CULTURE

Ben Shabad was crowned winner in Chicago’s Jeremy Alan White lookalike competition November 2024 Lookalike competitions have grown in popularity online for the better part of the last two years; hundreds of people gather in a park or other public space and cheer and boo over the supposed doppelgangers of a given celebrity. While the trend was most popular in 2024 and Summer 2025 it has continued worldwide with the release of new media like Heated Rivalry in the past few mon

Donald Trump’s War in Iran is the latest of myriad politically divisive topics for his coalition of libertarian nationalists, right-wing populists, and disaffected working-class voters Since Donald Trump’s re-election in the 2024 Presidential Race and the Republican party obtaining a trifecta in the federal government allied with a Supreme Court sympathetic to their cause it seems as though the American right has dominated all of politics. Barely a year and a half into his p

Global demand for Femtech results in the rapid growth of the industry A typical interaction with today’s most popular period tracking apps often begins with a notification. Once clicked in, the software is characterized by pastels or cutesy iconography, prompting you to rate your current emotional state on a scale from 1 to 10. For many women, these digital prompts, ranging from lifestyle tips or symptom predictions, represent a broader misalignment between the realities of f