Gen Z isn’t killing nightlife, it’s just drinking differently
If I see one more headline announcing that Gen Z has killed alcohol, I might just order another drink. According…
Turn around, Bright Eyes – Salon.com
I like Bright Eyes. There, I said it. That’s no small confession for someone who prides herself on listening to…
Phoebe Bridgers has a song for every feeling
If and when you find yourself in need of music that will meet you at the intersection of I love…
HBO’s “Lanterns” questions what makes a hero—and who gets to be one
Before we glimpse the opening title card for “Lanterns,” co-creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King establish the stark…
MAGA’s burrito brawl shows cracks in Trump’s economy
Amid weeks of compounding foreign policy failures and an economy that lost a revised 103,000 jobs across May and June,…
We’re all amateur food safety inspectors now
I’m standing in the produce aisle of my neighborhood supermarket, between the fresh vegetables receiving their bi-hourly overhead mist and…
Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing proves we’re still living in 2020
Six years ago, Match.com released an ad in which the devil met his true love: 2020. The couple spent their…
The gospel of science denial, from Galileo to RFK Jr.
The most notorious press conference Donald Trump ever held was the one in which he told a scientist in attendance…
In protecting women from body-shaming, we lost something important
If you’re also a pop culture obsessive, it was probably around early 2025 when alarming photos of Ariana Grande began…
Anthony Bourdain would have hated his own biopic
Director Matt Johnson’s latest feature, “Tony” — a biopic following a young Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) through his first kitchen…