Culture - Slate Magazine Slate RSS - Culture section https://slate.com/culture Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:19:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2026 Feed delivered by Clay Comedy,Romance,Mass Shootings Science Fiction,Space,Men Comedy,Music,TV Beauty,Internet Culture,TikTok Disney,Marvel,Politics,TV,ICE Sports Politics,TV,Hulu Artificial Intelligence,Books,Horror Design,Fashion,Liberals,New York City,Politics,Republicans,Tucker Carlson,Socialism Comedy,Donald Trump,Politics,Theater Internet Culture,TV,TikTok Amazon,TV,United Kingdom Beauty,Donald Trump,Fashion,Transportation,ICE,Men Apple,Science Fiction,Space,Space Exploration,TV,Elon Musk Music,Pop,South Korea Comedy,Kids,Parenting,TV,Death Pregnancy,Millennials,Pop Crime,Netflix,TV,Thrillers Books,Religion,Slate Book Review Books,Movies,Music Free Speech,Internet Culture,Music Artificial Intelligence,Books,Mark Zuckerberg,Science Fiction,Silicon Valley,Space Exploration,Elon Musk,Jeff Bezos Art,Books,History,Slate Book Review cmnhnpdjw000l07m6t04icli5 <![CDATA[Zendaya and Robert Pattinson Have Been Hiding the Premise of Their New A24 Movie. I’ve Seen It, and, Welp.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/the-drama-zendaya-robert-pattinson-movie-spoilers-a24.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:45:56 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/the-drama-zendaya-robert-pattinson-movie-spoilers-a24.html Dana Stevens Comedy Romance Mass Shootings A couple sits on a bed, with the man whispering into the ear of an upset-looking woman. cmng8s1uk000lgpm5jrt26y6d <![CDATA[It’s the Biggest Hit of 2026 Thus Far. That’s a Huge Win for a Very Particular Kind of Man.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/project-hail-mary-movie-ryan-gosling-book-ryland.html?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:35:39 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/project-hail-mary-movie-ryan-gosling-book-ryland.html Rebecca Onion Science Fiction Space Men Collage of the various outfits the sensitive scientist Ryland Grace wears in Project Hail Mary. cmnezws6q0016mym5wq6xc8zf <![CDATA[Horny on IVF, Robyn’s Midlife Cringe Makes for New Dancefloor Classics.]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/04/swedish-pop-queen-robyn-is-back-with-the-new-album-sexistential?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:30:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/04/swedish-pop-queen-robyn-is-back-with-the-new-album-sexistential Dana Stevens and Nadira Goffe Comedy Music TV cmnezmb430016fkksgu25j6v5 <![CDATA[“Lip Filler Accent” Is Infecting TikTok (and Us)]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/04/what-is-lip-filler-accent-on-tiktok?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/04/what-is-lip-filler-accent-on-tiktok Kate Lindsay Beauty Internet Culture TikTok cmnf2siqj000lhbme24ujjgmz <![CDATA[Marvel Just Introduced Their Own Version of ICE. They’re Just Too Afraid to Say It.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/daredevil-born-again-season-2-avtf-anti-vigilante-task-force-ice-the-pitt-andor.html?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:01:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/daredevil-born-again-season-2-avtf-anti-vigilante-task-force-ice-the-pitt-andor.html Joshua Rivera Disney Marvel Politics TV ICE Daredevil or Matt Murdock in his superhero suit. cmnf5o0wq001oxcm5y10w5qf4 <![CDATA[Duke and the Carolina Curse]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2026/03/dukes-collapse-created-a-wide-open-march-madness-mens-bracket?via=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:01:49 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2026/03/dukes-collapse-created-a-wide-open-march-madness-mens-bracket Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs Sports cmnerggkt001yz7m58ejdk88z <![CDATA[Hulu’s Postapocalyptic Hit Is Pure Wishful Thinking]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/paradise-season-2-finale-hulu-tv-show-alex-sinatra-politics.html?via=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:30:44 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/paradise-season-2-finale-hulu-tv-show-alex-sinatra-politics.html Joshua Rivera Politics TV Hulu Sterling K. Brown as Xavier Collins, with Julianne Nicholson as Samantha "Sinatra" Redmond behind him. cmndei8al005esmm6x9w8a2sf <![CDATA[A Publisher Pulled a Book for Suspected A.I. Use. I Read It—and Found One Telltale Sign Above All Else.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/shy-girl-mia-ballard-novel-a-i-book-horror-reddit-hachette-canceled.html?via=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:45:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/shy-girl-mia-ballard-novel-a-i-book-horror-reddit-hachette-canceled.html Imogen West-Knights Artificial Intelligence Books Horror The cover of the book Shy Girl is under a microscope that is magnifying software coding. cmn91i5z80016lzkuerh0gah7 <![CDATA[A Right-Wing Christofascist Released a Merch Line. He Had No Idea It Would Become the Most Coveted Fashion Find for Liberals.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/tucker-carlson-trump-news-israel-merch.html?via=rss Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:40:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/tucker-carlson-trump-news-israel-merch.html Luke Winkie Design Fashion Liberals New York City Politics Republicans Tucker Carlson Socialism Some of the mentioned merchandise and the author in his I Love Conspiracies hat. cmn9cpuyl005ac3ma3y14llw8 <![CDATA[Wallace Shawn Is Bringing Back One of His Most Scathing Plays. It Hits a Bit Differently Now.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/wallace-shawn-the-fever-play-moth-days-princess-bride.html?via=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:50:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/wallace-shawn-the-fever-play-moth-days-princess-bride.html Sam Adams Comedy Donald Trump Politics Theater th Century Fox.]]> The Toy Story dinosaur, present-day Wallace Shawn, and his character in The Princess Bride. cmn91pqy20016lnkuuvh7bae9 <![CDATA[Taylor Frankie Paul’s <em>Bachelorette</em> Cancellation Was Inevitable]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/03/taylor-frankie-paul-should-never-have-been-the-bachelorette?via=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/03/taylor-frankie-paul-should-never-have-been-the-bachelorette Kate Lindsay Internet Culture TV TikTok cmn953p3b001xbsmaggui4jt5 <![CDATA[Riz Ahmed’s New Show About the Next James Bond Is Full of Interesting Ideas. But There’s a Problem.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/bait-tv-show-riz-ahmed-amazon-james-bond.html?via=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:30:16 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/bait-tv-show-riz-ahmed-amazon-james-bond.html Nadira Goffe Amazon TV United Kingdom Riz Ahmed as James Bond in Bait. cmn7yq1b000177em8ljt31l5q <![CDATA[Why Do the Men of ICE Insist on Dressing Like Your Estranged Uncle?]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/trump-ice-men-agents-airports-beard-clothes.html?via=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:09:10 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/trump-ice-men-agents-airports-beard-clothes.html Christina Cauterucci Beauty Donald Trump Fashion Transportation ICE Men An ICE agent with a scraggly goatee and polo shirt in a bullet proof vest and camo hat at the airport. cmmnuaydn00126fkukk708gzg <![CDATA[One of Apple’s Most Compelling Shows Is Back. It Has Some Lessons for All of Us.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/for-all-mankind-season-5-apple-tv-joel-kinnaman-mars-colony-elon-musk.html?via=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/for-all-mankind-season-5-apple-tv-joel-kinnaman-mars-colony-elon-musk.html Alex Kirshner Apple Science Fiction Space Space Exploration TV Elon Musk A man in an astronaut suit surveying the planet he has landed on. cmn7p8rpg000la6m9q3ph7ivm <![CDATA[It Was Supposed to Be the Comeback of a Lifetime for the World’s Biggest Band. What Happened?]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/bts-arirang-album-netflix-swim-comeback-concert-2026.html?via=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:45:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/bts-arirang-album-netflix-swim-comeback-concert-2026.html Nadira Goffe Music Pop South Korea K-pop boy band BTS performing on an all-white stage. cmn6e5p81000lf9m6xcdkaqsq <![CDATA[I Lived Through the Worst Thing That Can Happen to a Parent. Then I Wrote a Comedy Show About It.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/comedy-grief-parenting-sorry-for-your-loss.html?via=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:40:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/comedy-grief-parenting-sorry-for-your-loss.html Michael Cruz Kayne Comedy Kids Parenting TV Death Michael Cruz Kayne in a blue hoodie on a stage next to a chalkboard with lightbulbs superimposed on top. cmn7mjtbb00147cktx0z6c5xt <![CDATA[She Made the Greatest Song of the 2010s. Now She’s Back With Her First Album of the 2020s.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/robyn-sexistential-album-lyrics-dancing-on-my-own.html?via=rss Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:29:54 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/robyn-sexistential-album-lyrics-dancing-on-my-own.html Carl Wilson Pregnancy Millennials Pop A still from a Robyn music video, with the blond singer dancing with a woman, her eyes closed. cmn6eghv9000leym6g0gy5oep <![CDATA[Netflix’s New Crime Thriller Is So Deep in Sicko Territory It’s Almost Funny]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/detective-hole-harry-netflix-jo-nesbo-tv-series-books.html?via=rss Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/detective-hole-harry-netflix-jo-nesbo-tv-series-books.html Laura Miller Crime Netflix TV Thrillers A detective in gloves and another in gloves and a hazmat suit holding a camera investigate a bathroom crime scene. cmn6ixlfy0017v0kt0bt2aiop <![CDATA[A Self-Published Book Became the Bestselling Novel in America. After Reading It, I Think I Know Why.]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/theo-of-golden-book-review-allen-levi-bestseller.html?via=rss Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/theo-of-golden-book-review-allen-levi-bestseller.html Rebecca Onion Books Religion Slate Book Review The cover of the book repeated and with an extra feather on top. cmn5429b6002g9nktyrtgxywl <![CDATA[Who Gets to Decide if Sherlock Holmes Is Gay?]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2026/03/a-gay-sherlock-holmes-conspiracy-theory-brought-a-fandom-into-chaos?via=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:50:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2026/03/a-gay-sherlock-holmes-conspiracy-theory-brought-a-fandom-into-chaos Willa Paskin cmn51yu76002s6sm8vsppwt90 <![CDATA[Do We Feel Friendly Towards Aliens When We’re Alienated from Each Other?]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/03/ryan-gosling-is-lost-in-space-in-lord-and-millers-project-hail-mary-based-on-the-book-by-andy-weir?via=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:30:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/03/ryan-gosling-is-lost-in-space-in-lord-and-millers-project-hail-mary-based-on-the-book-by-andy-weir Dan Kois, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner Books Movies Music cmn52xam50016r3m4o0vr8o7e <![CDATA[A Lemon Pound Cake Just Saved Free Speech]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/03/afromans-music-videos-are-saving-free-speech?via=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/03/afromans-music-videos-are-saving-free-speech Kate Lindsay Free Speech Internet Culture Music cmn3csevf002mfhm87ivavhjl <![CDATA[Tech-Mogul Inventions Like the Cybertruck Are Rooted in an Insidious Fantasy]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-jeff-bezos-tech-silicon-valley-science-fiction-sci-fi-influences.html?via=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:45:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-jeff-bezos-tech-silicon-valley-science-fiction-sci-fi-influences.html Laura Miller Artificial Intelligence Books Mark Zuckerberg Science Fiction Silicon Valley Space Exploration Elon Musk Jeff Bezos Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos against a backdrop of Mars, a Cybertruck and a rocketship taking off. cmn3p7zb8000k3rm6k9y5xpop <![CDATA[The New WNBA CBA is Historic in More Ways Than One.]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2026/03/the-wnbas-new-cba-includes-salary-increases-revenue-sharing-and-sets-a-historic-precedent-for-womens-sports?via=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:15:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2026/03/the-wnbas-new-cba-includes-salary-increases-revenue-sharing-and-sets-a-historic-precedent-for-womens-sports Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs cmmwkg8490012zwm6x6i97no4 <![CDATA[How a $11M, 2-Foot-Tall Jeweled Egg Ruined a Business, a Marriage, and a Family]]> https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/kutchinskys-egg-serena-kutchinsky-jeweled-argyle-library-egg-book-memoir.html?via=rss Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/kutchinskys-egg-serena-kutchinsky-jeweled-argyle-library-egg-book-memoir.html Laura Miller Art Books History Slate Book Review Paul Kutchinsky, director of Kutchinsky Jewelers at the firm's showroom in London with two miniature enamelled portraits from the Argyle Library Egg.