(Sub)Culture Features

In Netflix’s new series Toxic Town, viewers are sent head-first into the lives of three U.K. mothers: Susan McIntyre (Jodie Whitaker), Tracey Taylor (Aimee Lou Wood), and Maggie Mahon (Claudia Jessie). The women have varied lives in Corby, Northamptonshire, but one thing connects them: All of their children, born around …

When Ally Louks finally completed her PhD in English Literature from the University of Cambridge in November, she posted a quick photo of herself on X (formerly Twitter) —mainly to let people know she had completed her thesis defense and was open for work as a post-doctoral researcher. “Thrilled to …

It’s been more than a year since mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to felony child abuse. Now, a new Hulu docuseries is taking viewers on a close up look of how the YouTube star went from “America’s mom” to a convicted felon. Devil …

According to the rumor mill of TikTok, mom influencers and family vloggers are fleeing the state of California because of a recent change in child labor laws which requires them to pay their children. Videos expanding on the theory are going viral, with millions of views and commenters breathlessly speculating …

There is an unpaved road near the edge of a woods outside the tiny Appalachian town of Frostburg, Maryland. That is where two white box trucks, the kind one might rent to move houses, were parked on Sunday, Feb. 16, when a fleet of officers from the Maryland State Police, …

Less than a year after Rolling Stone’s investigation into former RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela uncovered sexual assault allegations from five accusers — along with a separate civil lawsuit settlement — the celebrity drag performer is facing their second sexual assault lawsuit. Eric Poff, 35, who performed under adult film …

A recent executive order has sparked widespread concern about the availability of medications treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition that affects more than 22 million Americans. Titled “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission,” the executive order has Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy …

I t’s July Fourth, and Eligio Bishop is pacing his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, with a phone pressed to his ear, wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. The 42- year-old is locked in his cell nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a …

Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of the first game of spring training Feb. 20 in Arizona — it …

Prior to Elon Musk’s takeover of X (formerly Twitter), the app was a wildly popular social media site known for throwing everything from the latest breaking news to the newest memes all on the same constantly refreshing timeline. Now, it’s an ad- and bot-ridden playground for far-right posters —and nothing …