "your body, my choice," the MAGA penis obsession, and Aristophanes' Lysistrata. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
VF's on the app! I'm on the app! I chatted with Dev Patel for the VF Hollywood Issue! Delight all around!
November 14, 2024 at 10:10 PM
VF's on the app! I'm on the app! I chatted with Dev Patel for the VF Hollywood Issue! Delight all around!