The Cut profiled 29-year-old Instagram chef and model Pierce Abernathy; Maya Hawke dropped a new single (and was, relatedly, super charming on How Long Gone this week); Taylor Swift broke the record for weekly vinyl sales in three days; and Vogue got the Alex Cooper wedding exclusive (and attempted to explain the concept of “Daddy Gang” to the Vogue readership, lol).
THE “FEMINIST” CASE AGAINST HAVING SEX FOR FUN, vox
Reactionary feminism — an ideology that shares Christian conservatism’s hostility toward permissive sex norms and mainstream feminism — appeals to young women alienated by online dating, pornography, and birth control’s side effects. In recent months, Harrington-esque diatribes against contraception, online dating, and porn have trended on TikTok.
ARE WOMEN’S BODIES ACTUALLY CONTROLLED BY THE MOON?, thecut
Online, women are advocating for structuring time based on lunar phases rather than the 24-hour solar clock, “which undergirds our capitalist, masculine society and asks us to be the same person every day.” This notion is popular among everyone from young socialists to overworked office dwellers to tradwives.
MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OPTING FOR PERMANENT CONTRACEPTION, STUDY FINDS, teenvogue
In a study that included 113 million people in all four US Census regions, researchers found that since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade, both vasectomies and tubal ligations — sometimes called having your tubes tied — increased significantly in people ages 18 to 30.
SWIFTIE REHAB, vulture
Four months after its launch, the sub-Reddit r/SwiftlyNeutral grew from several hundred active users to 50,000, putting it in the top 3 percent of forums on Reddit.
Many fans have come to feel disillusioned with the singer, citing reasons such as her private jet usage, cash grabs, and merch quality. “None of the Taylor-centered Reddits allow critical debate about her,” says the 25-year-old creator behind the page.
THREADS OFFERS CREATORS $500 TO POST ABOUT ‘POSITIVITY’, theinformation
For a chance to win up to $500, creators were tasked with posting at least once a day on Threads for 10 straight days, and Instagram encouraged them to use the hashtag #GoodVibesonThreads to make it easier for staff to “find and share” their posts. :/
PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENTS AND PROTESTS SPREAD ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE U.S., npr
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have spread across the country from New York to California, with students protesting both the Israel-Hamas war and their universities' investments in companies that profit from it.
CAMPUS, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE STARTUP, RECEIVES $23M SERIES A EXTENSION LED BY FOUNDERS FUND, techcrunch
Founded by 29-year-old Tade Oyerinde, Campus — which aims to be an online alternative to traditional community colleges — just raised a $23 million Series A extension round led by Founders Fund. Only 16% of community college students receive bachelor’s degrees within six years, and Campus wants to change that by giving them access to better educators (and giving educators, who are perpetually under-resourced, more money).
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