The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday

In a better world, the late scholar wouldn’t have been elevated to—and fallen from—such dizzying heights. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. There’s an exceptionally annoying thing writers do in the internet age: We type something like “I really didn’t want to talk about this,” and then we talk about it anyway, at length. I’m going to do that here, but I can explain. You’re probably familiar with the Jason Arday case by now. Jesse Singal is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, a cohost of the Blocked and Reported podcast, and the author of the Singal-Minded newsletter. A former senior editor and writer-at-large at New York Magazine, his work has appeared in outlets like the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and the Boston Globe. He is the author of The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills, and is presently working on a book about youth gender medicine. More From Jesse Singal