For some, Dec. 23 may be Christmas Eve Eve. But it's also another holiday: A Festivus for the rest of us! That's right, it's the annual date in which Seinfeld fans celebrate with an aluminum pole, ...

Childlore thrives when two conditions are met. One is a murkiness of origins. Nobody knows who first folded a cootie catcher or drew a “cool S.” Some childlore feels like it has always existed, ...

Professor Xiao Wang, director of University of Virginia's Supreme Court Clinic, litigated the case of Ames v. Ohio Youth Services. The thrust of the case was quite simple, and intuitively appealing: ...

We think of the iconicity of our favorite 21st century pop stars mostly in terms of the ways we had for long before: smash hits and blockbuster albums, classic music videos and sold-out tours, bold ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Self-deprecating memes have become a virtual love language. They help us to collectively cope with the woes of adulthood, our existential crises, and that one ...

The saga of a 61-year-old man jailed for more than a month after reposting a Facebook meme has ended, but free speech advocates are still reeling in the wake. On Wednesday, Larry Bushart was released ...

Not since 69 has a number caused this much disruption. “6-7,” pronounced “six-seveeeeen,” is haunting school halls across the country (including South Park Elementary), making it the Gen Alpha ...

Xiao Mao the cat was found malnourished inside a shipping container from China — now she’s on the mend in St. Paul Pet Haven of Minnesota A cat named Xiao Mao survived an 8,000-mile journey stowed ...