Why is everyone in a such a rush to get married? I don’t get the whole race down the aisle phenomenon that seems to be consuming our generation. My friend Hannah just got married. She’s 23. Twenty-fucking-three. She married a 33 year old, but that’s beside the point. They were dating for less than a year when he proposed. And she said yes. Of course she did. I wasn’t surprised. Let me give you some background on my friend Hannah. She doesn’t date organically. She only dates online. Hannah once dropped the “L” word on the first date. She’s one of those girls that assumes that if the relationship lasts more than a month, she’s found “the one.” Read more…

Look, I have Instagram. I like posting flattering pictures as much as the next person, but this culture of extreme narcissism is getting out of hand. What an unbelievable phenomenon: a person with absolutely nothing to offer the world except for painstakingly posed and filtered pictures of their own faces somehow wins the pseudo-adoration of thousands of followers on Instagram. This talentless individual (because he or she would be off finding cures for cancer or teaching kids to read if they had any other skills aside from taking selfies) posts the exact same picture of their exact same face in the exact same pose, day after day, and the mindless Insta-sheep drool all over it. Read more…

We’re only halfway through 2021, but our editors and contributors have been busy. Here: Your curated guide to the best new books published so far this year. Read more…

Kanye West signaled on social media, amid reports that he’s now dating Irina Shayk, that his time following his ex-wife Kim Kardashian on Twitter is over for now. West made headlines when fans noticed that the rapper quietly unfollowed Kardashian and her family on Twitter. The exact moment this happened isn’t clear, but it comes around the same time the Keeping Up With the Kardashians series finale aired. Read more…