“Mare Of Easttown” Ruined All Other TV For Us
The HBO whodunit replaced the Sunday scaries with prime appointment TV. Here’s why it worked so well.
The "Friends" Reunion Feels Like A Missed Opportunity
A scripted version of what happened to the actors behind these archetypal characters would have made for more compelling TV.
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Brutal” Is The Perfect Pandemic Summer Song
It IS brutal out here!!!
Five New TV Shows We Can’t Stop Watching
From an HBO detective thriller to a new comedy from Tina Fey.
Crocs Are Ugly!!!
Some of us aren’t hot enough to wear Crocs ironically, OK?!
Jhumpa Lahiri Has Always Been Able To Translate Suffering. Her New Book Helped Me Translate Mine.
“I've always felt that I'm in some sense an empty vessel, and I'm filling myself with other people's experiences and grief and life and dilemmas and conflicts.”
These 9 New Books Are Finally Out — Here's Why You Should Read Them
Ending the month on a strong note!
Perez Hilton Changed Gossip Blogging In The 2000s. Now He Says He’s Sorry.
Celebrity bloggers Lainey Gossip and Perez Hilton have made drastic changes to the derogatory and cruel coverage they once gave their subjects.
Beverly Cleary Made It OK To Be A Ramona In A World Of Susans
I know that’s not the entire lesson of Ramona the Pest, but it’s the one I needed.
What The Past Three Months Have Been Like For QAnon Believers
A millennial stay-at-home mom from South Carolina, a gay couple from Texas, and a social worker in New York believed in QAnon. Now that Biden is president, they’re not sure where to go from here.
Our Technological Dystopian Future Is Here, And I Hate It
For decades, many of us have been building a future where we could be connected while apart. COVID made that necessary. Turns out I hate it.
It’s Time To Cancel “Dr. Phil”
The popular daytime TV show seems to exploit the vulnerable people coming on the program for help.
There’s No Mystery To Unravel Around Tekashi 69
With last year’s 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez on Hulu and Showtime’s new doc Supervillain, there are now more Tekashi examinations than there are things left to examine.
Should Justin Timberlake Apologize?
Framing Britney Spears forces us to look more closely at Justin Timberlake’s treatment of Spears and Janet Jackson.
How Are You Or Your Family Members Detangling From QAnon?
With President Joe Biden's inauguration, many QAnon followers are having doubts. If you know someone who was a QAnon supporter but is now detaching from the collective delusion, we'd love to hear from you.
Who Taught Women That They Should Only Eat 1,200 Calories A Day?
“Women especially need more than 1,200 calories just to breathe and exist, let alone exercise and function throughout the day like a normal human being.”
TikTok Makes Me Want To Have A Big Butt
The world is burning in almost every way possible. What better time for me to fixate on my relatively mediocre donk.
There’s A Straight Line From Charlottesville To The Capitol
Wednesday’s attempted coup is just the natural extension of a presidency spent giving insurgents permission to come inside, kick their feet up, and tear down democracy.
The Best Christmas Movies Of All Time
These are the films that give us all the ~holiday feels~.
I Believed Shia LaBeouf’s Apology Film. I Wish I Hadn’t.
With recent abuse allegations against him from FKA Twigs, Karolyn Pho, and Sia, it’s even clearer that a man’s apology through his art is sometimes just good PR.