Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.
The former Man Show host has gone from the least political voice in late night to a victim of the war on woke.
Charlie Kirk and meme culture’s violent turn.
Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.
Weapons, The Conjuring, and more have fueled a horror movie boom.
Three reasons his message resonated so strongly with young conservatives.
They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.
How A/C, tax breaks, and hip-hop tilted America southward.
The hit Broadway musical turns 10 this year. Does anyone think it’s cool anymore?
The greatest grand slam in the world has become an etiquette nightmare — and it’s not alone.
Decoding the long history of Gen Alpha’s favorite photo pose.
Parasocial relationships get a bad rap. How should you relate to your favorite celebrity?
The weird lie animating the right-wing womanosphere.
Best wishes to the happy cultural phenomenon!
NFL dance squads and sorority rush dances have become the front lines of gender anxiety.
Pumpkin spice is America’s most hatable seasonal flavor. But Starbucks is leaning in even more heavily this year.
The hormone might be the key to understanding this moment in America.
And why fitness culture is a quintessentially American invention.
Should you beware of “performative males”?
The White House says South Park is irrelevant. Its record-breaking ratings tell a different story.
The comedy forecast is bleak — but not as bleak as Marc Maron says it is.
This is why they love Minecraft so much.
The novel published 70 years ago that still explains America.
The second-wave matcha boom isn’t really about the tea.
There are legitimate business rationales. But could corporate fear of Trump retaliation also play a role?
It’s so easy get addicted these days. The apps are counting on it.
A celebrity memoir, a dystopian comic tour-de-force, and more of what we couldn’t put down.
The original Sex and the City ended with a fairy-tale happily ever after. It was never quite right.
This quietly subversive book has been captivating kids for generations.
If Amanda Knox’s tale is twisted, it’s worth asking who twisted it.
AI will undoubtedly shape the next 25 years. We just don’t know how yet.
How a stand-up comic’s hours-long broadcasts explain the 2020s.
The blockbuster came out just three months after 9/11. The coincidence reshaped everything.
From Lord of the Rings to the ramen craze to Ozempic, the cultural touchstones that help us understand the 21st century.
Today’s trend goes back way further than the modern influencer.
Vintage resellers are embracing livestream shopping.
The US loves to hate cheaters. The reasons why tell us a lot about how we view marriage.