Two magazine features dropped this week, both focused solely on Kumail Nanjiani’s new physique, and I have a lot of thoughts.
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Dawn Dorland, Ellen Pomepo and Katie Couric share a truly glaring lack of self-awareness, for starters. But they’ve also all recently told stories that they think make themselves look good, but instead illuminate their white privilege.
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The impulse to worry more about predatory men than the people they harm is deeply ingrained in our society, and it’s infuriating.
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Don’t be fooled—the rapper’s behaviour this week is less about vaccine hesitancy and more about distracting from her legal woes.
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The post-Certified Lover Boy discourse is as much about misogyny, grooming and Drake’s alleged misdeeds as it is about the music.
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The backlash to Lizzo’s “Rumors” video—including offensive tweets calling her mammy—only prove the point that representation is an important goal, but it’s only the first step toward an equitable society.
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Basic fascination with fancy people, a little bit of schadenfreude and, oh yes, deep frustration that they can neglect social mores in ways that racialized, fat and disabled folks cannot.
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We learned a lot about Britney Spears’ conservatorship this week. To help put it all in perspective, I recruited my friend Russ Martin, a writer, pop culture expert and long-time Britney fan.
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Talking to journalists is part of Osaka’s job–so what we *should* be asking is, what can tournaments and news outlets do to create a safe work environment for her?
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After Courtney Stodden reminded the internet that Chrissy Teigen was a terrible Twitter troll back in the day, I kept looking for feminist-leaning publications to weigh in. And I’m still waiting, tbh.
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The inadvertent message was that Gen Z isn't faced with the same unrealistic and damaging beauty ideals as millennials. But they definitely are.
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Western media, politicians and even social media platforms create and control a narrative that upholds Israel’s colonialism—and while there are limits to celebrity activism, subverting this narrative is one thing it actually can help with.
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There has been a lot of conversation over 19-year-old singer Billie Eilish’s grown-up transformation in the pages of British Vogue. She’s made it clear that the concept was her choice, but in an industry notorious for hypersexualizing young women, how much agency does she actually have?
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her actor husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, were trending this week because of a now-debunked divorce rumour, which inspired me to look back at how they couple, who are 23 years apart, have been covered before. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t great.
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In their new book, The New Wedding Book: A Guide to Ditching All the Rules, Michelle Bilodeau and Karen Cleveland explain how celebrities help encourage the commodification of weddings—and break down why that’s a problem.
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The part where she didn’t acknowledge that her family has played a huge role in perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards for young women 🙃
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This week, leaked footage of a physical altercation between rappers Quavo and Saweetie made the rounds on the internet, and predictably, there were plenty of people jumping to his defence.
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“Holy,” “Anyone” and “Hold On” all contain weird narrative and aesthetic choices that glamorize poverty. Here’s why that’s a problem—and what it says about his overall dedication to social justice.
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Before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were even a thing, I thought Prince William and Kate Middleton were going to be modernizing forces for the British monarchy. After this week, it’s clear I was very wrong.
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Allen v. Farrow, a four-part HBO docuseries about Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse against her father, is credible and well-argued. But it’s missing something important.
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