Yesterday afternoon, I returned to my office after the holiday to find that someone had taken my good rolling chair—a very comfortable Herman Miller Aeron, thank you Nick Denton—and replaced it with another one which was not only shitty (old, covered in pilly black fabric, a vestige of the former occupants of the…

In a 2018 essay for Vulture, critic Angelica Jade Bastien described horror as “the underlying sense of fear, and the exploration of this primal response on personal, cultural, and existential levels.” It’s a definition that illustrates the through-line between disparate stories like Hereditary and Annihilation, but…

Have you ever eaten a CBD gummy, gingerly applied a CBD face mask, or ordered CBD-infused chicken enchiladas and wondered to yourself, “Why did I spend $28 on this? Is it even working?” Well, I have some good news for you: on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration is holding its first public hearing on the safety…

Late Thursday night, after twenty grueling rounds, a historic eight winners were crowned at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The bee’s long-time pronouncer Jacques Bailly described the winners as “the most phenomenal assemblage of spellers in the history of this storied competition.”

If you haven’t seen Fleabag’s second season, first I’ll politely ask you what the hell you’re doing, run to your television now. Secondly, I’ll tell you that the second season includes a very attractive, “cool” priest who befriends Fleabag, who swears and drinks and mocks his funny little outfits. But according to an…

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are possibly out of politics (good) and are on their way to Hollywood (okay?): the two are forming a production company and will venture into television and film projects for women.

Emergency contraception (EC) is designed to prevent pregnancy. Some may choose it as their primary method of contraception, while others may use it in emergency situations only. Regardless of how you use it, it’s important to know all of your options and have the most accurate information, so you can make the best…

As an avid capitalist, it should come as no surprise that Drake jetted off the Bahamas in a gifted, custom Boeing 767. Created by Canadian airline Cargojet, the company believes the $200 million “behemoth” will “more than pay for itself” as a high altitude billboard. (They even painted an owl on it?) The terms of the…

Katy Perry’s last album, Witness, was an undisputed flop, rife with weird, vague social messages and a gimmicky live-stream of her life to promote it. If you think I’m being cruel, Perry herself admitted it didn’t meet her expectations. “That was the first time, in a long time, that I didn’t get my way,” she told Glamo…

In college, I had an intense fear that I would find myself on MTV’s Room Raiders, cringing in a van while some frat boy decided not to date me based on the size of my panties. Unlike the nightmarish MTV dating shows of my youth, the new season of Are You the One?—a dating competition I am too old to have seen—will…

Two colleges are threatening to toss out the lawsuits of alleged victims of sexual assault unless the women reveal their identities to the public. The move sends an alarming message to victims of sexual assault, and if adopted by more colleges, will undoubtedly deter victims from coming forward.

It physically pains me in my heart to say a cross word regarding Meryl Streep, a person I can quote from memory not just in Death Becomes Her but also in She-Devil. I hope to someday walk down the aisle to a mashup of her A Cry in the Dark performance. But I have to type the truth, and it is this: Meryl Streep has no…

As Missouri awaits a decision on whether its last abortion clinic will remain open, protests have resulted in over a dozen arrests, including M’Evie Mead, Missouri Director of Planned Parenthood.

Harrison Ford has better things to do than learn the last name of every Chris in Hollywood, and one of those things is being the only Indiana Jones we’ll ever need.

I’ve been thinking about this incredible observation all day. Help!