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Tanya Pai

Tanya Pai

Former Director of Newsroom Standards and Ethics

    Latest articles by Tanya Pai

    Culture
    Forget football. The National Dog Show is Thanksgiving’s best entertainment.Forget football. The National Dog Show is Thanksgiving’s best entertainment.
    Culture

    Enjoy a gentler, fluffier form of competition this holiday.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    Candy corn: Halloween’s most contentious sweet, explainedCandy corn: Halloween’s most contentious sweet, explained
    Culture

    People have been loving — and loving to hate — the tricolored candy for more than a century.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    5 things you didn’t know you didn’t know about Father’s Day5 things you didn’t know you didn’t know about Father’s Day
    Culture

    Where it comes from (and what to get your dad).

    By Tanya Pai
    Explainers
    Degrassi, the Canadian teen soap that gave us Drake, explainedDegrassi, the Canadian teen soap that gave us Drake, explained
    Explainers

    Drake’s video for “I’m Upset” is a reunion with his former co-stars.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    2017, explained by additions to the Vox style guide2017, explained by additions to the Vox style guide
    Culture

    10 terms that touch on some of the biggest stories of the year, and how our discussions around them evolved.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    Home Alone’s enduring popularity, explainedHome Alone’s enduring popularity, explained
    Culture

    Four theories for why Home Alone became a Christmas classic.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    The best and worst moments from Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”The best and worst moments from Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
    Culture

    Featuring Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, an alternate reality where Hillary won, and more.

    By Yochi Dreazen and Tanya Pai
    Culture
    How to watch Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”How to watch Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
    Culture

    The Full Frontal host’s “toast to the free press” is Saturday and will air on TV and online.

    By Tanya Pai
    Culture
    Every episode of Buffy, ranked, in honor of its 20th anniversaryEvery episode of Buffy, ranked, in honor of its 20th anniversary
    Culture

    Happy 20th birthday, girl.

    By Emily St. James, Constance Grady and 3 more
    Culture
    The weird, contentious tradition of Oscars gift bags, explainedThe weird, contentious tradition of Oscars gift bags, explained
    Culture

    Though not affiliated with the Academy, the gift bags are a reliable (and wildly expensive) part of Oscars night.

    By Tanya Pai and Caroline Framke