Culture Archive
Archives for June 2024


Beer for a tan? Garlic cloves for sinuses? Don’t fall for the firehose of health BS online.


Ultimate fighting and the 2024 election’s connections, explained


Horizon is a baffling, incoherent mess. Kevin Costner making it was probably inevitable.


Whether or not you’ve heard of the viral heroine says a lot about your proximity to the bro internet.


Introducing Vox’s Next Page.


Critic Emily Nussbaum makes the case for the guilty pleasure as an art form.


The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.


Why fans keep missing the point of The Boys.


The glitzy campaign, featuring stars like Patrick Mahomes, Simone Biles, and Travis Kelce, is part of an aggressive effort to fix its deep-seated problems.

Tanning is having a moment — and Black women are finally a part of it.


In her new novel All Fours, Miranda July romps where The Idea of You fears to tread.


They’re here. (Almost.) They’re queer. (Maybe.) They need a new joke.


No, demons will not possess you if you use one.


We don’t know where the mysterious monoliths come from. But we do know they’re art.


The show’s first queer storylines have been met with backlash, homophobia, and misogynoir.