10 Stealth Movies for Thanksgiving
Too many Christmas movies and too few Thanksgiving movies. The first thing that comes to mind for most people is Airplanes, Trains and Automobiles, then […]
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Too many Christmas movies and too few Thanksgiving movies. The first thing that comes to mind for most people is Airplanes, Trains and Automobiles, then […]
Continue reading »A distinctive (and sometimes terrible) feature of podcasts is their low barrier to entry. Experts and enthusiasts of all stripes can take the mic and […]
Continue reading »This week, I’ll take a look at some of the darker, uglier, and grotesque phenomena in youth culture, from toxic masculinity to frightening stalkers and […]
Continue reading »TikTok has inspired a lot of people to do a lot of stupid things, but it’s not yet clear if we can add “creating a […]
Continue reading »Even if you’re not a gamer, you’re no doubt aware of Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy tabletop RPG that popularized the genre (at least among […]
Continue reading »Traditional treasure hunting is a lot of hassle: you need to buy an ancient map from a scary antiques shop, hire a ship captain with […]
Continue reading »It’s not an exercise: Taylor Swift has announced dates for The Eras Tour , hitting the road for the first time since 2018. She was […]
Continue reading »The feeling of being touched by horror can become compulsive and even addictive, and few tools make it as easy for you as podcasts. The […]
Continue reading »I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “The Internet is forever,” but that’s not true. Once vibrant online communities with hundreds of thousands of users can […]
Continue reading »This week’s offbeat guide is a medley of trendlets, memes and terrible ideas. Young people teach each other dubious facts about geography, “cleanse” their intestines […]
Continue reading »We all have questions about sex that we’re too shy to ask, and if you don’t have Dan Savage on speed dial, listening to podcasts […]
Continue reading »New podcasts are popping up so fast that it’s easy to feel like you’re playing a hit the mole game with your own download queue. […]
Continue reading »It’s hard to really understand what young people are doing these days because the relentless algorithms that shape our culture have divided us all into […]
Continue reading »If you want to go on a cross-country journey filled with scary Halloween locations, read on. The ten locations here are scattered across our terrifying […]
Continue reading »Halloween is coming and things are getting really weird. Rapper Lil Yachty walks in Poland, and tiktokers put pumpkins on their heads, buy up all […]
Continue reading »Fat Bear Week is approaching. In just a few short days, on October 11 (Fat Bear Tuesday), one of the more than 2,000 Alaskan brown […]
Continue reading »I’ll never find a buried treasure – it’s going to take a lot of work, and I can’t even find my car keys – but […]
Continue reading »Dear Food and Drug Administration, You should start asking me what is true and what is fiction among teenagers before sending warnings. This week’s real […]
Continue reading »This week there is something for everyone in children’s popular culture. Gamers can enjoy a bunch of leaked videos of the mega-game in development Grand […]
Continue reading »You may have noticed that your favorite streaming giants such as Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max, which were once a haven for creators seduced by […]
Continue reading »This week, some young people are learning that they don’t have a personal life at work. Others ask why they can’t make friends. But everyone […]
Continue reading »Update, 2:10 pm, September 8: Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II this afternoon . Queen Elizabeth II is under medical observation and […]
Continue reading »Sometimes the storm and onslaught of a dying republic is drowned out by purity and light. This week our momentary respite from despair is given […]
Continue reading »In a country that is no less hostile to workers than ever, it is surprising that we have a holiday dedicated to the achievements of […]
Continue reading »Need advice? Of course we all do. And where we once could turn to newspaper columnists of the past (from Abby to Ann and Amy) […]
Continue reading »Young people are often criticized for believing in weird things like mystical folk magic practices and zombie infestations, but some very influential adults also thought […]
Continue reading »Some food podcasts give you tips on salting or offer great sourdough recipes, but others focus on food more on history and emotion—our memories and […]
Continue reading »For every blockbuster that hits your local gigaplex, there are probably half a million never-made scripts and hundreds of thousands of part-shot but unfinished feature […]
Continue reading »This week’s Adult Guide to Out of Touch features a slew of unrelated nonsense from the world of youth culture, including an informative dump of […]
Continue reading »Whether it’s toddlers, teenagers or 23 year olds, young people are disgusting. Old people are, of course, disgusting too, because being rude is a human […]
Continue reading »While we are all waiting for a terrible heat wave that will burn our flesh and destroy our crops, young people are trying to appease […]
Continue reading »I’m not sure if it’s just me, but everything that’s happening in pop culture this week has me ambivalent. I understand that you would like […]
Continue reading »The main thing that distinguishes children from older people is not a technological gap or that children have not fully internalized the inevitability of their […]
Continue reading »This week in The Guardian, writer Rachel Sigi pondered why so many of us visit sites like Goodreads and Letterboxd so frequently to log our […]
Continue reading »Let’s be honest, one of the reasons we love sharing our Spotify listening data is because of the competition. There are apps that help flaunt […]
Continue reading »This week’s journey through the collective unconscious of people much younger than me leads us into strange travel traps. There’s a dancing baby named “Horace”, […]
Continue reading »In the UK, the summer months were called “silly season” because of the frivolous news that filled the media for lack of “real” news. The […]
Continue reading »Youth pop culture has its ups and downs and this week is a definite valley. Maybe it’s because so many school-aged people are studying for […]
Continue reading »This week, nostalgia has taken over the Internet for young people, and all generations Y and Z have paid attention to the lawsuit involving former […]
Continue reading »I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to think that every single person on earth, constantly connected to a source of endless unverified information, […]
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