Alex Burns

Do I believe Jennifer Lynn Affleck, née Lopez, will move on from writing/singing/dream journaling about love? I do not. This would be like Donald Trump existing without telling stories where an anonymous American general is always proclaiming him the bravest man in the world. It can’t be done. It is Lopez’s performances in both screen and real-life... See more

As Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell promoted their romantic comedy, “Anyone but You,” last year, life appeared to be imitating art: The co-stars posed cheek to cheek while sightseeing in Australia. Powell dipped a gleeful Sweeney in his arms. Sweeney cast longing gazes up at Powell on red carpets. The pair flirted and giggled in interviews.

When Powel... See more

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.

We all know that beauty trends are cyclical. The popular matte trend of the 2010s has been overtaken by the recent desire for ultra-shiny lips, an obvious resurgence of the makeup looks from the ’90s and early 2000s, when Lancome’s Juicy Tubes and Mac Lipglass were all the rage. For many lip-gloss enthusiasts, purchasing and reapplying these produc... See more

Then we have @fit_aitana. Aitana López was created by the Spanish AI modeling agency The Clueless. She is Spain’s first-ever AI influencer. Rubeñ Cruz, the founder of The Clueless, has expressed that the creation of Aitiana was to overcome friction involved with real-life influencers, such as cancellations and disagreements on campaigns. According ... See more

Nostalgia and scatological humor can be eye-catching, but to build up the kind of sustained interest and devotion Gerasimov has, there needs to be a story in its own right. The narrative of Skibidi Toilet isn’t communicated directly, but that only adds to its intrigue for many viewers, especially younger ones who are used to having to put in extra ... See more

a cooperative is an ownership structure , not a business plan. You need to have BOTH to run a successful business. And the business of podcasting is hard . There are only so many ways to make money: advertising, membership/subscription, and sponsorship/branded content.

It’s not just a culmination for Roan, but a mainstream moment for a concept mostly known to queer theorists and Tumblr addicts up to this point. Compulsory heterosexuality, coined in 1980 by Adrienne Rich, is a term describing the societal imposition of heterosexuality on women. Online sapphics of a certain age might know the concept because a Goog... See more