Recent generations have been getting more accustomed to being watched, and now smart glasses are here to normalize covert, wearable video recording so we can spy on our own existence. Security cameras are everywhere, and our internet providers monitor our every online move. Plus, our phones are listening to our conversations to serve us targeted …
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Parent Cautions Against Letting Kids ‘Be Weird’—Internet Doesn’t Know How to Feel
How much control should a parent have over their child’s personality? Part of the joy (and anxiety) of parenting is getting to watch your kids grow into their own person. There is a certain wonderment to be able to look at these human beings you made and see them develop their personality traits, ambitions, and …
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‘No, you don’t need protein coffee’: The TikTok protein craze makes everyone, even couch potatoes, eat like body-building gym bros
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. You’ve been craving a brownie for what seems like forever after an especially laborious workday riddled with unanswered emails and back-to-back Slack messages. To your surprise, you see a small basket full of individually wrapped snacks in your office kitchen. Your prayers have been answered; Your sweet tooth, soon …
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Lily Allen’s Newest Album has Joined the Likes of Charli xcx, Lorde, and Kesha as Another Party Girl Turned Beautifully Vulnerable Artist
Lily Allen’s newest album, West End Girl, recently debuted last week, and everyone’s talking about it. Allen, who is most known for her upbeat, no-nonsense image, uses her newest record to emotionally converse with the public about her separation from Stranger Things actor David Harbour, which occurred earlier this year. Allen and Harbour developed a …
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Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Signifies a New Horror Genre Reliant on Uncomfortable Realism
Ari Aster, who is the mastermind director behind Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau Is Afraid, recently debuted his fourth full-length film last week on the big screen. Though the film’s box office revenue was especially underwhelming in the first few days of its release, one thing is clear: We are straying away from typical conventions of …
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‘This is a recession indicator’: Internet memes are helping society collectively process global crises
We’re not in a recession—yet. But with the state of things currently, we’re not too far off. When something crazy, like Ed Sheeran becoming cool again happens, that’s when you take a backseat and let the cards fall where they may. The end is nigh. Unnatural blondes letting their brunette roots show, DIY «barn yard» …
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25+ Activities that were easier 100 years ago than they are in 2025: ‘You could just disappear for a while without explanation’
It can be hard to imagine what life was like in 1925. Odds are, none of us were around to see it. We’ve read The Great Gatsby, but after all, that’s fiction. We imagine flapper girls and gangsters, old-timey automobiles, and the stock market crash. But generally, most of us have the sense that life …
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‘This is how you age if you’re unproblematic’: How looking young became a sign of moral uprightness online
Saying that a celebrity «doesn’t age» goes beyond praising someone for their looks. It also tends to mean that you agree with whatever that celebrity has just done on a moral level, whether it be their politics, their cultural takes, or the football team they’re rooting for, especially on Twitter. This tweet about Anne Hathaway, …
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Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n’ groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z’
From thousand-dollar Erewhon hauls to fridge restocking to simple «come grocery shop with me» videos, influencers give grocery shopping a glamorous treatment online. Celebrating and romanticizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous is nothing new, but now that longing-affluent fascination has trickled down to even mundane chores. This newer, even more confounding type of …
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‘A child shouldn’t be taught to change themselves to make bullies happy’: 10-year-old with African name wants to use an ‘American name’ to avoid teasing, mother and sister-in-law disagree about whether they should let him
It’s no secret that Americans aren’t always the best at being knowledgeable, accepting, and just generally normal about other people’s cultures. We’re usually so caught up in our own self-conception that we expect everyone around us to bend to the same rules. We want them to fit into our boxes. Of course, this is a …
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