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And sorry to 'Superman' and 'The Fantasic Four: First Steps,' but I think we probably shouldn't give into that impulse
This week, the internet was abuzz with the idea that Cardi B and Stefon Diggs had broken up because her BBL smelled bad. No one will be surprised to hear this had nothing to do with reality, and everything to do with societal ideas around femininity, smell and shame.
The iconic teen movie turns 30 later this month, so I'm chatting with academic and author Veronica Litt about nostalgia, politics and why we're all still obsessed with a teen comedy from the '90s.
I mean, we all know the answer to that question: yes. Bey's Buffalo Soldiers tee illuminates not just the limits of celebrity radicalism, but also the existence of elite capture.
Writer and culture critic Tayo Bero tackles the hype around Juneteenth, the comparative quietness of Emancipation Day celebrations—and how celebrating one but not the other actually does affect the material realities of Black people in Canada.
Not to be that friend who’s too woke, but I think we might have to cool it with the jokey tweets about hormonal horniness.