9 pop culture experts on the year that was and—even more importantly—what they think we'll be talking about in 2026
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From the rise of rage-bait marketing to the Coldplay kiss cam cheating scandal, here are my slightly belated takes on the pop culture stories I didn't cover in 2025
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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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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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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 popularity of those viral TikToks that supposedly showed Chinese manufacturers telling American consumers how to buy luxury handbag dupes (directly from them, obvs) were definitely signs of economic anxiety. But some other things were going on, too.
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Culture writer Niko Stratis’ new memoir touches on growing up in the Yukon, the role music has played in her life and her experience as a trans woman—but I’d argue the most revelatory parts of the book are the ones that touch on socioeconomic status.
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Last week, Serena Williams became a part-owner of Toronto's new WNBA team, which some people perceived as her being petty toward Drake. It's me, I'm people—and honestly, I'm here for it.
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Big companies like Meta and Target cancelling their DEI programs and pre-emptively capitulating to fascist worldviews is bad, but individuals doing the same thing is definitely worse.
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A chat with the CBC sitcom's co-showrunners, Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, and star, Anna Lambe, about Inuit humour, writing for a wide audience and making potentially controversial storytelling decisions.
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I don’t want to discount the emotional impact of seeing your community targeted by an authoritarian government. But I’m going to need ultra-wealthy and powerful people to do a little more than cry when faced with injustice.
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Like all the other immigrant kids on my timeline, I've been obsessed with "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS"—and especially how it crystallizes the feeling of longing for a place that might not actually exist anymore
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Over the past few months, viral tweets about childfree spaces have taken over my timeline on three separate occassions, and since three things make a trend, I guess it’s time to talk about the internet’s bizarre animosity toward children.
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