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We've reached peak 'optimization.' What comes next?

Has the era of optimization finally reached a fever pitch? Veneers, perfect minimalist home decor, and even eye whitening drops are just the tip of the iceberg when it c

Why you shouldn't bring your full self to work

"Be vulnerable." "We love your authenticity." "Bring your full self to work." Sound familiar? In this episode from our friends at Code Switch, B.A. Parker chats with Jodi

In America, are you what you wear?

You are what you wear… or are you? In her new podcast, Philosophy Club, host Avery Trufelman -- who also hosts the fashion podcast Articles of Interest -- tries to answe

Where did all the 'masculine men' go?

Has there been a decline in "masculine" men? Some women on Tiktok seem to believe so. The phrase, "Who's gonna be the boys?" has been used online to refer to all the mun

It's healthy to eat your feelings. Here's why.

Carla Lalli’s latest cookbook wants you to eat your feelings. After the end of her decades-long marriage, Lalli -- the former Bon Appétit editor whose cooking videos and

The rise of 'intentional living'

Does everyone need their own lawnmower? For a lot of people, living with your spouse and kids in a standalone house with a white picket fence is, more or less, the Ameri

Hitting the open road can lead to new beginnings

What would it look like to have all of your needs met? That’s the question filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford’s asks in their film, Dreams in Nightmares. As three Black que

The influencer era is dead. What's next?

Would you go back to college? What if it looked less like four years of textbooks and cram sessions, and more like five days of non-stop streaming and content creation?

Books can teach you to love yourself. If you let them.

 How do you convince people to read more novels?  You could ask author Jason Reynolds for a start. The acclaimed author of young adult novels, Look Both Ways, Long Way D

Bite-sized shows are taking over the internet

Microdramas are taking over the internet. But are they art – or products? The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband. Break Me, Princess. Married the Mafioso I Saved. The

'The Pitt' star Sepideh Moafi on being limitless

Sepideh Moafi wants you to get raw with your emotions. Season 2 of HBO Max’s original series, The Pitt, brings a new doctor into the fold: Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi. An Irani

Broadway has a labor issue

It seems like no one on Broadway is happy. Actors are buckling under the weight of the eight-show week, producers aren't making their money back, and audiences are getti

Are influencers in their flop era?

The cultural supremacy of the influencer seems to be waning.  For nearly a decade, they’ve become a fount of cultural commerce, affecting how to live, what to buy, and w

Don't be THAT person at the music festival. Here's how

Have some people forgotten how to behave at music festivals? Summer is peak music festival season, and that means many of us are braving huge crowds and sweltering heat

People are struggling financially. Even on TV.

Welcome to the age of ‘Broke TV.’ It seems like the days of prestige TV shows about the wealthy elite have been replaced by the vocal majority: the downwardly mobile. N

What's with all the testosterone talk?

Do you have what it takes to be "High-T?" Service members are about to find out, as Defense secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the military will be screening men for

Who really counts as ‘working class’?

What does it mean to be ‘working class’?  It’s a term that we hear often (especially around election time), but more specifically, who are we actually talking about? Acc

Is your city shaped by yuppie taste?

You might be more influenced by yuppie taste than you’d think. Back in the eighties – when pop music drowned in synths, the volume of everyone's hair was set to loud, an

What's a pathway to freedom? Reading.

How has literature changed your life? For poet and lawyer, Reginald Dwaye Betts, books meant freedom. After getting sentenced to 9 years in adult prison at 16, Dwayne fe

The questionable new ways to surveil your friends

Would you pay for an app that might encourage your worst impulses? Some users are asking themselves the same question as Meta rolls out Instagram Plus, a new suite of fe