Hi,

Michelle Santiago Cortés is a writer + editor from San Juan, Puerto Rico. I am a contributor for New York Magazine’s The Cut, where I write about life online. My writing also regularly appears in Dirt, ArtReview, i-D, and more. I am also a contributing editor for Lux Magazine.📝

I write and commission essays, reporting, and criticism about art, technology, and life online. You can find a selection of my best writing, here. My editing has contributed to projects like the 2025 Are.na Annual and other artist publications.

My latest: In the print issue of New York Magazine, a feature on people who outsource their fun to ChatGPT. A long essay about AI and the Gothic for {Empty Set}, a new magazine of tech criticism. A review of Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs and Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification, for Lux Magazine‘s latest print issue.

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You can also find me on Twitter or Instagram. And if you need to reach me, you can email me at: michelle[dot]santiago[dot]cortes[at]gmail[dot]com (No pitches, please.)

Best,

Michelle