A political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missing
After the fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week, observers rushed to take part in what’s become one
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Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.
The modern Republican Party has fully embraced Andrew Breitbart’s maxim that “politics runs downstream of culture.” That seems to be
Constance Grady
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A MAGA influencer says there’s no space for her in women’s media. Is she right?
Earlier this month, Katie Miller launched her new podcast with a specific origin myth. Miller, a former Trump administration official
Constance Grady
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Sydney Sweeney and the unsettling legacy of the blonde bombshell
Are you tired of hearing about the controversy over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad? A remarkable thing about this
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How America’s ideal woman got jacked
A lot of people are getting jacked these days, and it’s not just who you would think. For men, muscles
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Why are men shaving off their eyelashes?
A small but curious sign of the deepening gender divide in our politically fraught times: Male beauty standards are getting
Constance Grady
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The tech billionaires are missing the point of their favorite sci-fi series
One of the most momentous developments of the new Trump era is how major billionaires in the tech industry — frequently
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The strange fascination with Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick, explained
When we look at the relationship between 73-year-old legendary football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend and business partner, 24-year-old
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Why it feels like 2007 again
In February, a group of men on a sports talk show casually spread a salacious and untrue rumor about the
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Book recs for March: 4 portraits of complicated women
It’s been 12 years since Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published her last novel, Americanah, to overwhelming acclaim. In the time since,
