A candid conversation with academic Kaitlyn Regehr about tech addiction, how it's making our lives worse and (importantly!) what we can actually do about it
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This week, Skims dropped a new product, Faux Hair Micro String Thong, and yes, it was definitely a stunt! But the discourse it sparked has also been fascinating
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This week marks the second anniversary of Israel's escalating genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. As a ceasefire deal comes into effect, I'm looking at what the past two years have shown me about the world—and myself
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Emma Watson's appearance on Jay Shetty's podcast went viral for her comments on J.K. Rowling—and Rowling's catty response. Yes, this is an argument for not offering bigots civility.
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My news feeds are full of panicked posts about the death of free speech, and for good reason. But, I have some bad news: we are not in the canary phase anymore, and haven’t been for quite some time.
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Or: Yes, I do have thoughts about Russell Wilson's public campaign to convince Ciara to have a fifth baby.
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This week, Wired dropped a longread about a venture capitalist who embarked on a harassment campaign against her surrogate after her fetus died, and there’s A LOT to unpack.
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It’s the long weekend, and I present to you an extra-long list of And Did You Hear About recommendations
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Playing mas, and participating in the island's Jab Jab culture, gave me new insight into Carnival and what it really means to free up yourself
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'Too Much Fashion: An Ode to Black Creative Resilience,' which was co-curated by Ilene Sova and Byron Armstrong, is on now at United Contemporary
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20+ recommendations for interesting, entertaining and/or thought-provoking reads (plus some things to watch and listen to)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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People keep comparing Adriana Smith, who died in February and whose body is being kept on life support while her fetus develops, to The Handmaid’s Tale. But the pop culture reference pales in comparison to what this actually resembles: the reproductive coercion faced by enslaved women
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Authors Chantal Braganza and Bee Quammie recently published books that tackle motherhood—but not how these types of memoirs typically do. In today’s newsletter, we’re breaking down the motherhood memoir industrial complex
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The BBC journalist’s new documentary about extremist Israeli settlers is really well-done. But, it’s really only revelatory because Western media has for the most part ignored Palestinian voices.
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