Joanna Weiss

Cognoscenti contributor

Joanna Weiss is the editor of Experience Magazine, published by Northeastern University.

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An essay for parents of 'Swifties' attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour

Taylor Swift has kicked off her much-anticipated tour running through the spring and summer. One parent describes the euphoria of attending a concert with a group of her daughter's friends...

03:50May 31, 2023

Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

This one goes out to all the Taylor Swift parents

For the parents of Taylor Swift fans, this concert was more than an event, writes Joanna Weiss. We heard the soundtrack of our kids’ childhoods, a discography that spans nearly...

‘Five moms gone electric’: The Lazy Susans will rock you

We’d been part of these crowds for years, writes Joanna Weiss. But this time, we were the ones getting ready to step on the porch and play: five suburban moms...

Buc up, New England. Tom Brady will always be ours

To take on Tom Brady as your own, as New Englanders did, writes Joanna Weiss, was to watch someone pass through your living room wearing a suit full of glitter,...

What Do You Do In A World Gone Mad? You Bake

Life is uncertain and often cruel. 'Crisis baking' can offer predictability and a sweet ending, writes Joanna Weiss.

School's Back! Now Can We Please Keep Some Lessons From Hybrid Learning?

A year ago, we were handed an unexpected experiment in crisis-era education, writes Joanna Weiss. Will we have learned anything from it, in the end?

Pearls And Chucks: How Kamala Harris Is Changing Fashion In Politics

It has been easy to look on fashion cynically, writes Joanna Weiss. But sometimes you want that attention -- and if you’re blessed with political talent, you know how to...

6 Things To Think About While You're Waiting For Election Results

We don't yet know who won the presidential race, writes Joanna Weiss, but this interminable, unsatisfying night still offered a few epiphanies about our country and ourselves.

'They Are So Well Taken Care Of': The Worst Moment Of The Debate Reminded Us Exactly Who Donald Trump Is

Thursday's debate brought into sharp focus how much of the president's political success was built around hard-core immigration policies, incendiary language and a stunning lack of human empathy, writes Joanna...

Cognoscenti

Oct 23, 2020

This combination of pictures created on October 15, 2020 shows President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an NBC News town hall event at the Perez Art Museum in Miami on October 15, 2020, and Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden participates in an ABC News town hall event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on October 15, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images)

The Media Warrior Vs. The People-Pleaser: In Dueling Town Halls, The Essence Of Trump And Biden Were In Stark Relief

Despite being an artifact of 2020 dysfunction, writes Joanna Weiss, the simultaneous forums were an effective way to contrast two candidates. If you had the energy to keep pressing the...

Cognoscenti

Oct 16, 2020