Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
Let’s not forget Trump’s decades of documented sexual misconduct.
Red 3 has been banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. Why is it still in our food?
The Trump campaign’s anti-trans advertising is pure scapegoating — with a bigger, sinister purpose.
Policies boosting gender equality are popular. The word “feminist” is not.
Why do we care so much about campaign songs?
Lying, cheating, and dark pasts are a feature — not a bug — on TV’s biggest shows.
A field guide to the podcasts that dominated the 2024 campaign trail, from Theo Von to Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper.
The new incentives of turning your pain into content.
Something’s funny about Halloween costumes this year.
Is the alien symbiote — and his best buddy Tom Hardy — really saying goodbye?
More high-profile figures are being accused of sex trafficking. It’s not a coincidence.
But you don’t have to go cold turkey on your cold turkey. We can help.
Contaminated food from McDonald’s, Boar’s Head, and more is making Americans sick.
A reader is horrified by the return of mom jeans. What’s happening?
Autumn is being eaten by a deluge of AI slop.
A new book explores the world of tax havens and techno-utopias, and asks if they can be used for good.
Everything we (actually) know about Liam Payne’s death.
In the new movie, Sebastian Stan’s Trump is built of grievance and gilding.
They didn’t listen to Hurricane Milton evacuation orders. Then they posted through it.
Laraaji — ambient musician and onetime actor and comic — on laughter, surrender, and transcending the thinking mind.
Everybody’s in LA’s week-long stint is over. It still might point toward the streamer’s future — and the comedian’s.
Essayist and author Meghan O’Gieblyn on the meaning of art in the age of artificial intelligence.
Disability advocates spent a decade campaigning against the slur. Now it’s coming back.
The Menendez murders seemed inexplicable. They’re not anymore.
Millennials are less likely to get divorced than their parents. Why?
Most men are walking red flags, according to TikTok.
Divorced people deserve gifts and parties too.
The aggressively, brutally companionless divorced guy aesthetic.
Cheese is yellow, milk is white. What’s going on here?
(And wait until you hear about Pesto the penguin.)
Tolkien himself couldn’t figure out the morality of orcs. Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel is trying anyway.
How the proudly weird beverage became the second-most popular soda in America.
The acclaimed writer takes on another intractable problem.
What if you made a musical version of My Cousin Vinny, but it was awful?
The Netflix reality dating show’s latest season is light on Hill staffers and politics, but thankfully heavy on dating monsters.
Francis Ford Coppola’s CGI ball of optimism, explained as best we can.
Everything we know about the growing case against the music mogul.
Plus short stories to dip into when life gets busy, and small-town longings.