@cbattan

Writer @newyorker

 New York, NY
Joined December 2009
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Returning to Twitter to announce that I Shazam'd a Jack Harlow song in earnest at Equinox today
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Michael Luo@michaelluo19 Jul 2021
.@cbattan: O.K., now I want to talk about your time on “Survivor.” Mike White: Woo-hoo! newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Mike White on Money, Status, and Appearing on “Survivor”

The screenwriter and actor’s latest TV series, “The White Lotus,” scrutinizes the Faustian bargain of marrying into money.

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Fantasizing about absolutely crushing influencers at tennis :/
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Ugh still not old enough to get vaxxed :( xitter.cf/NYCSpeakerCoJo/status/…
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A little book rec from moi xitter.cf/NewYorker/status/13750…
The New Yorker
@NewYorker25 Mar 2021
.@cbattan reviews Sigrid Nunez’s novel “Salvation City,” from 2010, which depicts life in a locality in the aftermath of a public-health crisis that is eerily similar to the coronavirus pandemic. nyer.cm/zHJ4TF5

A Novel for Life After the Pandemic

Sigrid Nunez’s “Salvation City” imagines the strange and intangible fallout of a global pandemic.

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Excited to be in The New Yorker talking about knitting with @cbattan as I am every week newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
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Twitter has nothing on Ravelry, the world's biggest social media platform for knitters. My piece: newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

How Politics Tested Ravelry and the Crafting Community

The Facebook of knitting and crocheting was a rare online haven. Then came the Pussyhat, Deplorable Knitter, and more.

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Me greeting my dog every morning xitter.cf/KimKardashian/status/1…
Kim Kardashian
@KimKardashian13 Mar 2021
You are my dream come true. I’m so happy to be your mommy
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Drake using "We'll see what's about to happen next, okay?" as a HOOK is the apotheosis of Late Quarantine
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Sam Schube@samschube3 Mar 2021
"For Matthew Williams, designing is a process that can look a lot like shopping." Buckle up your harnesses and chest rigs and dig into @cbattan's 🎯 profile of the new Givenchy designer. gq.com/story/givenchy-design…

The Very Tactical Ascent of Givenchy Designer Matthew Williams

Almost overnight he went from working for Kanye and Gaga to running his own brand, Alyx. Now the self-taught designer has scrambled to the heights of the fashion industry.

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I profiled Matthew Williams, onetime creative force behind Gaga + Kanye, head of Alyx, and the new head of Givenchy, for next month's GQ gq.com/story/givenchy-design…

The Very Tactical Ascent of Givenchy Designer Matthew Williams

Almost overnight he went from working for Kanye and Gaga to running his own brand, Alyx. Now the self-taught designer has scrambled to the heights of the fashion industry.

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Jon Pareles@JonPareles26 Feb 2021
Another @joecoscarelli gem. ‘Drivers License’ Is a Runaway Hit. See How Olivia Rodrigo Made Her No. 1 Song. nyti.ms/3bKDoyk

‘Drivers License’ Is a Runaway Hit. See How Olivia Rodrigo Made Her No. 1 Song. (Published 2021)

The singer-songwriter and actress, 18, explains how she wrote her first-ever single — after a good cry, with TikTok in mind — before it took over the world.

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Autoreply: Yes I'm aware that my significant other is in the Britney doc ;-)
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My favorite profile of the year is about... Ciara and Russell Wilson? xitter.cf/zachbaron/status/13598…
Zach Baron@zachbaron11 Feb 2021
Celebrity marriages… how do they work? I asked Ciara and Russell Wilson. gq.com/story/russell-wilson-…

Russell Wilson & Ciara: The Superstar Couple In Pursuit of Perfection

With a pair of megawatt careers and a growing family, Russell Wilson and Ciara are the ultimate overachieving celebrity couple.

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Let’s just say the world is a living HELL for those of us who were in on the ground floor with The Weeknd.
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Waiting for a snowstorm of indeterminate strength and size to arrive is how I imagine my editors feel while anticipating a draft ("8 inches, beginning sometime mid-day" inevitably means "a light dusting tomorrow morning")
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Carrie Battan retweeted
Michael Luo@michaelluo27 Dec 2020
Fascinating @cbattan interview w/ Jenna Lyons, formerly of @jcrew: from the Obama years, to her struggles with a rare genetic mutation that leaves her w/ no eyebrows, no eyelashes, and fake teeth, to Ashley Merriman of Prune cooking for her during Covid. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Jenna Lyons’s J. Crew Afterlife

The designer discusses her departure from the fashion company and her sometimes messy reëmergence.

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I can’t wait to see how this turns out
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I will always remember 2020... ...as the year all clothing brands started referring to inventory liquidation as "archive sales" or "retrospectives" 🧐
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