Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
![The surprisingly subdued resurrection of Abercrombie & Fitch](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-1793800848-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.097465886939574%2C100%2C99.805068226121&w=2400)
How the once-maligned retailer quietly became a closet staple — and a stock market giant — once again.
![The surprisingly subdued resurrection of Abercrombie & Fitch](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-1793800848-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.097465886939574%2C100%2C99.805068226121&w=2400)
How the once-maligned retailer quietly became a closet staple — and a stock market giant — once again.
![Why I changed my mind about volunteering](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/EleniKalorkoti_Vox-Volunteering.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.604947916667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why I changed my mind about volunteering](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/EleniKalorkoti_Vox-Volunteering.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
My generation was taught to change the system. That lesson came at a cost.
![The difference between American and UK Love Is Blind](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Love_Is_Blind__UK_n_S1_E4_00_46_44_10.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The difference between American and UK Love Is Blind](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Love_Is_Blind__UK_n_S1_E4_00_46_44_10.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The pods across the pond feel a lot less toxic.
![All the nonsense you need to know about Sabrina Carpenter](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446159/2149329158.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66%2C0%2C66.68%2C100&w=2400)
![All the nonsense you need to know about Sabrina Carpenter](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25446159/2149329158.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0099980003999178%2C100%2C99.9800039992&w=2400)
The singer’s new album, Short n’ Sweet, is full of the sexy clown wordplay she’s known for.
The latest in Culture
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![Theo Von’s interview with Donald Trump makes more sense than you think](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2148559642.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0062274255822601%2C0%2C99.987545148835%2C100&w=2400)
Cocaine, UFC, politics, and the former president’s podcast bro tour, explained.
![Why did anyone think Beyonce was going to play the DNC?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2123634097.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.283333333333%2C0%2C71.433333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Why did anyone think Beyonce was going to play the DNC?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2123634097.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.3364442370509%2C100%2C93.327111525898&w=2400)
Kamala Harris was the main event, but fans, the internet, and the media fell for rumors of a Beyoncé concert.
![Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19118845/starbucks.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19118845/starbucks.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Pumpkin spice is America’s most hatable seasonal flavor. But Starbucks is leaning in even more heavily this year.
![Chappell Roan spent 7 years becoming an overnight success](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2157780644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.662165811504%2C0%2C66.675668376992%2C100&w=2400)
![Chappell Roan spent 7 years becoming an overnight success](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2157780644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0067503712704209%2C100%2C99.986499257459&w=2400)
The rising Midwest princess is finally embracing queer joy — and learning that fame comes with a price.
![20 years of Bennifer ends in divorce](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2009468878.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![20 years of Bennifer ends in divorce](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2009468878.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Looking back at this 20-year on-again, off-again, on-again, and now off-again Hollywood love story.
![The It Ends With Us drama is the new Don’t Worry Darling drama](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165608450.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The It Ends With Us drama is the new Don’t Worry Darling drama](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165608450.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Is there actually beef between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?
![What Beyoncé’s “Freedom” can tell you about Kamala Harris](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2166317146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Beyoncé’s “Freedom” can tell you about Kamala Harris](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2166317146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why do we care so much about campaign songs?
![Why Indian doctors are protesting after the rape and death of a colleague](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2166286168.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.708812260536%2C0%2C68.582375478927%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Indian doctors are protesting after the rape and death of a colleague](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2166286168.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.3966480446927%2C100%2C97.206703910615&w=2400)
India has systemic problems with sexual violence.
![Husband, zaddy, first gentleman? The evolution of Doug Emhoff.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2167329975.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.032009628867%2C0%2C56.487543242266%2C84.731402053157&w=2400)
![Husband, zaddy, first gentleman? The evolution of Doug Emhoff.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2167329975.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=4.228125%2C0.31800150892712%2C84.0953125%2C84.095399035303&w=2400)
How the second gentleman became the internet’s favorite male feminist.
![Scott Peterson’s guilt, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25250777/2456166.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.739452943904%2C0%2C68.521094112193%2C49.266666666667&w=2400)
![Scott Peterson’s guilt, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25250777/2456166.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.66666666666667%2C100%2C47.933333333333&w=2400)
The Innocence Project has taken on Scott Peterson. But there are limits to reasonable doubt.
![What Kamala Harris and Beyoncé have in common](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2164099338.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Our society demands Black women be “twice as good.” Beyoncé has found a solution that Harris seems keen to copy.
![Why is everyone mad at Blake Lively?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165917623.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is everyone mad at Blake Lively?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165917623.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
On the It Ends With Us press tour, the actor’s persona, side hustles, and career are all in conflict.
![How Raygun earned her spot — fair and square — as an Olympics breaker](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2166052398.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.484848484848%2C0%2C67.030303030303%2C100&w=2400)
![How Raygun earned her spot — fair and square — as an Olympics breaker](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2166052398.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.27124773960217%2C100%2C99.457504520796&w=2400)
The truth behind the ongoing controversy over the highly memeable dancer.
![Does being a gifted kid make for a burned-out adulthood?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/IMG_0078.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
How being labeled “gifted” can rearrange your life — for better and for worse.
![The fight over Jordan Chiles’s bronze medal is barely about gymnastics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165441539.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The fight over Jordan Chiles’s bronze medal is barely about gymnastics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165441539.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
The Olympian was asked to give her medal back — and the racist attacks began.
![What George Orwell’s 1984 can teach us about 2024](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Vox_GrayArea_Orwell_8-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What George Orwell’s 1984 can teach us about 2024](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Vox_GrayArea_Orwell_8-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Orwell prized clear communication, so why are people misusing his name?
![Industry is the soapy, sleazy spectacle prestige TV is missing](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/kit-harington-and-marisa-abela.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Industry is the soapy, sleazy spectacle prestige TV is missing](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/kit-harington-and-marisa-abela.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How is a show about banking more fun than anything else?
![The case for pole dancing in the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ALEXISampCELIA-1205-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.003359650596%2C0%2C79.993280698807%2C100&w=2400)
![The case for pole dancing in the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ALEXISampCELIA-1205-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C8.3298334033319%2C100%2C83.340333193336&w=2400)
Pole dancing is basically gymnastics. But the world isn’t ready for it.
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![Tim Walz is riding the wave of the vibes election](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165607143.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.5637530072173%2C100%2C96.872493985565&w=2400)
This moment is all about feelings. Enter a friendly Midwestern governor armed with dad jokes.
![Paris reminded us why we love the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165171583.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Paris reminded us why we love the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165171583.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Paris hosted a great Olympics. That’ll probably be the exception going forward.
![Who is Noah Lyles? The star sprinter’s Olympics went perfectly — until it didn’t.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1623507818.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.995725090431%2C0%2C64.008549819138%2C100&w=2400)
![Who is Noah Lyles? The star sprinter’s Olympics went perfectly — until it didn’t.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1623507818.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.9935876356462%2C0%2C96.012824728708%2C100&w=2400)
The Olympian won gold in the 100 meters, then caught Covid and came up short in his signature event.
![Everything you need to know for breaking’s Olympic debut](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2163086651.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Everything you need to know for breaking’s Olympic debut](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2163086651.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Rule number one: Don’t call it breakdancing.
![Why readers love — and love to hate — Colleen Hoover](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165136195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.603773584906%2C0%2C66.792452830189%2C100&w=2400)
![Why readers love — and love to hate — Colleen Hoover](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2165136195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.094161958568733%2C100%2C99.811676082863&w=2400)
It Ends With Us is at the center of Hoover’s very polarizing body of work.
![I’m a Black vegan. Why don’t you see more of us?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MarkHarris_NoellaWilliams_1ce57b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
People of color are more likely to be vegan. But the animal rights movement still has a white face.
![Why India’s star wrestler was disqualified at the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165507406.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.838796587337%2C0%2C66.322406825326%2C100&w=2400)
![Why India’s star wrestler was disqualified at the Olympics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2165507406.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.25819488100584%2C0%2C99.483610237988%2C100&w=2400)
Vinesh Phogat was just ounces away from a medal.
![Those Olympics AI ads feel bad for a reason](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-4.35.36%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.979166666667%2C0%2C56.041666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Those Olympics AI ads feel bad for a reason](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-4.35.36%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.96875%2C0%2C84.0625%2C100&w=2400)
It’s not just Google’s “Dear Sydney” commercial that feels soulless and strange.
![Why “pop-up” restaurants are everywhere now](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/VDC_POP_103_THUMB_SYN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why “pop-up” restaurants are everywhere now](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/VDC_POP_103_THUMB_SYN.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The post-Covid pop-up boom, explained.
![What AI in music can — and can’t — do](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/final-vox-aimusic.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=33.333333333333%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Music production is getting easier. Does that make it better?
![Can men’s gymnastics be saved?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2163813028.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.998659260678%2C0%2C66.002681478644%2C100&w=2400)
![Can men’s gymnastics be saved?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2163813028.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.49798889101705%2C0%2C99.004022217966%2C100&w=2400)
Just as the US team enters its influencer era, the sport is in trouble.
![The misleading controversy over an Olympic women’s boxing match, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2164774410.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.628725165563%2C0%2C66.742549668874%2C100&w=2400)
![The misleading controversy over an Olympic women’s boxing match, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-2164774410.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.05684754521964%2C100%2C99.886304909561&w=2400)
Conservatives are capitalizing on the abandoned Khelif-Carini fight to levy anti-trans attacks.
![J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24474225/GettyImages_1388427456.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.259704251386%2C0%2C65.480591497227%2C100&w=2400)
An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.
![3 unexpected winners — and 1 predictable loser — from the Paris Olympics so far](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2163827551.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![3 unexpected winners — and 1 predictable loser — from the Paris Olympics so far](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2163827551.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Forget the medals — these athletes won the internet’s love.
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![An influencer is running for Senate. Is she just the first of many?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/clipper_peak_7-13-2017-01041_smaller.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
Caroline Gleich’s Utah Senate campaign is a sign of the blurring lines between digital creators and politicians.
![Legendary activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on why those white people Zooms give her hope](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2162789084.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![Legendary activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on why those white people Zooms give her hope](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2162789084.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
The scholar who coined “intersectionality” explains why those fundraisers from white Harris supporters really do matter.
![Simone Biles’s legacy is equal parts dominance and resilience](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2163936156.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Simone Biles’s legacy is equal parts dominance and resilience](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2163936156.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The GOAT just took her team to another Olympic gold.
![Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Koubek-ID-scan.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.49083503055%2C0%2C71.0183299389%2C100&w=2400)
![Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Koubek-ID-scan.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.0637606347385%2C100%2C93.872478730523&w=2400)
The forgotten Olympic history of trans athletes.
![The short shelf-life of the White House tell-all](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-902923216.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663532066955%2C0%2C66.67293586609%2C100&w=2400)
![The short shelf-life of the White House tell-all](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-902923216.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0047014574518087%2C100%2C99.990597085096&w=2400)
White House tell-alls age like milk. Why do journalists keep writing them?
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