“Wash me with your fire, who else has to pay for my sins?” sings Abel “the Weeknd” Tesfaye on the title track of his 2025 album Hurry Up Tomorrow. The song — a moody, synthy ballad — is an apologia of ...

If you find yourself apologizing for everything from bumping into a door to the weather, you might be an "over-apologizer." And guess what? Science has some interesting insights into why this happens ...

When seismic events occur, part of the rational human response is to compartmentalize, even making light of the trauma. In the same way that we laugh at ourselves and try to play off accidentally ...

In 2019, Eva Victor began starring in a series of online comedy videos — short, absurdist riffs and rants, with titles like "when my husband gets me a Peloton for Christmas" and "me explaining to my ...

“Write what you know” only gets you so far. An awful lot of debut films, even from writer-directors with talent, start from a personal place only to end up at a ...