RIP Hulk Hogan, the omnipresent Eighties icon
Professional wrestling made an unprecedented impact on American pop culture, most of it due to his popularity
Culture
Thursday
Tuesday
The 2020s are too far-fetched for fiction
There are too many loose ends. Too many vanishing subplots
Why Mormons can’t get enough sugar
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are devouring the American dessert industry
Inside Texas’s bold takeover of the American film industry
The Lone Star State is coming for the big, bright jewel of cultural capital
‘Being a mom sometimes sucks’: an interview with Sarah Hoover
The art historian’s memoir is no feminist treatise
Saturday
How AI will reignite woke
Woke politics are a way of signifying that you are high-status – and all of this status anxiety is about to be supercharged by AI
Tuesday
Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg: strange bedfellows
Natalists and climate alarmists are starting to sound alike
Why we need to talk about black anti-Semitism
There is now a growing rift between these two historically persecuted groups
Tuesday
Left-wing violence is being normalized
We’ve come to a series of startling conclusions about a change that’s happening in US society
Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick
Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius
Saturday
The Met’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ is equally horrifying and inspiring
Dandyism was imposed on enslaved black men in the 18th century by their owners
Friday
Why Gen Z is converting to Catholicism
Our culture is saturated with vulgarity and pornography
Wednesday
In ambiguity, Tancredi Di Carcaci finds inspiration
His new body of work – Spoglia – is on display at New York’s Palo Gallery
Friday
Kevin Spacey’s #MeToo revenge
It’s easy to forget just how oppressive the #MeToo moment was
Tuesday
Why cities have lost their appeal
Rather than signaling decay, the growth of suburban and exurban communities represents the cutting edge of 21st-century urbanism
‘Dark Woke’ is nothing new
How do you make a ‘dark’ version of an ideology whose guiding principle was ‘the more fanatical, the better?’
Monday
Are we at Peak Movie Theater?
The numbers don’t lie: they’re as popular as ever
Saturday
The Met Gala flirts with MAGA
‘Anna is known for adding a few surprises’
Wednesday
Where did Kamala most underperform in 2024?
Plus: a history of misguided pollsters
A day with a rat catcher
Tim fought a rat in a local Pizza Hut – with onlookers watching through the windows