The one-sided intimacy of being a fan
A Vox reader asks: What exactly are parasocial relationships and why are they so prevalent now?Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You ...
Tag: Celebrity Culture
You lift bro? How America became a nation of exercise obsessives.
Every week, it feels as if there’s a hot new fitness trend. The classes are full, there’s a line at ...
Wow, that Sydney Sweeney jeans ad sure got people talking
Declaring that an actor has great jeans should technically be a boring way to sell denim. And yet, an American ...
“She’s not a girl’s girl.”
The cover for Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album, Man’s Best Friend, isn’t going over well. Last week, the singer unveiled the ...
The strange fascination with Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick, explained
When we look at the relationship between 73-year-old legendary football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend and business partner, 24-year-old ...
This podcast wants to be your new best friend
In a podcast landscape dominated by the manosphere, one of the biggest podcasts targeted to women sounds like it could ...
How an influencer’s weight loss triggered an internet meltdown
By the time Remi Bader, who built her career as a plus-size influencer with over 2 million followers on TikTok, ...
Why it feels like 2007 again
In February, a group of men on a sports talk show casually spread a salacious and untrue rumor about the ...
How “Not Like Us” became an anti-Drake anthem — and the subject of a messy lawsuit
To borrow a phrase from our foremost cultural observer, Azealia Banks, the boys are fighting. For almost a year now, ...
Is the viral “let them” theory really that simple?
Sometimes the best advice is the most straightforward. This assumption seems to summarize the appeal of TikTok’s favorite armchair psychologist ...
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