What's with all the testosterone talk?
Do you have what it takes to be "High-T?" Service members are about to find out, as Defense secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the milita...
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Who really counts as ‘working class’?
What does it mean to be ‘working class’? It’s a term that we hear often (especially around election time), but more specifically, who are we...
Is your city shaped by yuppie taste?
You might be more influenced by yuppie taste than you’d think. Back in the eighties – when pop music drowned in synths, the volume of everyo...
What's a pathway to freedom? Reading.
How has literature changed your life? For poet and lawyer, Reginald Dwaye Betts , books meant freedom. After getting sentenced to 9 years in...
The questionable new ways to surveil your friends
Would you pay for an app that might encourage your worst impulses? Some users are asking themselves the same question as Meta rolls out Inst...
Abortion access is limited. Is Hollywood to blame?
Have our favorite shows and movies shaped the way we think about abortion? Hollywood has a huge impact of how we understand abortion. It can...
Are you "just a girl" ... or are you a baby woman?
“Baby woman” is the girlboss’s Wario. “Baby woman” is a term coined by Shannon Keating in a piece for The Cut to describe a particular kind...
This summer's hottest trend? Monoculture.
Monoculture is so back…in more ways than one. From record breaking blockbusters, to nail-biting sports wins, to the chaos that is Love Islan...
Feeling stuck? Take a side quest.
Feeling stuck? In a rut? Family or work driving you up a wall? Maybe it's time to take a side quest. Much like the optional, lore-building j...
The heavy weight of diet culture
Thin, is unfortunately in. The defining mantra of the 90s and early aughts, has reappeared as celebrities, influencers and everyday women sh...
The hidden money financing your favorite songs
There are influencers taking money to promote music – and not telling you about it. It's great when you find people who put you on to hot ne...
Feeling aggrieved? You're not alone.
Are you feeling the heat? While this summer has been a nonstop ride of historic and unprecedented wins for the culture at large, Brittany ha...
Are we fueling violence against women?
The United States is home to a silent epidemic - do you know about it? We're referring to what researchers are calling femicide, or the gend...
When does a husband become a liability?
It shouldn’t be that hard to be a nepo-husband. Right? Nepo- husbands, the spouses of celebrity women come in many shapes and forms, but wha...
The DSA vs. establishment Democrats
Who owns the future of the Democratic party? The Democratic Socialists of America – also known as the DSA – are having a solid year. DSA can...
Fashion isn't art. It's something more.
What we wear and how we wear it is more important than its artistic value. When some people think of fashion, the Met Gala or maybe even lux...
Homelessness is more common than you think.
Who counts as homeless in America? If you ask the Department of Housing and Urban Development, around 750,000 people are homeless in America...
The naked truth of beauty
How has your beauty routine changed in the past 10 years? In 2016, the beauty world was obsessed with 12-step skincare regimens. Now, beauty...
The fame and (mis)fortune of family influencing
Do influencer parents trade in their kids’ privacy for the hope of financial security? Kids are everywhere on the Internet – and not just pl...
The Shelf Life of a Pop Star
What gives a pop star staying power? In our frenetic music landscape, it's clear that a lot of pop stars that defined the millennial "hopeco...