It will become clear by the end of this sentence that I am not bragging about this, but there was a time when I felt like I ...

The moment I had long dreaded finally arrived: the day I’d have to dismantle my childhood. I suppose I should consider myself ...

Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This ...

Consider this a sister piece to the list of “The Worst Songs That We Love So Much” that ran yesterday, with a slightly different conceit. I asked some of my music and culture writer friends to confess ...

In 2018, Mitski released her fifth album, Be the Cowboy. She had been putting out music that was as critically acclaimed as ...

I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really ...

It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us ...

I’ve always struggled with the idea of a “guilty pleasure.” Truly innocent pleasure shouldn’t come with a side of shame. Most guilty pleasures are purposely private, indulged alone or among the ...

If it feels like white rappers are sprouting up all around us, it’s with good reason. Though they never really went ...

It’s pretty common these days for a television show to hold its viewers in contempt. Most “big-hearted comedies” treat you ...

Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter. One of the things that a ...

Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the ...