Ego Of The Week
Ego of the Month: Stephanie Skinner
The weight of the crown is no stranger to Stephanie Skinner.
By
Jackson Ford
Focus
No Punches Pulled
Every time they step into the ring, bare–knuckle boxers put their bodies on the line. What are they fighting for?
Style
Thinness is Back. So What?
The ideal American body is a constant negotiation between class anxiety, youth nihilism, and desire for novelty. But Italy knows something about beauty that America doesn’t.
By
Laura Gao
Focus
False Bodies Online
As technology has advanced, so has the ability to commit acts of violence in cyberspace.
Focus
In Bloom: An Afternoon at the Philadelphia Flower Show
The event is an immersive look at how both visitors and exhibitors connect with heritage and native landscapes.
By
Saanvi Ram
This month's print issue
Style
The Language of Looksmaxxing
Clavicular himself isn’t just the newest face of incel jargon, but also the most prominent product of how language shapes perception.
By
Insia Haque
Read this issue's Letter from the Editor.
Ego Of The Week
Ego of the Week: Trisha Bheemanathini
Between Bloomers rehearsals and three majors, this Penn senior is building a life that refuses to stay in one lane.
Nominate someone you know for Ego of the Week here.
Film & TV
Television
Never Mind
Paramount’s win of Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix signals a larger transformation, as Hollywood studios merge to survive a scale–driven streaming market.
By
Henry Metz
The Body Never Lies
From “final girls” to forced birth, horror films track America’s shifting anxieties about women, reproduction, and control.
By
Chenyao Liu
The Hunt Returns in ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’
The game of deadly hide–and–seek goes global.
Street’s 2026 Oscars Roundup
How will the biggest night in entertainment pan out, according to people with strong opinions?
Music
Is Harry Styles Proof White Boys Can’t Dance?
After soul–searching on Europe’s dance floors for two years, Harry Styles returns a little rusty and mostly unchanged.
The Grammys Didn’t Go Golden … Why?
The barriers to critical recognition for songs from animated films are undeserved.
By
Remy Lipman
Arts
Arts
Drawing Bodies, Missing People
On being captured vs. being known in the art studio.
By
Aaron Tokay
Bald Fear and Blue Erotica
Discovering myself and community at the Blue Man Group show.
By
Aaron Tokay
Noah Davis Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A mediation on the beauty and collective suffering of the human experience.
By
Jenny Le
(Resisting) Bodily Resolution
Blah Blah Gallery’s latest show Holding Pattern captures moments of play, memory, and bodily experience.
Style
Style
The Language of Looksmaxxing
Clavicular himself isn’t just the newest face of incel jargon, but also the most prominent product of how language shapes perception.
By
Insia Haque
Gazing Into a Very Chinese Mirror
What happens when The Beautiful Country shows its pores?
By
Jason Zhao
Saks Just Filed for Bankruptcy: Should Other Department Stores Be Scared?
As locations shut their doors across the country, customers, vendors, and industry experts are left wondering what’s to come for the shaky future of department store shopping.
