Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
HBO’s shockingly fun Dune prequel has a secret weapon: gossiping space divas.
Christmas came early this year — and not just for Trump supporters.
How entertainment, from Morgan Wallen to Twisters, predicted the MAGA pivot.
As more users flee X, a clearer, sunnier social media age is dawning.
It turns out influencers make great boxers — and even better TV.
The magazine giving the honor to John Krasinski in 2024 raises some questions.
Public librarians have to be coders, social workers, and book rec machines. They’re irreplaceable.
The investigation into the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams sums up the messy state of true crime.
“Middlebrow” doesn’t mean bad.
4B, the protest movement that boycotts men, explained.
You can’t understand Trump’s win without understanding what young men are doing online.
Who decides what can and can’t be in food in the US?
Everything you wanted to know about the now-euthanized Instagram-famous pet but were too embarrassed to ask.
In the new Netflix documentary “Martha,” her relentless drive becomes her most endearing characteristic.
In November’s edition of Ask a Book Critic, novels to scratch the surrealist itch, lesbian necromancers in space, and more.
What social media shadow ban rumors tell us about election anxiety.
The latest attempt to find love in the pods was good for Netflix, but bad for everyone else involved.
Let’s not forget Trump’s decades of documented sexual misconduct.
Red 3 has been banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. Why is it still in our food?
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.
But you don’t have to go cold turkey on your cold turkey. We can help.
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.