Pop
Friendships in your 20s quietly transform, trading spontaneous hangouts for Google-calendar catch-ups and a whole lot of emotional whiplash. Here’s why it happens and how to keep your longterm connections from slipping.
Costume design is vital in translating a filmmaker's vision onto the screen. Kate Hawley’s works, with their intricate designs, tell stories of their own, serving as powerful tools for character development and thematic depth.
Black romantic comedies have long been a powerful celebration of love, creativity, and resilience. These films offered a vision of Black love that was layered — intellectual, sensual, aspirational — and above all, joyful. Today, that legacy continues in new and exciting ways, reimagining what a Black love story can look and sound like in the modern world.
Historically, Autumn has been associated with the themes of transition, grief, and magic. Filmmakers often explored these themes in movies set in the season of fallen leaves. Embrace the enchanting essence of Autumn through these five cinematic gems.
Men who yearn are back—and women everywhere are losing it over them. From Conrad Fisher to the Hot Priest, the internet’s collective crush isn’t on guys who ghost, but on fictional men who actually give a damn. Effort is the new sexy.
“The Art of Loving” is not only about romance, it’s about the love we put in ourselves and the people around us. Olivia Dean moves through vulnerability, longing and youth, gently reassuring that it’s okay to feel deeply and be messy.
Spiritual jazz risks being reduced to mere aesthetic — a beautiful backdrop for playlists and yoga flows. What began as a radical expression by Black musicians in the US, searching for new social, political, and spiritual possibilities, now often serves as the soundtrack to your avocado on sourdough. Luckily, a new generation of artists is taking the genre seriously, pushing it in unexpected directions. The question is: are we listening closely enough?
Romcoms may look romantic, but their sex scenes are just as misleading as porn. From The Notebook to Babygirl, here’s how films shape our ideas of intimacy and what authentic female pleasure actually looks like on screen.
Gillian Anderson’s “Want” isn’t just a book about sex—it's a rebellion. Through 174 anonymous, unfiltered female fantasies, it reveals how desire is deeply political, tangled in gender norms, power dynamics, and personal freedom.
Fame is a fantasy — and Addison Rae knows exactly how to sell it. When the first single of her new album, “Diet Pepsi“, was then released in August 2024, there was no doubt about Addison having come out of her cocoon. With influences like Björk, Lana Del Rey, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears, Addison sure has some big pumps to fill. Yet, the word that was thrown around comment sections the most was: inauthentic. Read on for a deep dive into her glittering, polarizing pop metamorphosis.
