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The Future

How to spot a performative male out in the wild

The performative male peacocks by donning Labubus, reading feminist literature, and sipping on matcha to attract the girl. But how do you see through the act and stop falling for pseudo-emotionally intelligent guys?

LATEST

The Future

Couples who meet online are less happy in love, new research finds

Culture

Skibidi, tradwife, and delulu are among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary for 2025

Culture

Why is Taylor not Team Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty?

LATEST

The Future

What is Banksying? Inside the latest toxic dating trend even worse than ghosting

Gen Z News

It now takes 20 hours of work a week to survive as a UK university student

Culture

Taylor Swift announces new album on Travis Kelce’s podcast. Everything we know about TS12 so far

Culture

Penn Badgley praised for opening up about fatherhood and raising sons on Call Her Daddy

Politics

Pope picking 101: What actually happens during Conclave

Culture

Bianca Censori to become the new face of SKIMS? Sources hint at Kim Kardashian alliance

Culture

Chappell Roan cancelled yet again for saying she can’t be expected to be politically educated all the time

Culture

From performing at Mother Teresa’s canonization to 10+ film roles, no one works as hard as Rita Ora’s agent

Culture

Black cat boyfriends are in to replace golden retriever boyfriends, but are they just emotionally unavailable men in disguise?

Everyone boasts about their golden retriever boyfriends, but the black cat is brooding and mysterious in a way that puppy-like partners could never be. But could their aloofness just be avoidance?

The Future

Does the SKIMS Face Wrap actually work, or is it just another TikTok trap?

Culture

Bad timing? Gavin Casalegno’s Dunkin’ ad sparks backlash over actor’s alleged conservative views

The Future

All the Tea on the new app that lets women vet men and date safely

Culture

Johnny Depp plays the victim once more and anoints himself crash test dummy for #MeToo

Culture

Introducing Berlin’s latest tourist attraction Cybrothel, where men can request AI sex dolls covered in blood

Culture

The Summer I Turned Pretty stars Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno caught in political drama

The air of awkwardness between The Summer I Turned Pretty cast, especially Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno, could’ve been put down to the sexual tension they play on screen, but it looks as though the divide is actually about politics.

Politics

UK to lower voting age to 16 by next election. A controversial move, but the right one

Politics

Who is Zohran Mamdani, the staunch socialist primed to become New York’s first Muslim mayor?

Politics

McDonald’s hit with new mass boycott. Here’s who’s behind it and why

Politics

President Trump and JD Vance angry over the DNC setting up a taco truck outside RNC headquarters

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The gyaru revival: Why Gen Z are embracing Japan’s most rebellious aesthetic

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How shitposting and lo-fi aesthetics are winning Gen Z over

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Why Gen Z is obsessed with cyber sigilism tattoos and their mystical origins

Culture

All the Easter eggs from the first episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3

Fans are watching TSITP season three with eagle eyes as the love story between Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad unfolds. These are all the Easter eggs we’ve clocked so far.

Culture

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 proves we’ll never be over love triangles

Culture

Do artists really owe us surprise guests at gigs, or are our expectations out of control?

The Future

Hailey Bieber’s new hands-free lip tint holder has everyone divided

Culture

What is ketamine therapy, the psychiatric treatment healing famous Mormons Jen and Zac Affleck’s marriage?

Culture

What is the Gen Z stare, and why are millennials on TikTok so bothered by it?

Culture

Is the princess treatment TikTok trend the bare minimum or a relationship red flag?

Culture

Zayn Malik’s new song suggests One Direction era wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows

The Future

Netflix’s new Trainwreck documentary exposes the rise and scandalous fall of American Apparel

Culture

Kylie Jenner now follows Timothée Chalamet on Instagram, but he doesn’t follow her back

Culture

Amazon Music is giving away 4 months free. Here’s how to claim it

Culture

Jennifer Aniston to star in Apple TV+ adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died

Culture

Why do people want a nose like the Grinch? The Whoville TikTok trend explained

Culture

Michael Cera reveals why he turned down a role in the Harry Potter franchise

Politics

22-year-old groom arrested after police find 9-year-old bride at staged Disneyland wedding

Culture

Emma Watson reveals disgusting paparazzi ambush on her 18th birthday

Culture

Everything you need to know about toxic gossip site Tattle Life and how its founder finally got revealed

Culture

Former Harry Potter star tells reporters he doesn’t understand JK Rowling’s Twitter transphobia

Culture

Gavin Casalegno cancelled? The Summer I Turned Pretty fans turn on him amid cast drama

Culture

This Oscar-winning actor is the top pick to play Voldemort in HBO Max Harry Potter reboot

Gen Z News

Why Sabrina Carpenter’s sexuality is praised and Lola Young’s is picked apart

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The Future

How to spot a performative male out in the wild

The performative male peacocks by donning Labubus, reading feminist literature, and sipping on matcha to attract the girl. But how do you see through the act and stop falling for pseudo-emotionally intelligent guys?

LATEST

The Future

Couples who meet online are less happy in love, new research finds

Culture

Skibidi, tradwife, and delulu are among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary for 2025

Culture

Why is Taylor not Team Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty?

LATEST

The Future

What is Banksying? Inside the latest toxic dating trend even worse than ghosting

Gen Z News

It now takes 20 hours of work a week to survive as a UK university student

Culture

Taylor Swift announces new album on Travis Kelce’s podcast. Everything we know about TS12 so far

Culture

We finally know why Conrad and Belly broke up in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2

The Summer I Turned Pretty fans are reacting to the latest episode in season three from Conrad’s POV, especially that car scene. Viewers say it reveals the real reason why he and Belly broke up earlier in the series.

Culture

How fans manifested Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Culture

How Jet2holidays and Jess Glynne became the sound of the summer

Culture

Everyone’s posing like Nicki Minaj: the TikTok trend explained

Culture

Why isn’t Sylvanian Drama posting on TikTok? Here’s the legal tea

Culture

Penn Badgley praised for opening up about fatherhood and raising sons on Call Her Daddy

Politics

Pope picking 101: What actually happens during Conclave

Culture

Bianca Censori to become the new face of SKIMS? Sources hint at Kim Kardashian alliance

Culture

Chappell Roan cancelled yet again for saying she can’t be expected to be politically educated all the time

Culture

From performing at Mother Teresa’s canonization to 10+ film roles, no one works as hard as Rita Ora’s agent

Culture

Black cat boyfriends are in to replace golden retriever boyfriends, but are they just emotionally unavailable men in disguise?

Everyone boasts about their golden retriever boyfriends, but the black cat is brooding and mysterious in a way that puppy-like partners could never be. But could their aloofness just be avoidance?

The Future

Does the SKIMS Face Wrap actually work, or is it just another TikTok trap?

Culture

Bad timing? Gavin Casalegno’s Dunkin’ ad sparks backlash over actor’s alleged conservative views

The Future

All the Tea on the new app that lets women vet men and date safely

Culture

Johnny Depp plays the victim once more and anoints himself crash test dummy for #MeToo

Culture

Introducing Berlin’s latest tourist attraction Cybrothel, where men can request AI sex dolls covered in blood

Culture

The Summer I Turned Pretty stars Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno caught in political drama

The air of awkwardness between The Summer I Turned Pretty cast, especially Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno, could’ve been put down to the sexual tension they play on screen, but it looks as though the divide is actually about politics.

Politics

UK to lower voting age to 16 by next election. A controversial move, but the right one

Politics

Who is Zohran Mamdani, the staunch socialist primed to become New York’s first Muslim mayor?

Politics

McDonald’s hit with new mass boycott. Here’s who’s behind it and why

Politics

President Trump and JD Vance angry over the DNC setting up a taco truck outside RNC headquarters

Culture

American Eagle and Sydney Sweeney face backlash with employee’s LinkedIn post adding fuel to the fire

American Eagle has come under fire for the tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” which is being described as having “fascist” connotations on social media.

Culture

Misogyny, sexism, and the manosphere: how this year’s Love Island UK has taken a step backwards

Politics

Bereavement leave to be extended to miscarriages before 24 weeks

Politics

Lawmakers pressure Trump to provide evidence that Venezuelan asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero is still alive

Politics

Will Greta Thunberg reach Gaza safely amid Israel’s aid blockade?

Culture

The disturbing TikTok trend sexualising fake Down syndrome faces using AI filters

Politics

Why has the new sculpture of a Black American woman in Times Square prompted mass outrage?

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The gyaru revival: Why Gen Z are embracing Japan’s most rebellious aesthetic

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