Culture - Slate Magazine
Culture - Slate Magazine
The Real Reading Crisis Involves the Kids Who Don’t Have Phones
It’s not the pandemic. It’s not (only) the Devices. So what causes the “decline by 9”?
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The Most Riveting Movie Scene of the Year Is a Community Meeting About Septic Runoff
If only real public forums worked like they do in Evil Does Not Exist.
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A New Book Might Convince You About “Plant Intelligence”
Most modern humans regard plants as alive but a bit boring by the standards of creatures that can move around freely. They're wrong.
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Brittney Griner Didn’t Owe Us Anything. Her New Memoir Is Devastating.
The WNBA star does not hold back in her account of her Russian detainment and its aftermath.
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Taylor Swift Is Doing Michael Jackson–Level Numbers, but Does She Have a “Billie Jean”?
With The Tortured Poets Department, she breaks even more sales records. But is a song like “Fortnight” a lasting smash?
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Netflix Sold Baby Reindeer, Its Hit About a Stalker, as a “True Story.” What Happened Next Was Inevitable.
The aftermath of Baby Reindeer has devolved into a sticky, difficult mess.
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Colin Farrell’s Detective Drama Is Proving Divisive Because of One Wild Twist
Making sense of the reveal in Episode 6 of the Apple TV+ series Sugar.
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