Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
This doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing.
Whisper networks apps are a bad idea, and not just because they make guys mad.
Active and passive news consumers are shifting America’s balance of power.
How Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow explain the star’s bizarre jeans controversy.
On literati Substack, it’s still 2005.
Have you ever thought about American Eagle this much in your life?
The eerie, baby-eyed figurines are divisive on purpose.
We have a long way to go in understanding the brain injury implicated in the NYC shooting.
What if we were a little less scared to talk about death?
What we lose when there’s no privacy in public.
Without a trial in the Idaho student murders, a wave of true crime media seeks to supply answers.
Officials and pilots are discouraging speculation. The preliminary investigation, however, is stark.
Find your next read and explore the big ideas around literature and publishing with the 2025 Summer Book Club.
Did the stalwart host finally become too dangerous for late-night?
Viral debate videos have become inescapable online.
How the beach read became so much more than escapism.
What the right gets wrong about Superman’s origins.
The debate is about a lot more than a look.
The appeal — and dark side — of being treated like royalty by your partner.
We need to take tweens’ skincare obsession seriously.
From witches to shipwrecks, our book critic’s favorite new releases of the year to date.
The internet hates Botox and fillers — but only when they don’t look good.
The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?
Is there a literacy crisis? Or am I just old?
Christian Horner was fired after a year of bad performance, following allegations of sexual harassment.
Trump officials say there’s no deeper Epstein conspiracy they can reveal. The right has reacted with fury.
From Alex Warren to Jelly Roll, a new wave of faith-adjacent pop is finding God in laundromats and dive bars.
July Fourth isn’t as simple as celebrating the red, white, and blue.
It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.
The Diddy trial ended in (mostly) a win for the music mogul. How did that happen?
What the Idaho student murder investigation tells us about how criminal justice should work.
Gen Z is embracing emotional distress — with a new name.
The invention of sleepaway camp, explained.
Your brain isn’t what it used to be.
How the internet came to hate “male-centered women.”
How the mysterious death of a Boston cop led to an intense trial, a media circus, and a referendum on policing.
Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of drunk driving. New legal counsel and evidence might explain why.
Learning to yap could solve the male loneliness epidemic