The Convo About Justin Timberlake’s DWI Tells Us A Lot About His Current Levels of Fame and Power

Don’t ask how the singer’s arrest for driving while intoxicating will affect his career—instead, think about what the discourse says about the state of his career right now.

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We Shouldn’t Get *Too* Caught Up in the Fantasy of Age-Gap Rom-Coms Featuring Older Women

'The Idea of You,' 'A Family Affair'—a new wave of romcoms is positioning relationships between older women and younger men as harmless fantasy fodder. And that’s fun, says culture writer Sadaf Ahsan. But let’s not forget how dicey these dynamics can get IRL.

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If I See One More Celebrity Post That “The Second-Best Time to Speak is Now” Meme, I Might Scream

It’s fair to feel angry that so many celebrities only now have something to say about Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but I’m not sure it’s useful.

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How About We Don’t Position Shia LaBeouf’s Return to the Red Carpet As Triumphant

After four years of avoiding the spotlight, the actor walked the red carpet at Cannes last week like he *hadn't* been accused of horrific violence by his ex, FKA Twigs. Wtf?

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Zadie Smith’s Awful ‘New Yorker’ Essay is More Revealing Than She Might Realize

In her most recent essay, the acclaimed novelist argues that words are just like weapons of mass destruction, a metaphor that feels both silly and offensive considering Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza

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Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria” Acknowledges Drake’s Misogyny in a Way That Feels Kind of... New?

Black and racialized women have been calling out Drizzy’s misogyny for years. Is Kendrick calling out Drake’s sexism finally a sign that hip-hop is taking notice? Kind of!

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O. J. Simpson Might Have Been A Complicated Figure, But His Legacy is Pretty Simple

When news broke that former NFL player O. J. Simpson had died, so many news outlets talked about his legacy being “complicated” and the man being “controversial.” I think there was a more accurate word: abusive.

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