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Culture Archive

Archives for October 2024

Culture
There’s something off about this year’s “fall vibes”There’s something off about this year’s “fall vibes”
Culture

Autumn is being eaten by a deluge of AI slop.

By Rebecca Jennings
Future Perfect
How the wealthy are redrawing the world mapHow the wealthy are redrawing the world map
Future Perfect

A new book explores the world of tax havens and techno-utopias, and asks if they can be used for good.

By Joshua Keating
Culture
The chaos, conspiracy theories, and controversy surrounding Liam Payne’s deathThe chaos, conspiracy theories, and controversy surrounding Liam Payne’s death
Culture

Everything we (actually) know about Liam Payne’s death.

By Kyndall Cunningham and Aja Romano
Life
The new burnout generationThe new burnout generation
Life

Grind culture has come for the teens.

By Anna North
Culture
Trump impressions are mostly bad. The Apprentice pulls it off.Trump impressions are mostly bad. The Apprentice pulls it off.
Culture

In the new movie, Sebastian Stan’s Trump is built of grievance and gilding.

By Constance Grady
Culture
For some evacuation defiers, Hurricane Milton is a social media goldmineFor some evacuation defiers, Hurricane Milton is a social media goldmine
Culture

They didn’t listen to Hurricane Milton evacuation orders. Then they posted through it.

By Alex Abad-Santos
The Gray Area
Creativity as a spiritual practiceCreativity as a spiritual practice
Podcast
The Gray Area

Laraaji — ambient musician and onetime actor and comic — on laughter, surrender, and transcending the thinking mind.

By Sean Illing
Culture
So, what was the point of John Mulaney’s live Netflix talk show?So, what was the point of John Mulaney’s live Netflix talk show?
Culture

Everybody’s in LA’s week-long stint is over. It still might point toward the streamer’s future — and the comedian’s.

By Aja Romano
The Gray Area
Are humans the only ones that can be creative?Are humans the only ones that can be creative?
Podcast
The Gray Area

Essayist and author Meghan O’Gieblyn on the meaning of art in the age of artificial intelligence.

By Sean Illing
Culture
The resurgence of the r-wordThe resurgence of the r-word
Culture

Disability advocates spent a decade campaigning against the slur. Now it’s coming back.

By Constance Grady
Culture
The one horrifying story from the new Menendez brothers doc that explains their whole caseThe one horrifying story from the new Menendez brothers doc that explains their whole case
Culture

The Menendez murders seemed inexplicable. They’re not anymore.

By Aja Romano
Let’s get divorced
Relationships

An exploration of divorce and its impact on our culture.

By Vox Staff
Explain It to Me
Am I less likely to get a divorce than my parents?Am I less likely to get a divorce than my parents?
Explain It to Me

Millennials are less likely to get divorced than their parents. Why?

By Jonquilyn Hill
How “Divorce him!” became the internet’s de facto relationship advice
The Highlight

Most men are walking red flags, according to TikTok.

By Rebecca Jennings
What if we celebrated divorces more like weddings?
The Highlight

Divorced people deserve gifts and parties too.

By Whizy Kim