It’s really about Kanye. Typically, record company sales don’t trend on social media, but when Taylor Swift is involved, all bets are off. This past Sunday, June 30, Swift published an explosive Instagram post accusing two major music executives of bullying her. And now Swift’s loyalists — and loyalists to Continue Reading
Attention fellow word nerds: Daily haiku-ing fired up my creativity, sweetened my days, brought me closer to others, and more, says TED Ideas Editor Daryl Chen. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone Continue Reading
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects. Welcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of June 9, 2019. At the Continue Reading
Could the show be headed for a reinvention? Every week, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can read the archives here. The episode of the week for June 9 through June 15 is the Continue Reading
While in Geneva for the Mapping festival a few days ago, i visited Prison at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. The promise of the exhibition is bold: explain to us that incarceration is our shared responsibility and that “We too are the punishers”. The show looks at Continue Reading
The Cotard delusion was first described by French neurologist Jules Cotard in the late 19th century. One of his patients, whom he called Mademoiselle X, believed that she had “no brain, nerves, chest or entrails, and was just skin and bone.” She was also convinced that she did not need Continue Reading
Isabelle Arvers is a curator, art critic and artist specialized in independent video games. She is also the Director of Kareron, a non-profit organization that supports artistic and educational projects in the fields of art, digital creation and video games. Momo Pixel, Hair Nah (photo) Georgie Roxby Smith, 99 Problems Continue Reading
The workplace comedy starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling is now in theaters. Metacritic score: 72 Late Night is a workplace comedy that feels like a cousin of The Devil Wears Prada; its greatest strength is its two lead characters, both of whom have adopted coping mechanisms while navigating a Continue Reading
Headed to the movie theater this weekend? Here are the 13 best comedies, dramas, and documentaries playing in the US right now — some of which may also be streaming on services like Netflix and Hulu. This list is curated by Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson. A movie is eligible Continue Reading
All of this TV season’s cancellations and renewals, in one handy list. It happens every spring: As the five broadcast TV networks — ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and The CW — solidify their programming lineups for the next TV season, they must also decide which of their existing shows to Continue Reading
Here are three things to know about the HBO drama’s delightful second season. HBO’s acclaimed fantasy series about betrayal, fighting families, abuse, an extremely fierce mother, death, an illegitimate son, and a wicked, wine-sipping queen has returned. Big Little Lies’ second season debuts Sunday, June 9, at 9 pm. After Continue Reading
The movie, from Mindy Kaling’s brain, imagines a world with a female talk show host on a major network. Here’s what she wears. How do you shop when you’ve spent the last few decades pulling in the big bucks as the host of a late-night talk show? If you’re Katherine Continue Reading
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