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Entertainment

‘Uglies’ Foretold Our Obsession with Instagram Filters and Plastic Surgery

02.07.20

By Bettina Makalintal
Sex

New Zealand Just Banned a Book for the First Time in 22 Years

09.08.15

By Wendy Syfret
What Wisconsin’s Teenage Girls Think About the Slender Man Stabbing

07.07.14

By Kathleen Hale
Drugs

T. Kid’s Favorite Sneakers

03.23.14

By T. Kid

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Illustration by Reesa.

Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: June 17, 2026

What asked something hard of you today has a funny way of being exactly what you needed. Show up for all of it.

39 minutes ago
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Music

Mystikal Receives Sentencing in 2022 Louisiana Rape Case

Chart-topping rapper Mystikal has been sentenced in a 2022 rape case, with a judge giving him 20 years behind bars.

3 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
Picture by CJ @ weknowwhatyoudidlastnight

Membership

Ten Things We Got Wrong About the ‘Hipster Music’ Timeline

And, just for balance, ten things that you (and Jack White and the keyboard player from Yeasayer) got wrong, too.

5 hours ago

By Kevin Lee Kharas, Emma Garland, and Adam Christopher Smith
Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images

Music

3 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s With the Most Unusual Crossovers

What do you get when you mix Jay-Z, Timbaland, and Ludacris with Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, and The Black Keys?

6 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images

Life

Famously Ugly Goblin Sharks Filmed Alive in Their Deep-Sea Habitat for the First Time

This new footage has helped scientists observe much deeper below the surface than previously known.

8 hours ago

By Luis Prada