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4B, the protest movement that boycotts men, explained.
4B, the protest movement that boycotts men, explained.
You can’t understand Trump’s win without understanding what young men are doing online.
Was Jeffrey Epstein really Donald Trump’s “closest friend”?
Who decides what can and can’t be in food in the US?
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The latest attempt to find love in the pods was good for Netflix, but bad for everyone else involved.
How hip-hop’s Dionysus rose to power, decade after decade.
Let’s not forget Trump’s decades of documented sexual misconduct.
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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.
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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.
Viral debate videos have become inescapable online.
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.
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The aggressively, brutally companionless divorced guy aesthetic.
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