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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

Alex Abad-Santos is a senior correspondent who explains what society obsesses over, from Marvel and movies to fitness to skin care to gay stuff. He came to Vox in 2014 and helped create the Culture section. Prior to Vox, he worked at The Atlantic.

Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

Culture
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist artThe Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist art
Culture

The millennial fairy tale takes aim at corporate greed and the death of creativity. But it largely exists because of them.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explainedThe great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explained
Culture

Organizers promised LA 2028 tickets would be accessible and affordable. It didn’t feel that way when I tried to buy them.

By Alex Abad-Santos
The diabolical, millennial obsession with chicken Caesar wraps
Culture

Can a CCW and a Diet Coke really heal millennial ennui?

By Alex Abad-Santos
Advice
What trainers actually think about the 12-3-30 workoutWhat trainers actually think about the 12-3-30 workout
Advice

Have we finally unlocked exercise’s biggest secret? Or is this yet another lie perpetrated Big Treadmill?

By Alex Abad-Santos
The Highlight
The hobby that AI is ruining for its fansThe hobby that AI is ruining for its fans
The Highlight

Every detail matters in puzzles, and details are where AI art often falls short.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Sinners never needed the Oscars to be greatSinners never needed the Oscars to be great
Culture

The movie was treated like it was crashing the very party it nabbed a historic number of invites to.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Diane Warren has been nominated 17 times for Best Original Song. Why hasn’t she won yet?Diane Warren has been nominated 17 times for Best Original Song. Why hasn’t she won yet?
Culture

Warren’s written iconic hits like “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” But she’s historically bad at winning Oscars.

By Alex Abad-Santos
The mysterious Redditor who’s changing the way we do laundry
Life

How a man who calls himself Kismai built a cult following around lipase and “spa day.”

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The highlights and lowlights of the 2026 Winter OlympicsThe highlights and lowlights of the 2026 Winter Olympics
Culture

The 2026 Olympics were great if you enjoyed figure skating, disco, and chaos agents.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Is Grindr dead?
Culture

Grindr changed gay hookups. Now, ads, bots, AI, and cultural ubiquity have turned it into a ghost town.

By Alex Abad-Santos