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Christine Emba
Author & Journalist
Christine Emba is an opinion columnist and Editorial Board member at the Washington Post, and also serves as a contributing editor for Comment magazine. She is the author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation. Before coming to The Post in 2015, Christine was the Hilton Kramer Fellow in Criticism at the New Criterion and a deputy editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit, focusing on technology and innovation. She grew up in Virginia and holds an A.B. in public and international affairs from Princeton University.
5 min
The “unethical” myth about having children
“In our current social and physical climate, there's a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.”
5 min
How to evaluate social norms as an independent thinker
Who decides what’s “normal” and why? As social norms increasingly dissolve, here’s how to find true guidance.
8 min
The data on dating—and the golden rule for better “luck”
Have we evolved to understand multiple rejections on Bumble, or survive more than one ghosting from Tinder? Christine Emba explores the sociology of modern dating and how to make them more ethical.
11 min
The masculinity crisis, explained
“Masculinity” has become synonymous with “toxic.” Journalist Christine Emba explains how that happened, and how it can change.