Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
![How computers made poker a game for nerds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Poker_LorenaSpurio_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Algorithms changed the classic card game for good — but is it for the better?
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What people project onto the would-be second lady fits a pattern of benevolent sexism about GOP wives.
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”
![Can Glen Powell be a movie star in a post-movie-star era?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160600160.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.65%2C0%2C64.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Can Glen Powell be a movie star in a post-movie-star era?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160600160.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.475%2C0%2C97.05%2C100&w=2400)
The Twisters actor’s career explains a lot about the state of the industry.
The latest in Culture
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670579948345%2C0%2C66.658840103311%2C100&w=2400)
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0058699225170287%2C0%2C99.988260154966%2C100&w=2400)
The bestseller proves Trump’s VP pick has abiding disdain for absolutely everyone.
![Energy drinks are everywhere. How dangerous are they?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1265237517.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.791044776119%2C0%2C66.417910447761%2C100&w=2400)
![Energy drinks are everywhere. How dangerous are they?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1265237517.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1865671641791%2C0%2C99.626865671642%2C100&w=2400)
Originally marketed squarely at young men, they’re now coming for women’s wallets.
![Storm chasing has changed — a lot — since Twister](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2571_D038_00042_0034R_COMP.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672046481601%2C0%2C66.655907036798%2C100&w=2400)
![Storm chasing has changed — a lot — since Twister](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2571_D038_00042_0034R_COMP.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0080697224015509%2C0%2C99.983860555197%2C100&w=2400)
These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you'll want to leave that to the professionals
![The pure media savvy of Trump’s fist pump photo, explained by an expert](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/AP24195803307155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The pure media savvy of Trump’s fist pump photo, explained by an expert](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/AP24195803307155.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
“It’s his brand now.”
![The Trump assassination attempt was a window into America’s fractured reality](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922154.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669568245125%2C0%2C66.660863509749%2C100&w=2400)
![The Trump assassination attempt was a window into America’s fractured reality](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161922154.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0043523676880284%2C0%2C99.991295264624%2C100&w=2400)
The shooting wasn’t staged, but conspiratorial thinking has become widespread in our paranoid age.
![How Alec Baldwin’s Rust trial went spectacularly off the rails](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2160837659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669402495076%2C0%2C66.661195009849%2C100&w=2400)
![How Alec Baldwin’s Rust trial went spectacularly off the rails](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/GettyImages-2160837659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0041037426132604%2C0%2C99.991792514773%2C100&w=2400)
Charges of involuntary manslaughter against the actor have been dismissed, and cannot be refiled. Here's what happened.
![The ugly process of turning beautiful women into Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Americas_Sweethearts_Dallas_Cowboys_Cheerleaders_E2_00_51_03_04.pngAmericas_Sweethearts_Dallas_Cowboys_Cheerleaders_E2_00_51_03_04.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The ugly process of turning beautiful women into Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Americas_Sweethearts_Dallas_Cowboys_Cheerleaders_E2_00_51_03_04.pngAmericas_Sweethearts_Dallas_Cowboys_Cheerleaders_E2_00_51_03_04.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Netflix’s America's Sweethearts is a convincing argument that the organization shouldn’t exist
![The false promise of the “timeless” wedding](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Timeless_Wedding.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
“The garden party,” “old money,” and “cool girl” weddings are starting to feel more like dinner parties.
![Why I quit Spotify](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-978073436.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663405088063%2C0%2C66.673189823875%2C100&w=2400)
![Why I quit Spotify](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-978073436.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0048918892476308%2C100%2C99.990216221505&w=2400)
I dove into the scary world of streaming bundles, and now Dolly Parton talks to me while I walk.
![Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161406131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.150125403081%2C0%2C67.699749193837%2C100&w=2400)
![Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161406131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.76298844491487%2C100%2C98.47402311017&w=2400)
Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.
![Why are so many female pop stars flopping?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2159838696.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.739130434783%2C0%2C66.521739130435%2C100&w=2400)
Everyone from Beyonce to Dua Lipa has an album out this year. So why are the charts dominated by male country and rap?
![The glorious return of the skort](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-17.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The glorious return of the skort](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Untitled-design-17.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How skorts became cool again, as explained by Challengers and Taylor Swift.
![What do we do about Alice Munro now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-183933026.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22.348484848485%2C0%2C55.30303030303%2C100&w=2400)
![What do we do about Alice Munro now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-183933026.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=8.5227272727273%2C0%2C82.954545454545%2C100&w=2400)
Reckoning with the late author and Nobel Prize winner’s complicity in her daughter’s abuse.
![Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/thumb_clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/thumb_clean.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Paris’s bold Olympic promise to clean the River Seine.
![America’s obsession with hot dogs, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/How_We_Buy_Hot_Dogs.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
The strange ways we do (and don’t) consume glizzies.
![This tiny doll is making everyone so happy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/shutterstock_1403600030_full.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.640625%2C0%2C66.71875%2C100&w=2400)
Sonny Angels, from TikTok trend to SNL sketch fodder, explained.
![Having an Asian Bachelorette is a milestone. It’s also about power.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/173103_0288_9fc386.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.443037974684%2C0%2C77.113924050633%2C100&w=2400)
![Having an Asian Bachelorette is a milestone. It’s also about power.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/173103_0288_9fc386.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C6.7739111402933%2C100%2C86.452177719413&w=2400)
As the first Asian American lead in the franchise’s two-decade history, Jenn Tran's casting makes a statement.
![The existential struggle of being Black](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1251264834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.799073154585%2C0%2C66.401853690831%2C100&w=2400)
![The existential struggle of being Black](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1251264834.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.19860973187686%2C0%2C99.602780536246%2C100&w=2400)
A conversation with author Nathalie Etoke on Black existentialism and the case for tragic optimism.
![The baffling case of Karen Read](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159617239.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.0625%2C0%2C65.875%2C100&w=2400)
![The baffling case of Karen Read](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159617239.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.59375%2C0%2C98.8125%2C100&w=2400)
How the mysterious death of a Boston cop led to an intense trial, a media circus, and a referendum on policing.
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669530847225%2C0%2C66.660938305551%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042962708369174%2C0%2C99.991407458326%2C100&w=2400)
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
![Simone Biles is so back](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160036162.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.000739918609%2C0%2C67.998520162782%2C100&w=2400)
![Simone Biles is so back](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160036162.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.97932535364527%2C100%2C98.041349292709&w=2400)
Biles’s huge win at the Olympic trials sends a big message on mental health.
![Diljit Dosanjh is one of India’s biggest stars. Now he’s taking on America.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2150511667.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.289982075284%2C0%2C71.420035849432%2C100&w=2400)
![Diljit Dosanjh is one of India’s biggest stars. Now he’s taking on America.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2150511667.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.3277560884923%2C100%2C93.344487823015&w=2400)
The musician is packing arenas and performing on The Tonight Show.
![Food is no longer a main character on The Bear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Bear-E301_35_03_04.Still035_85d160.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Food is no longer a main character on The Bear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Bear-E301_35_03_04.Still035_85d160.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8%2C0%2C84.4%2C100&w=2400)
Every dish is beautiful and no one is hungry.
![Chappell Roan spent 7 years becoming an overnight success](https://cdn.statically.io/img/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://cdn.statically.io/img/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)
How a Midwest princess played the long game and embraced queer joy.
![The Spotify conspiracy theories about "Espresso," explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SabrinaCarpenter_01.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Why is Spotify making me to listen to Sabrina Carpenter?
![TikTok is full of bad health “hacks.” Here’s how to navigate them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1718248545.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=24.996999879995%2C0%2C50.00600024001%2C100&w=2400)
![TikTok is full of bad health “hacks.” Here’s how to navigate them.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1718248545.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.495499819993%2C0%2C75.009000360014%2C100&w=2400)
Beer for a tan? Garlic cloves for sinuses? Don't fall for the firehose of health BS online.
![How the UFC explains the USA](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2159595481.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670230966638%2C0%2C66.659538066724%2C100&w=2400)
![How the UFC explains the USA](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2159595481.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.00534644995723%2C0%2C99.989307100086%2C100&w=2400)
Ultimate fighting and the 2024 election's connections, explained
![Kevin Costner’s ego and the strange road to Horizon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/costner.avif?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675297773175%2C0%2C66.649404453651%2C100&w=2400)
![Kevin Costner’s ego and the strange road to Horizon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/costner.avif?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012946659761788%2C0%2C99.974106680476%2C100&w=2400)
Horizon is a baffling, incoherent mess. Kevin Costner making it was probably inevitable.
![Hawk Tuah Girl, explained by straight dudes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-28-at-9.40.31%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.008797653959%2C0%2C65.982404692082%2C100&w=2400)
![Hawk Tuah Girl, explained by straight dudes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-28-at-9.40.31%E2%80%AFAM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.51319648093842%2C0%2C98.973607038123%2C100&w=2400)
Whether or not you’ve heard of the viral heroine says a lot about your proximity to the bro internet.
![Looking for your next great read? We’re here to help.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Vox_NextPage_Final_1920x1280.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Looking for your next great read? We’re here to help.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Vox_NextPage_Final_1920x1280.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Introducing Vox’s Next Page.
![A new book tackles the splendor and squalor of reality TV](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1206496568.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.5%2C0%2C67%2C100&w=2400)
![A new book tackles the splendor and squalor of reality TV](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1206496568.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.24875621890547%2C100%2C99.502487562189&w=2400)
Critic Emily Nussbaum makes the case for the guilty pleasure as an art form.
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
![The whole time? The Boys has been making fun of Trumpers the whole time?!](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-24-at-2.26.49%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.471138845554%2C0%2C43.057722308892%2C100&w=2400)
![The whole time? The Boys has been making fun of Trumpers the whole time?!](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-24-at-2.26.49%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.706708268331%2C0%2C64.586583463339%2C100&w=2400)
Why fans keep missing the point of The Boys.
![Why do all the world’s best athletes do Subway commercials?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Subway_WhizyKim_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Why do all the world’s best athletes do Subway commercials?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Subway_WhizyKim_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The glitzy campaign, featuring stars like Patrick Mahomes, Simone Biles, and Travis Kelce, is part of an aggressive effort to fix its deep-seated problems.
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Tanning is having a moment — and Black women are finally a part of it.
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In her new novel All Fours, Miranda July romps where The Idea of You fears to tread.
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They’re here. (Almost.) They’re queer. (Maybe.) They need a new joke.
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The Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud, explained.
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Americans are more socially isolated than ever. Here’s how we can reconnect.
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No, demons will not possess you if you use one.