Alex Torres first heard Taylor Swift at a middle school dance in Antioch, Illinois. “I instantly fell in love,” Torres says about “Teardrops on My Guitar” and “Our Song,” a pair of confessional ...

There’s more to being a rap GOAT than having classic albums, intricate rhymes, and indoctrinated fan bases. Emblematic images are also a part of the equation; music videos that not only capture an ...

With your sound off and limited familiarity of his golf swing, the Tom Cruise deepfakes taking TikTok by storm are convincing enough. There he is at the tee, stumbling in a hallway, and performing a ...

Book banning is unfortunately a tale as old as the written word. Information that gives way to the expansion of ideas is a gift, but for that same reason, it can be seen as dangerous. The American ...

In queer and trans communities, to “read” someone means to creatively call out their flaws with the intention of inflicting emotional damage. When Elektra from Pose tells another character, "I know ...

In the late afternoon of November 7, 1991, Magic Johnson stood in front of reporters, as millions more tuned in on TV. The NBA season had just gotten underway, and the league’s teams and fan bases ...

Mass shootings have become depressingly and disturbingly common in the United States in the last 20 years. But in April 1999, they were a world-shaking event. The mass killing that occurred at ...

If I had a penny for every time someone told me I don’t look Mexican, I would melt them all down and make a beautiful copper sign that says, “Please stop talking.” In other words, people tell me that ...

Twitter is like a drug: addictive, poorly regulated, responsible for dazzling highs and rock-bottom lows. But right now, at this moment, let's forget all the trolls, mansplainers, Nazis and sitting ...

Reddit banned multiple hate groups Wednesday, sparking a revolt. A large and vocal group of angry redditors is staging a misogynistic Nazi-themed strike against Reddit CEO Ellen Pao for blocking ...

Trigger Warning: This piece contains descriptions and true accounts of self-harm. “This is for all my real friends out there,” said a girl with pastel pink hair on TikTok. She was sitting on the side ...

Waymond Wesley, aka “Chef Way” on TikTok, was known for his food content — but after Twitter users unearthed posts where he made misogynistic, colorist, and body-shaming comments about Black women, ...