Season two of Stranger Things ends with (spoiler!) what might be the purest scene in all of pop-culture: The gang attending the Snow Ball together. They’re ostensibly there to have fun, but the kids treat the occasion with the gravitas of a life-or-death situation. Weeks earlier, these adolescents were fighting off a pack of demon…
Read moreWarning: Spoilers ahead. It’s clear from the first episode of Stranger Things‘ season two that all is not well between Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Steve (Joe Keery). They’re both still reeling from Barb’s death, and the guilt is putting a strain on their own relationship. Nancy can’t even help Steve with his college admissions essay…
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For as long as humans have walked the earth, we’ve asked certain questions: Is there life after death? Do the departed spirits of the deceased walk among us? Can we have sex with ghosts? Though the 1990 film Ghost came close to answering at least one of those, I’m going to be honest: My sexual…
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I follow a ridiculous number of jewelry brands on Instagram—I gave up counting at 31. My feed is filled with thick, brass hoop earrings resting sedately on marble trays, zodiac medallions layered with nameplate necklaces and diamond chokers, pinkies adorned with custom-engraved gold signet rings and silver stacks. But how many of these jewelry brands…
Read moreAfter five years together, Grace*, 37, and her then-partner were struggling to make their relationship work. There was almost no physical intimacy between them—until they started having sex in their sleep. When she felt his touch, Grace would begin to dream that she was sleeping with someone else. Of course, once she woke up she…
Read moreIn 1992, MTV defined reality TV as we know it with The Real World and its famous spoken intro: “This is what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting real.” In the 25 years since, reality TV has gone from an oddity to the dominant genre, and along the way it really doubled…
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