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D&D Once Opened Unimaginable Worlds for Players—Now It Just Opens Wallets

Ayala Sorotsky

Brands Sell Out Not Only Because They Want To, But Also Because They Have To

Lana DeGaetano

Old Souls: Why the dwindling prospects of retirement have turned traditionally geriatric hobbies into the new quarter-life crisis

Jesse Kessenheimer

Nobody Is Actually Doing a ‘Morning Shed,’ Hyper-Optimized Beauty Routines Are Just the Latest Form of Engagement Bait

JR Atkinson

The Fantasy Role-Playing Videogame ‘Dragon Age’ has Always Been Queer Friendly, Some Gamers Just Haven’t Been Paying Attention

Ayala Sorotsky

Movies Aren’t Too Long, You Just Have No Attention Span

Emmy Pratt

The Silver Lining of the Live-Action ‘Snow White:’ Proof Disney Needs to Stop Changing Beloved Childhood Classics

Bar Mor Hazut

How Jemima Kirke From ‘Girls’ Became the Face of Internet Nihilism Through a Meme

Lana DeGaetano

‘Your TikTok auntie’: How older women are keeping the Gen Z app from completely crumbling to consumerism

Ally Perry

TikTok relationships officially crossed the line between the real deal and carefully curated illusions, and it’s messing with our heads

Bar Mor Hazut

Consuming Consumerism: How trendy TikTok foods are actually gross, greedy, and anti-culinary

JR Atkinson

Album Analysis: Why Lady Gaga's ‘Mayhem’ Sounds Both Old and New

Ben Weiss

‘THIS is my emergency contact’: Why goofifying a fundamentally unserious romantic partner makes Gen Z feel safe despite the looming insecurity of the future

Jesse Kessenheimer

'The most unserious generation': The millennialfication of Gen Z and why Zoomers have always been millennial lite

Ally Perry

Why Discourse on the Film App ‘Letterboxd’ Epitomizes the High Scrutiny All Social Media Users are Under

Emmy Pratt

‘The DiCaprio Effect’: Why Timothée Chalamet’s heartthrob status lost him the Oscar win

Lana DeGaetano