A conversation with Kees Dieffenthaller about the band's very big year, why he refers to Toronto as home and what soca fans have to look forward to
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The singer has travelled everywhere—but she hasn’t been back to her homeland of Guyana since she was a kid. We chatted about what it’s like to grow up in the diaspora, and the beauty of the return
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It’s (kind of) a long weekend, which means I want to read more than I want to write. So: here’s an extra-long list of And Did You Hear About recommendations!
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News outlets call DR Congo supporter Michel Kuka Mboladinga the ‘living statue’ and a superfan, but I’d argue he’s actually the best example of the World Cup’s inherent politicism.
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Shockingly, the former reality TV villain—a Republican in a Democratic stronghold who has never held a ‘real’ job and has zero political experience—won’t be facing current L.A. mayor Karen Bass in this year’s mayoral election. But I don’t think this is the last we’ll see of him, or the new breed of celebrity politicians he represents
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In her non-fiction debut, Go-Between Girl, the author blends family history with deeply-researched insight on indentured servitude, and the lingering effects of this exploitative system of labour.
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When a Trinidadian author won a literary prize that included publication in prestigious lit mag Granta, the internet exploded with allegations that it was AI-generated. And tbh, it probably is—but that’s not the worst part.
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An extra-long list of And Did You Hear About recommendations, from Pitchfork’s very harsh, very fair review of Chris Brown’s new album, Brown, to a recap of the recent pap smear discourse that took over my X feed.
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In her new book, Dekonstructing the Kardashians, the psychotherapist and writer behind the super popular @kardashian_kolloquium Instagram account tracks the rise of the famous fam, and uses them to explain how media works now
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My feed has been full of posts about an ‘online rape academy’ where 62 million men swapped photos and videos of themselves raping their unconscious wives and girlfriends. Only, that number is misinformation... And yes, I do think it matters.
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Over the past couple of weeks, different people have: thrown a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s house and set both a Kimberly-Clark warehouse and a Raytheon outpost on fire. Are we in a new era of class warfare?
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A self-described ‘90s goth girl on tarot’s ebbs and flows, how she uses it as a creative tool—and why it's so mainstream right now
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The NYC mayor's reaction to questions about his wife's social media activity—and the internet's response to that reaction—illustrates the tense relationship between politics and fandom
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Last weekend, a 25-year-old Florida woman fired an “AR-15-style weapon” at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Beverly Hills mansion. Old social media posts indicate an odd obsession with the star, but I'm not sure fandom is the right lens to use here
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The discourse about Tourette’s activist John Davidson shouting the n-word during Sunday’s ceremony is still going strong, and for good reason: it illuminates the tension between different marginalized groups. But, I’d argue, it also offers an opportunity for connection.
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Entertainment journalist Kristen Lopez on Hollywood’s favourite ableist tropes, how on-screen representations reflect what’s happening in the real world and her new book, Popcorn Disabilities.
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It's an all-And Did You Hear About newsletter. Here's what to read, listen to and watch this weekend
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In 2016, unfounded claims of a child sex trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats ran rampant online. Today, similar allegations against a bipartisan group of global elite are back in the news cycle—only this time, it’s real.
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The Beckham vs. Peltz-Beckham feud is mostly entertaining and low-stakes celebrity drama, I know. But, it has been making me think about 'family brands,' and what they require of the most vulnerable members of said family.
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We're now on day five of a Golden Globes-inspired 'One Battle After Another' discourse that gets at an important question for 2026: what do we actually want from our stories?
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