
Aja Romano
Former Senior Culture Writer
Latest articles by Aja Romano


Here’s how the internet’s favorite image format evolved into a cultural staple.


Mummies have historically embodied a range of cultural conflicts. But the new Mummy just wanted to shag Tom Cruise.


Bette Midler’s divahood was delightfully on display, while host Kevin Spacey seemed to be stuck in the early ‘90s.


Thank the horror gods for Gay Babadook to lighten the mood.


The new film from A24 effortlessly indicts modern fear-based politics.


Harvard withdrew its admission offer to at least 10 students after the private Facebook chat surfaced.


Plus: Twitter yearns for romance between Stanley Tucci and Jeff Goldblum, and other recent internet hijinx.


Griffin joins centuries of women artists who symbolically beheaded powerful men.


Gal Gadot, Israeli surnames, and unaspirated T’s.


In fact, the landmark audio file type just became easier to use than ever.