Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
![Will Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement actually matter?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2166913977.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0042614847012743%2C100%2C99.991477030597&w=2400)
The highly coveted endorsement comes after a year of paranoid speculation.
![Will Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement actually matter?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2166913977.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0042614847012743%2C100%2C99.991477030597&w=2400)
The highly coveted endorsement comes after a year of paranoid speculation.
![When did sodas, teas, and tonics become medicine?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/5_Ollipop-CBD-teas-tonics-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![When did sodas, teas, and tonics become medicine?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/5_Ollipop-CBD-teas-tonics-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
From prebiotic sodas to collagen waters, beverages are trying to do the most. Consumers are drinking it up.
![The perfect escape from our online world](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1465697261.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.730769230769%2C0%2C66.538461538462%2C100&w=2400)
![The perfect escape from our online world](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1465697261.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.096153846153847%2C0%2C99.807692307692%2C100&w=2400)
Why the new luxury is flip phones and vinyl LPs
![How do kids have fun? Inside the state of child’s play in 2024.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2150983405.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.668591224018%2C0%2C66.662817551963%2C100&w=2400)
![How do kids have fun? Inside the state of child’s play in 2024.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2150983405.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.002886836027713%2C0%2C99.994226327945%2C100&w=2400)
Kids are still playing, but they need help.
The latest in Culture
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From TikTok to Two Hot Takes, everyone sucks here.
![Beyoncé’s shocking, predictable CMA snub, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-2123633848.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.283333333333%2C0%2C71.433333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Beyoncé’s shocking, predictable CMA snub, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-2123633848.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.3364442370509%2C100%2C93.327111525898&w=2400)
The CMA snub just proves what Beyoncé was trying to tell us all along.
![Did Brittany Mahomes’s Donald Trump support put her on the outs with Taylor Swift?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-1829598694_848f0a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Did Brittany Mahomes’s Donald Trump support put her on the outs with Taylor Swift?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/gettyimages-1829598694_848f0a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Why everyone suddenly cares about Brittany Mahomes’s politics.
![The Carrie Bradshaws of TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1347736907.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.828820643285%2C0%2C72.342358713429%2C100&w=2400)
![The Carrie Bradshaws of TikTok](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1347736907.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.9227999665076%2C100%2C92.154400066985&w=2400)
They detail their dates for the public. I can’t stop watching.
![America’s love affair with the increasingly weird Kennedys](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-2166920649.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670496323529%2C0%2C66.659007352941%2C100&w=2400)
![America’s love affair with the increasingly weird Kennedys](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-2166920649.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.005744485294116%2C0%2C99.988511029412%2C100&w=2400)
Why are we still talking about this strange, glamorous family?
![The hidden reason why Beetlejuice was a massive hit](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/img2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.892626131953%2C0%2C58.214747736093%2C100&w=2400)
![The hidden reason why Beetlejuice was a massive hit](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/img2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=6.3389391979301%2C0%2C87.32212160414%2C100&w=2400)
The 1988 classic shows how far Tim Burton strayed from the mischievous formula that made him great.
![The right-wing podcasters turned Russian propaganda dupes, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-1315080164.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.81823378108%2C0%2C72.363532437839%2C100&w=2400)
![The right-wing podcasters turned Russian propaganda dupes, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gettyimages-1315080164.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.9362822538178%2C100%2C92.127435492364&w=2400)
The DOJ says Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and others were unwitting Russian stooges.
![iPad kids speak up](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1781825605.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.621428571429%2C0%2C68.757142857143%2C100&w=2400)
![iPad kids speak up](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1781825605.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.5201883786966%2C100%2C96.959623242607&w=2400)
![Has The Bachelorette finally gone too far?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/172817_5143.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Has The Bachelorette finally gone too far?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/172817_5143.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Bachelorette finale was riveting TV — and unfathomably cruel.
![The storm of controversy around Black Myth: Wukong, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/sc8i9d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=25.234375%2C0%2C49.53125%2C100&w=2400)
![The storm of controversy around Black Myth: Wukong, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/sc8i9d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.8515625%2C0%2C74.296875%2C100&w=2400)
How China’s first global gaming blockbuster became a weird rallying point for the right.
![Is there a winner in Bennifer’s divorce PR battle?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2009471528.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Is there a winner in Bennifer’s divorce PR battle?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2009471528.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Jennifer Lopez’s and Ben Affleck’s reactions to their split are both very on-brand and kind of pointless.
![Serial’s Adnan Syed has once again had his conviction reinstated. Here’s what that really means.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545689/1246490054.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Serial’s Adnan Syed has once again had his conviction reinstated. Here’s what that really means.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545689/1246490054.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8%2C0%2C84.4%2C100&w=2400)
The back-and-forth over a wildly rare appeal is a win for victim’s rights.
![The essential Lord of the Rings lore you need to watch The Rings of Power](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-29-at-2.17.59%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.852146263911%2C0%2C66.295707472178%2C100&w=2400)
![The essential Lord of the Rings lore you need to watch The Rings of Power](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-29-at-2.17.59%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.27821939586645%2C0%2C99.443561208267%2C100&w=2400)
The second season of the series has huge news for fans of Tom Bombadil.
![Your guide to the confusing, exciting, and utterly new world of Gen Alpha](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2166820409-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.652777777778%2C0%2C66.694444444444%2C100&w=2400)
![Your guide to the confusing, exciting, and utterly new world of Gen Alpha](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/GettyImages-2166820409-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.020824656393174%2C100%2C99.958350687214&w=2400)
A newsletter about kids, for everyone.
![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=16.6015625%2C0%2C66.796875%2C100&w=2400)
![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)
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.
![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=16.670818283722%2C0%2C66.658363432557%2C100&w=2400)
![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)
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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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This moment is all about feelings. Enter a friendly Midwestern governor armed with dad jokes.
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Paris hosted a great Olympics. That’ll probably be the exception going forward.
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The Olympian won gold in the 100 meters, then caught Covid and came up short in his signature event.
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Rule number one: Don’t call it breakdancing.