Culture Index

Culture Index

When the Canceler Gets Canceled: Omndi and the Price of Accountability

Recho Omondi has always been fashion’s sharpest thorn. Before she ever picked up a microphone, she was a designer—an insider who understood the industry’s textures and silences. But it was with The Cutting Room Floor, the podcast she launched in 2018, that she became notorious. Fashion had

By Staff writer • 2 min read

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From Folklore to Viva Las Vegas: What Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Tell Us About America’s Cultural Volume

From Folklore’s whispered poetics to Travis Kelce howling “Viva Las Vegas,” Swift’s arc mirrors America’s descent — from dignity to spectacle, from restraint to something louder, messier, and frankly a little gross.

By Staff writer • 4 min read

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Bad Art, Good Taste: Why We're Obsessed with Cultural Disasters

From Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of awfulness to viral TikTok fails, our love affair with terrible art reveals something profound about human nature.

By Staff writer • 5 min read

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The Great Media Neutrality Scam

Why pretending to be objective is the most biased thing you can do.

By Staff writer • 4 min read