The Characters Who Helped Us Survive 2025

Here's to the terrific, the unpleasant and vindictive, the singers, and other characters who enchanted us throughout 2025.

Stranger Things owes this anime the Duffer Brothers call an 'ultraviolent ET' (not Akira)

The Duffer Brothers admit Elfen Lied, not Akira, inspired Eleven's character arc. Discover the surprising anime roots behind ...
The Christian Science Monitor

Gen Zers have taken on their governments. From around the world, they tell us why.

From Nepal to Peru and from Madagascar to Morocco, Generation Z-led protests have rocked governments. The revolution has brushstrokes of youth, from the use of a gaming platform to organize it to a ...
The New York Times

I’m Obsessed With a Sofa From ‘Call Me by Your Name.’ Where Do I Get It?

In the first installment of our new series, we hunt down an antique from Luca Guadagnino’s film. By Tom Delavan Tom Delavan is the design and interiors director of T Magazine. Welcome to Style ...
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Who Is Mona Love AKA 'Don’t Call Me White Girl?'

"Don't Call Me White Girl" has made a name for herself since going viral in 2018 and is now on one of the biggest platforms in the world. Mona Love, better known as “Don’t Call Me White Girl,” has ...
The New Yorker

Your First Call After You Shoot Someone

Gregory Carr and Lyman Davis were friends, more or less. They would sit around drinking and joking, and they knew each other’s families. Carr, a former rodeo clown, once took Davis to watch horses ...
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André Aciman's Call Me By Your Name, A Graphic Novel by Sarah Maxwell

There have been international publishing deals for the book with Planeta (Brazil), Gyldendal (Denmark), Editions Grasset (France), everlove (Germany), Metaixmio (Greece), Piemme (Italy), Zhan ...
PC Gamer

Death Stranding 2's vtuber cameo is only the beginning of more anime girls appearing in your favorite games, Hololive CEO says

Survival & Crafting Palworld publishing boss says 'I haven't really touched so-called AAA titles', adding that they tend to be 'overwhelmingly about graphic quality and fidelity' Baldur's Gate Voice ...