hot take

Why Dakota Johnson’s ‘Elevated’ Rom Com, ‘Materialists,’ Isn’t Actually That Deep

Ben Weiss

Quit Horsing Around: How ‘horse girls’ ruined horses

Jesse Kessenheimer

Why Addison Rae Is Not a Good Pop Star: From a Pop Music Fan

Ben Weiss

Why I refuse to give stars for movies on Letterboxd

JR Atkinson

The Hypocrisy in Selective Hate for Nepo Babies Needs to Stop—Pick a Side

Lana DeGaetano

Short End of the Sale: How consumerist gluttony continually smothers real craftsmanship

Jesse Kessenheimer

JoJo Siwa is Not the Villain, She’s Just a Famous 22-Year-Old In Desperate Need of Attention

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Remember when Tom Cruise used to act?’: Tom Cruise Is Still a Movie Star. He Used to Be an Actor Too.

Ben Weiss

Why Long-Winded Backstories on Recipe Websites Aren’t Just SEO-Focused Word Dumps, They Actually Encapsulate the Real Significance of Food Culture

Jesse Kessenheimer

From ‘Bot’ to ‘Bro’: How ChatGPT became a source of companionship in an era of increasingly unavoidable loneliness

Jesse Kessenheimer

Lost in the Sauce: Why pre-Internet nostalgia is completely unshakable, as modern media drowns in oversaturation

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Almost forgot this was the whole point’: How a trending spoof accidentally created a wholesome space online by glorifying mundane moments

Jesse Kessenheimer

The Art of a Good Finale: The Ending of ‘The Rehearsal’ Takes Flight while the Ending of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Crashes

Ben Weiss

There Are Too Many ‘Man-On-the-Street’ Interviewers On Social Media and They’re Only Getting Worse

JR Atkinson

‘The 6th Love Language’: Why modern relationships rely on memes and compatible humor now more than ever

Jesse Kessenheimer

Brat Summer Is Over—Let It Go Gracefully

Lana DeGaetano