internet culture
How 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' Became an Unlikely Aesthetic Trend
TikTok and Tumblr are turning Ottessa Moshfegh's 2018 book into a style object, best paired with Chanel lipstick, perfume and bedsheets.
How the Internet Created 'Graggle Simpson'
We speak to the online pranksters who engineered the fake "Simpsons" character.
I Interviewed the 'We're Just Normal Men' Puppet on Zoom
Who is this talking dog? What is a Normal Man? What does any of this even mean?
I Visited Binley Mega Chippy to See What All the TikTok Fuss Is About
Can you get the Morbius meal? How do the Binley Mega Chippy staff feel about viral TikTok fame? Is the food even tasty? I had to find out.
The Meme-ification of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Trial
TikTok fancams and #megapintofwine memes inspired by Johnny Depp's court case with Amber Heard are just the tip of the very troubling iceberg.
Relationships Work Best When Only One Person Is 'Very Online'
Like tops and bottoms and doms and subs, the offline/online couple has always worked in symbiosis.
Photos of Furries in Their Natural Habitat
Photographer Tom Broadbent has spent over a decade getting to know the furry fandom in the UK.
Are You The Asshole? New AI Mimics Infamous Advice Subreddit
Two artists are illustrating bias in machine learning with data from one of the most opinionated sites on the internet: the r/AmITheAsshole subreddit.
BeReal Is the App Challenging Instagram's Pursuit of Perfection
The social media platform is blowing up on university campuses everywhere – and for good reason.
Hashtag United FC: Is a YouTube Channel Turned Club the Future of Football?
They already have more online followers than Everton and West Ham, but the club founded by YouTuber Spencer FC has even bigger dreams.
The Backrooms: How a Creepy Office Photo Became an Internet Bogeyman
A pic has inspired its own Slender Man-style supernatural internet mythology.
Inside the Rise of the Niche Twitter Expert
Here's why your timeline has been taken over by specialists touting their knowledge of Russian tank tyres and Ukrainian geopolitics.