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‘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

It’s Good to Age Out of Stan Culture

Emmy Pratt

Let’s Stop Timing Standing Ovations at Film Festivals, They Do Not Matter!

Ben Weiss

Why ‘Main Character Syndrome’ is Inherently Toxic Despite ‘Delulu’ Influencers Claiming Otherwise

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Sad’ Millennial Beige Isn’t Sad at All, Young Adults Are Just Too Easily Influenced

Bar Mor Hazut

Nathan Fielder’s Little White Lies: Unpacking the Ethics of “The Rehearsal”

Ben Weiss

The creative entrepreneur: Why the process, and not the art, is the reason artists succeed on social media

Ally Perry

‘Yogurt dipped Pringles’: A subreddit encouraging terrible home cooked meals is the last authentic place online to be yourself

JR Atkinson