"You Couldn't Waterboard This Out Of Me": Fantasies of Being Forced To Talk Online

The Cut published two personal essays this week — one about not getting divorced and one about a very expensive scam call — and both had the sort of explosive public reception that put me in mind of a slightly earlier internet era, when divisive, high-octane personal essays seemed to drop from the trees like fruit in Eden.

I won’t get into the details o…