Internet Culture
Vox’s coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.
Online extremists started planning the chaos of January 6 months ago.
Gamergate should have armed us against bad actors and bad-faith arguments. It didn’t.
Death to 2020’s most urgent 2020 commentary is that social media is ruining everything. Wow.
It’s the holiday pick-me-up you might need right now.
“Online sex work has amplified the loneliness for some customers. I’m talking to them because they’re paying.”
Dave Chappelle called Chappelle’s Show “stolen goods.” Netflix and HBO listened.
Social media always sort of sucks. In 2020, it was insufferable.
On Instagram, accounts like Deuxmoi allow us to gossip about celebrities without feeling cruel.
Dr. Death season 1 is a story about nightmarish systemic collapse disguised as a story about a sociopath.
After 15 seasons, the show’s attempt at a happy ending raised more questions than answers.
An artist’s song went viral because everyone hated it. Welcome to Cringe TikTok.
Americans are embracing dangerous conspiratorial beliefs, from QAnon to coronavirus denial.
Teens on TikTok are creating a new visual language, one that involves nose scrunches, fish lips, and plenty of irony.
Brands like Dunkin’ and Bud Light Seltzer want to win you over with memes. Here’s what it’s like to make them.
A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird.
Plus, will the internet go back to being normal now?
Joe Biden and a bevy of swing states starred in remixes, fanvids, and edits — or “fancams,” if you prefer.
The only escape from the longest week in history was memes.
The backlash to these popular election memes suggests none of us are ready to “try to get along.”
With Trump’s electoral hopes foundering on the shores of Philadelphia, the hockey mascot takes center stage.
Plus, the guy terrorizing TikTok with “I ain’t never seen two pretty best friends.”
It wasn’t that she went to a private island. It was what she said about it.
Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services melds charming audio drama and practical magic.
Ahead of the presidential election, it’s okay to log off.
Plus, Sasha Obama? On TikTok?!
“They’re hucksters,” says the director of White Noise, a new doc that focuses on three prominent right-wing figures: Richard Spencer, Mike Cernovich, and Lauren Southern.
Shut up, I’m manifesting!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first Twitch stream is now one of the platform’s most-viewed streams of all time.
Plus, the cheesy dystopian YA novel your 12-year-old self definitely would have had a poster of.
Feeling trapped in your own house — or in your own mind? These twisty movies can relate.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 82.
Rep. Tom Malinowski has been attacked by QAnon adherents. He says Facebook’s ban isn’t nearly enough.
Stay woke: How a Black activist watchword got co-opted in the culture war.
Kellyanne Conway’s daughter is not your resistance hero. She’s a 15-year-old expressing frustration with her family.
Plus, the best thing on TikTok is the guy skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac.
The gripping new documentary is a harrowing portrait of a family prior to its own annihilation.
You’re 19 years old. You get famous overnight. You move to LA. Now what?
The most popular girl on YouTube discusses how to bridge the gap between relatable YouTuber and glamorous businessperson.