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Vox's coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.

Explaining “Twin Flames,” the subject of Netflix’s disturbing new documentary

By Aja Romano November 14

Five Nights at Freddy’s, the cult horror game turned movie, explained

By Aja Romano October 26

You gotta just ignore annoying tweets

By Rebecca Jennings October 4

Naomi Klein on her doppelganger (and yours)

By Sean Illing September 26

Sound of Freedom wants to raise awareness about child trafficking. Here’s what it’s really doing.

By Aja Romano September 18

“Girl” trends and the repackaging of womanhood

By Rebecca Jennings August 16

The Montgomery boat brawl and what it really means to “try that in a small town”

By Aja Romano August 11

Lil Tay’s reported death hoax, explained as much as possible

By Rebecca Jennings August 10

The internet’s new anthem is a glorious Eurodance parody

By Rebecca Jennings August 4

2023’s big summer movie season, explained

Barbieheimer: Destroyer of worlds, savior of cinema

By Aja Romano July 24

How to travel now

Stop trying to have the perfect vacation. You’re ruining everyone else’s.

By Rebecca Jennings July 19

Twitter is dying. Policing women’s bodies is keeping it alive.

By Jonquilyn Hill July 11

No, AI can’t tell the future

By Aja Romano July 4

Welcome to the era of the trans it-girl

By Rebecca Jennings June 28

The indictment of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, explained

By Rebecca Jennings June 20

Beatrix Potter, the unlikely hero of the anti-hustle culture movement

By Rebecca Jennings June 14

Should we know where our friends are at all times?

By Rebecca Jennings May 31

Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet

By Aja Romano May 24

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano May 23

The case for shame

By Niloufar Haidari May 21

How companies sell you on the promise of “community”

By Rebecca Jennings May 17

When did we get so obsessed with unique baby names?

By Rebecca Jennings May 3

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why the Biden campaign has embraced it — explained

By Aja Romano May 1

Are Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in love, or are they good actors?

By Alex Abad-Santos April 27

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Can AI create a convincing Wes Anderson film? (Not really!)

By Rebecca Jennings April 12

Serial’s Adnan Syed was finally free. Zoom got his conviction reinstated.

By Aja Romano March 29

Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?

By Rebecca Jennings March 29

Keanu Reeves, explained

By Aja Romano March 24

The “You’re doing it wrong”-ification of TikTok

By Anna North March 24

Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud

By Alex Abad-Santos March 24

What YouTube hustle gurus are really selling you

By Rebecca Jennings March 15

The Delphi murders were a local tragedy. Then they became “true crime.”

By Aja Romano March 6

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son

By Aja Romano March 3

How the Great Recession paved the way for influencers to inherit the earth

By Rebecca Jennings March 1

Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 21

How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield

By Rebecca Jennings February 15

Lucky girl syndrome and the endless rebranding of “The Secret”

By Rebecca Jennings February 1

“Hater” doesn’t have to be a dirty word

By Rebecca Jennings January 18

Sleazeballs are hot again

By Rebecca Jennings January 4

The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

By Rebecca Jennings December 21, 2022