hot takes

We Need to Stop Relying on ‘Boomer Bait’ to Save the Movie Theater Box Office

Ben Weiss

Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Doomscrollers become self-aware’: Bait-and-switch video trend is hilariously shaming our time-wasting scrolling habits

Jesse Kessenheimer

Why More Pop Stars Should Be Like Lorde and Disappear for Several Years at a Time

Ben Weiss

‘You’re cooked!’: How the exhausting chore of posting has created an obsession with culinary slang

Ally Perry

‘Never meet your heroes’: How paid celebrity meet-and-greet events have become awkward 10-second-long cash grabs

Remy Millisky

Nonchalance Isn’t Considered a ‘Cool Guy’ Personality Trait Anymore, It’s a Coping Mechanism

Jesse Kessenheimer

The ‘Da Vinki Twins’ Are the Only Good Influencers On the Internet

JR Atkinson

FOMO Frenzy: How gremlin-like ‘Labubu dolls’ became the new ‘Beanie Baby’

Jesse Kessenheimer

How Reality TV Becomes Dangerous and Creates Unsafe Dramatics That Turn Into Real Crises

Lana DeGaetano

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