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Nepo Babies are the symbol of our broken meritocracy
Girls' Hannah - Why the millennial antihero was so hated
The "Dead Girl" Story - Why It's Dangerous to Simplify Her
Beyoncé v Kelis - Who's Right, and The Bigger Problem with The Music Industry
How Freaks and Geeks gets youth culture right then - and now
How Barbiecore Turned Feminism Hot Pink
The "Rich Guy" Lie - Why Tinder Swindlers and Romance Cons Work
The Manifesting Trend - When it's a lie and when it can work
How Clueless's iconic fashion actually told the story
The Daddy’s Girl Trope - Why Our Culture Fetishizes Her
Rebel Wilson and the Dark History of Forced Outings
Cassie’s Euphoria Season 2 looks and their hidden meanings
Why Gen Z is already burning out (and how to cope)
Stars' Second Chapters - Why They Give Us Hope
How Fight Club Predicted Today
How the Manipulative Victim Trope Shaped the Depp-Heard Trial
The It Girl - What Makes Her "It" In Every Era
House of The Dragon - A Targaryen Deep Dive and What We Know So Far
The Cougar Trope - Why this joke is outdated
Donnie Darko - What's the Meaning of Life?
The Handmaid's Tale - What's Come True and What Hasn't (Yet)
Euphoria Rue - A modern portrait of the addict
The Elder Millennial - A generation lost in time
Stranger Things Season 4’s deeper meaning, explained - Why it’s better than ever
Celebs don't age anymore. Is that bad for the rest of us?
Teen stories onscreen are all so risqué. How true are they?
The Single Lady - Why single life is in fashion
How Millie Bobby Brown overcame the child star curse in Stranger Things’ digital age
Fifty Shades’ Toxic Takeaways - What’s Not Hot About The Trilogy
How Workplace Dystopias Represent Our Toxic Jobs Onscreen
Margot Robbie’s Barbie - How The Doll Became Feminist
What Daria says about the 90s (and today)
How the "Diva" label went from insulting to iconic
Everything Everywhere All At Once - Every Symbol Explained
Who's the real Jennifer Aniston?
The Brainy Brunette Trope - Why people think she’s smarter
Riverdale's Jughead is the ultimate indie jerkboy
Sex and The City - What each lady tells you about yourself
Closeted Bullies are all over our screens. How real is this trope?
What's So Great About Abbott Elementary
Bridgerton Season 3 - Big Theories and Predictions
The Depp-Heard Trial is an ugly, scary trial by social media
Dune, Ending Explained - Why Paul is a Tragic Hero
Romantic stories are full of red flags. Why do we love them?
How the Tech Villain Became Today’s Most Hated Bad Guy
Modern Family’s Claire is the Perfect "Husband-Wife"
Age Gap Relationships Onscreen - Why They Bother Us
The Bookworm Princess Hero - Beauty and The Beast's Belle
The Tragedy of Will Smith - What Made Him Snap
The Quarter-Life Crisis Is More Stressful Than Ever
Parks and Recreation - Why Everyone Loves Ron Swanson
How Pamela Anderson is Reclaiming Her Bombshell Narrative
Why Bruce Willis (And His Career) Deserve Respect
The Antihero Problem - What They All Fear
Bridgerton Season 2 - Why We Love Enemies-to-Lovers Arcs
The Other Woman Trope - Demystifying The Villain
The “Real” Jennifer Lawrence - Cool Girl or Serious Star?
The Kanye-Kim-Pete Feud - How It Mirrors Back to Us
The Heather Trope - Why We’re So Obsessed with Her
The Buff Clown Trope - A New Masculine Ideal
How I Met Your Mother - Lily, The Perfect Family Woman
Cruel Intentions - Kathryn, A Misunderstood Villain
The Special Girl Trope - Moving Beyond a Male Creation
Euphoria's Cassie - Why Women Like Her Are Still Judged
Everything That Went Wrong with the Oscars 2022
The Tall Girlfriend and Short Boyfriend - Ending The Bias
The 30 Crisis - Adulting When Adulthood's Unattainable
The Power of The Dog, Ending Explained - The Meaning of The Dog
West Side Story - All The Differences Between The Films
How I Met Your Mother - Why Dating Rules Don't Work
Modern Family’s Gloria - A New Second Wife Playbook
The Celebrity + “Normo” Romance Boom - Normal is the New Fairytale
Why Game of Thrones Already Feels Dated
The “Cheugy” Problem - Why No One Can Keep Up with Trends
Licorice Pizza and Love in Paul Thomas Anderson's Films
The Disposable Black Love Interest - A Tokenistic Cliché
How Euphoria Visualizes Feelings
The Material Girl Trend - Buying Your Way to Empowerment
Unreliable Narrators - Why We Love To Be Lied To
How Margot Robbie Escaped The “Bombshell Trap”
Inventing Anna - American Dream Gone Haywire
That Girl: Turning Self-Care Into a Job
The Imperfect Mom Onscreen - Why She Deserves to Have a Self
Bennifer - The One Who Didn't Get Away
Pam & Tommy - Our Obsession with the Barbie-Bad Boy Romance
How I Met Your Father - Why We Crave Comfort TV
The Matrix Ending Explained: A Guide to Freeing Your Mind
And Just Like That - What It Got Wrong (And What It Did Right)
Pam Beesly - The Perils of Being Normal
How I Met Your Mother - The Mother Deserved Better
The Little Mermaid as a Queer Allegory, Explained
The Smart Girl Trope, Explained
The Rise of The “Cool Mom” 2.0 Today
Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument
The "Disabled Villain" Trope Is Medieval - Why Is It Still Here?
Sex and the City - Why Carrie Should Have Chosen Aiden
The "Dyed Hair" Girl - How She Stopped Being Edgy
Don't Look Up's Real Message and Ending, Explained
The Pretty Girl Trope - The Pitfalls of "Pretty Privilege"
Gossip Girl - Why Chuck and Blair Deserve Each Other