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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Teen Romance and Breakups in the Digital Age

Teenage romantic breakups are significantly impacted by social media, texting, and AI, leading to new challenges and consequences.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
1 day ago

22 Still-Popular Things That Older People Thought Would Just Be "Quick Fads"

Certain trends and cultural phenomena have persisted far beyond initial expectations of being mere fads.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

Unconventional Novels About Conventional People

Aging revolutionaries and conformists share parallel narratives of disillusionment and the loss of youthful dreams in recent literature.
Film
fromBustle
2 days ago

Exclusive: Anna Cathcart Says Lana Condor & Noah Centineo Helped With Her 1st Crush

Anna Cathcart reflects on her transformative experiences at 14, thriving in her acting career and personal growth during pivotal roles.
Television
fromBustle
2 days ago

Seeing Aging Cartoons Is A Special Kind Of Heartbreak

Woody's aging in Toy Story 5 challenges the unspoken rule that animated characters do not age.
Humor
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Why do this spring's blockbusters feel so smug?

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice combines multiple genres but relies on repetitive comedic elements that feel familiar and uninspired.
#euphoria
Television
fromBustle
5 days ago

I Have So Many Questions About The New 'Euphoria' Trailer

Season 3 of Euphoria promises chaos as characters face adult challenges and unresolved issues from their past.
Television
fromBustle
5 days ago

I Have So Many Questions About The New 'Euphoria' Trailer

Season 3 of Euphoria promises chaos as characters face adult challenges and unresolved issues from their past.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

The friends you made between 19 and 24 know a version of you that your current partner, your therapist, and your coworkers will never meet. And the grief isn't about losing those friends. It's about losing access to the person you were with them. - Silicon Canals

Friendships formed between ages 19 and 24 serve as an identity archive, reflecting a version of oneself that no longer exists.
SF LGBT
fromQueerty
5 days ago

WATCH: Closeted '90s kids find their voice-and each other-in this charming coming-of-age comedy - Queerty

Student radio shows can empower closeted youth, fostering community and self-expression while navigating the challenges of popularity and faculty scrutiny.
Marketing
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days ago

Brands spent years chasing Gen Z. Now it's a 'millennial summer.'

Millennials are reclaiming cultural influence and spending power, driving nostalgia and trends in fashion, entertainment, and experiences.
Television
fromBustle
2 days ago

Exclusive: Ella Stiller Thinks She's The "Most Millennial Gen Z Ever"

Ella Stiller, a 23-year-old actor, embodies millennial and Gen Z traits while starring in the final season of The Comeback.
Film
fromIndieWire
4 days ago

'Pizza Movie' Review: BriTANicK's Feature Debut Is a Surreal College Drug Comedy for the TikTok Generation

A stoner comedy, 'Pizza Movie' follows two college roommates on a wild journey to retrieve pizza while experiencing absurd and irreverent humor.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
1 week ago

Young people want their news to be more fun, a new report says

Young adults prefer news that is entertaining and fun, contrasting with older adults who favor traditional news sources.
Digital life
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days ago

AI anxiety is driving Gen Z to CDs, DVDs, and Nintendo DS games I went to see what old tech costs now

Younger generations are increasingly embracing analog technology, reflecting a desire for human connection over digital experiences.
#nostalgia
fromFortune
2 months ago
World news

Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the 'dark days': 2016 | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
World news

Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the 'dark days': 2016 | Fortune

Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

'Stand by Me' at 40-Watching It Through My Child's Eyes

Family experiences, including grief and trauma, significantly shape children's identities and emotional landscapes, influencing their perceptions and relationships.
#tiktok
fromForbes
2 months ago
Social media marketing

It's 2016 Again, TikTok Users Have Declared, Using Decade-Old Songs And Filters

Film
fromVariety
3 days ago

When Fandom Converts: How TikTok Is Driving Measurable Box Office Growth

TikTok has become a powerful engine for movie discovery, translating online engagement into real-world ticket sales.
fromForbes
2 months ago
Social media marketing

It's 2016 Again, TikTok Users Have Declared, Using Decade-Old Songs And Filters

fromVulture
2 weeks ago

If Mean Girls Was Set at a Free People in 2026, You'd Get Forbidden Fruits

It's also, notably, Lola Tung's first major role since The Summer I Turned Pretty. During a Q&A after the film, she talked about the contrast between the two roles. Dressed in a black lingerie top with a black skirt and a black cape, like she was ready to go into the woods and conduct a sacrifice, she quipped, 'I mean, I don't know, Cousins is pretty dangerous.'
DC food
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

People Over 50 Are Sharing What Was "Normal" In The '70s, And Gen Z Would Lose Their Minds

The 1970s featured unique cultural norms and practices that seem unbelievable today, from social behaviors to household items.
Film
fromSFGATE
3 days ago

The controversy around Zendaya's new film explained

The film 'The Drama' transitions from a romantic comedy to a dark narrative with a shocking revelation about a character's past involvement in a school shooting.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

My New Boyfriend Goes On an Annual Vacation With Another Woman. Oh Boy.

A woman in a new relationship struggles with her boyfriend's annual vacations with his disabled ex-girlfriend, fearing limited future couple time despite trusting him completely.
Film
fromIndieWire
4 days ago

'The Drama' Review: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya Redefine the Modern American Love Story in a Rom-Com That's Almost as F*cked Up as America Itself

A shocking confession before a wedding tests the limits of a seemingly perfect relationship.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Young people are longing for the low-tech 90s and so would I, if I could only remember them

Embracing 90s nostalgia encourages disconnecting from technology to experience life more fully and invites serendipity.
fromCN Traveller
3 weeks ago

'Love Story' brings '90s New York back to life - these are the spots you can still visit

Love Story was based on Elizabeth Beller's book Once Upon a Time, which was helpful, but in a lot of ways Black Rabbit was more 'real' than Love Story because it was entirely fictional. I come from a research background so there's always a lot of research involved, whether it's photographs or books.
NYC LGBT
Psychology
fromThred Website
3 weeks ago

why the obsession with gen z + viral auramax just dropped

Gen Z attracts intense commercial and media focus due to their digital nativity, unique generational conditions, and projected high spending power by 2035.
Television
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

Netflix Is Repeating A Huge Stunt To Hype The New 'Stranger Things' Spinoff

Stranger Things: Tales from '85, an animated spinoff, will premiere its first two episodes in select theaters on April 18 before Netflix release on April 23.
Film
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Brat Pack Icon Andrew McCarthy: "I Realized How Much Fear Had Dominated My Life"

Fear can hinder success; recognizing and confronting it is essential for personal growth.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
24 years ago

It Was a Hangout for His 'Friends'

Matthew Perry sold his Hollywood Hills home for approximately $839,000, while also purchasing a Beverly Hills property for $3.2 million, and Devon Sawa bought a renovated Spanish-style Hollywood Hills home in the low-$900,000 range.
Mental health
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

The exact age Gen Z consider you 'old', revealed - are you past it?

Gen Z perceives old age beginning at 62, significantly younger than Boomers who believe it starts at 67, reflecting generational differences in aging perceptions.
Film
fromEsquire
1 week ago

Wil Wheaton Says the Rob Reiner Oscar Tribute Was Even More Emotional Backstage

Wil Wheaton narrates a new audio version of Stephen King's 'The Body' and reflects on his experiences at the Academy Awards tribute to Rob Reiner.
Film
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Trailers for trailers? Movie studios in the TikTok era are competing for 1 second of your precious attention

Warner Bros. Discovery and Marvel Studios employed innovative pre-trailer marketing strategies, releasing promotional clips and fan-involved content before full trailer debuts.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Why do we miss 2016?

The past decade has seen a surge of new ways of self-expression online, but somehow, netizens reminisce about the grainy selfies with dog ear filters, old movies, and less AI-generated content.
Social media marketing
Digital life
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

Gen Z is trying to log their way out of doomscrolling

Gen Z is tracking media consumption to combat doomscrolling and reclaim attention spans through intentional, mindful engagement with longer-form content.
fromTODAY.com
1 month ago

Teenagers Are Obsessed with 'Love Story' - and Their Moms' Real Memories from the '90s

I think the way their love story connects because at the beginning Carolyn was playing kind of hard to get. It really intrigued me to get more interested and find more about it. The way their love story connects because at the beginning Carolyn was playing kind of hard to get.
Television
Music
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

17 Of Gen Z's Favorite "Older People" Things That Will Make You Laugh And Warm Your Heart

Gen Z values older generations' music influence, '80s pop-culture nostalgia, live-concert exposure, and durable in-person shopping experiences over online purchases.
Film
fromQueerty
3 weeks ago

Homoerotic or homophobic? This 50-year-old film explored repression & desire between two camp counselors - Queerty

The Best Way To Walk explores psychosexual tension between two adult summer camp counselors—a sensitive drama tutor and a repressed alpha male PE teacher—after the latter discovers the former cross-dressing.
Television
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

From landlines to VHS tapes, millennials and Gen Z parents are bringing an analog childhood to Gen Alpha

Millennials and Gen Z parents are introducing retro items like VHS tapes, Tin Can phones, and physical media to their children to foster connection, imagination, and independence while slowing down screen time.
Film
fromHer Campus
1 month ago

Movie Marketing Used to Be Fun, Now It's Suffocating.

Excessive movie marketing campaigns overshadow film quality, causing viewers to conflate promotional tactics with the actual movie content rather than enjoying the art itself.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Gaming's new coming-of-age genre embraces millennial cringe'

A key difference between the millennial generation and that of gen Z is that millennials did not grow up curating an online image on social media, and therefore had a much lesser terror of being perceived. We'd put up entire albums of terrible, blurry photos from a single night out, write nonstop on LiveJournal, produce appalling juvenilia and then post it on fanfic or art forums.
Video games
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

Youthful joy and civil unrest collide in this epic road trip tale | Aeon Videos

A 1981 Polish animated short follows friends on an overcrowded road trip to the Baltic, using stark black-and-white visuals to examine youth, camaraderie and freedom.
Independent films
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

12-year-old girls were never the same after Disney's High School Musical

The Independent solicits donations to fund on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism covering issues from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech.
Education
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Older Adults Are Sharing The Unique Experiences From The Past That Have Young People Confused

Smoking, lax school discipline, student smoking areas, and outhouses were common everyday practices decades ago.
Parenting
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

Malls Are Still A Perfect Hangout Spot For Teens

Reviving malls as supervised tween hangouts can provide safe, social independence while teaching money management, public behavior, and basic life skills.
UK news
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I grew up in the 70s and didn't realize these 8 childhood experiences were unusual until I talked to younger generations - Silicon Canals

1970s childhoods involved unsupervised outdoor freedom that fostered independence, problem-solving, and risk assessment, unlike today's highly supervised childhoods.
LGBT
fromQueerty
2 months ago

Teen angst, love & lust fuel this '90s indie from one of queer cinema's most provocative voices - Queerty

Gregg Araki's 1993 film Totally F***ed Up is revisited as Araki returns to Sundance with a new feature during the festival's final Park City edition.
fromHuffPost
1 year ago

27 Hilarious And Accurate Tweets About Life In Your 40s

Each decade of life comes with its share of pluses and minuses, but there's something special about being in your 40s. You're wiser and more mature than you were in your youth, more comfortable in your skin and you know what you like. Sure, you may not have quite as much energy as you once did. But you're still having a whole lot of fun - it's just that your definition of fun has changed over time.
Wellness
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

True crime, teen moms and global tragedy in cinemas this week

On February 8, 1977, Indianapolis businessman Tony Kiritzis (Bill Skarsgard) kidnapped Richard Hall, a mortgage company president (Stranger Things' Dacre Montgomery), claiming that Hall's company had sabotaged his real estate investment. Kiritzis rigged a 12-gauge shotgun with a hair-trigger "dead man's wire" around Hall's neck, ensuring that Hall would die if police sharpshooters tried to kill him. He held Hall for three days as police, family members, a charismatic local radio DJ (Colman Domingo) and TV reporters were drawn into the standoff.
Arts
Books
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Jennette McCurdy's New Novel, 'Half His Age,' Follows a Familiar Script

A teenage girl's relationship with an older teacher exposes dynamics of control, neglect, sexual initiation, and attempts to reclaim agency.
Digital life
fromFortune
1 month ago

How fandom became culture's power center - and a blueprint for Gen Z's economic influence | Fortune

Fandom empowers Gen Z and Gen Alpha to co-create culture, shape IP, and convert collective creativity into real economic and cultural power.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A Romantic Comedy of Errors

A good recommendation I recently received: My friend put the 1988 film Crossing Delancey on an end-of-year recommendation list, and it turned out to be the perfect nightcap for a dreary winter's day: a wry romantic comedy of errors that doubles as an ode to Manhattan's Lower East Side. Its love interest is a pickle salesman-utterly charming!
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

After high school, a friend I was very close to drifted away. Should I seek closure from her? | Leading questions

Should I try to seek closure with a person I used to love but drifted apart from, or is it best to leave them be? There's a person I used to be really close to who doesn't talk to me any more. We didn't have a fight. We just drifted, but I still think about them all the time. We were really close from year 7 to year 12. The truth is I had a devastating crush on her. I told her about it one day; she let me down very sweetly and our friendship continued. She was the first (and so far only) person I've ever felt I loved. She's the reason I identify as bi. And I believed for a few years she loved me too, if in a different way to how I hoped.
Relationships
Film
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Wild Trailer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Explodes Horror Remakes

Jane Schoenbrun's upcoming film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma combines Cronenbergian body horror with horror genre deconstruction, featuring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Gen Zers and millennials flock to so-called analog islands 'because so little of their life feels tangible' | Fortune

As technology distracts, polarizes and automates, people are still finding refuge on analog islands in the digital sea. The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in the era of online ubiquity. They are setting down their devices to paint, color, knit and play board games. Others carve out time to mail birthday cards and salutations written in their own hand.
Digital life
Books
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Are We Just Recycling Old Stories, Ideas, and Styles?

21st-century culture is abundant and accessible but suffers an innovation deficit, leaving a "blank space" where original cultural creation should emerge.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

8 things boomers swore they'd never become that they've slowly turned into anyway-and their kids see it even if they don't - Silicon Canals

A generation that once embraced change has become resistant to technology and critical of younger generations while repeating the same behaviors they condemned.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Industry" Is a Study in Wasted Youths

Industry's young protagonists leave the trading floor and pursue new paths that expose how class, ambition, and personal flaws shape their outcomes.
Digital life
fromFortune
2 months ago

Gen Z is living in a world that doesn't know cheap Ubers or non-exploitative delivery apps. That's what the '2016 vibes' trend is really about | Fortune

Gen Z nostalgia for “2016 vibes” reflects a reaction to an evolved internet economy that eliminated cheap conveniences and the sense of spontaneous youth.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Love Story" Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X

The FX series reduces the Kennedy narrative to a narrow romance, removing contemporary cultural drama that connects the Kennedy story to broader societal significance.
Film
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Sorry, Only People Who Grew Up In The '80s Can Identify These Movies By Their Blurred Posters

A 15-question quiz challenges players to identify iconic blurred '80s movie posters, testing visual recognition and nostalgia-driven memory.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Conformity Gate Is Real, But Only on SNL

It was a Stranger Things spinoff showcase on Saturday Night Livelast night. In the pre-taped sketch, the Duffer Brothers had some success getting the cast back together to film an internet-demanded ninth episode.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review Holly Hunter is a transgressive thrill in this horny high-school spinoff

The original Star Trek TV series debuted in 1966, so trying to get your head round all the sequels, prequels and timeline-splitting spin-offs can often feel like homework. It was only a matter of time before the venerable sci-fi franchise used a school as a setting. But Starfleet Academy, the latest streaming series, is not some random cosmic polytechnic for aliens to study humanities or vice versa.
Television
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

Molly Ringwald Doesn't Want to See John Hughes Remakes

John Hughes’s films should not be remade; if remake occurs, it should adapt The Breakfast Club’s heart to contemporary issues rather than recreate the original.
Television
fromConsequence
2 months ago

A Time Jump Could Have Saved Stranger Things

Stranger Things' aging core cast and overlong runtime undermined later seasons, especially Season 5, revealing a mismatch between actors' ages and teenage roles.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A celebration of the carefree': why Ferris Bueller's Day Off is my feelgood movie

It's hard to ignore a film's message when the main character is addressing you directly down the barrel of the camera. Granted, the first time I watched the 1986 teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I was the impressionable age of 11 and Look people in the eyes when they're talking to you was on constant rotation in my household. So my green eyes met Ferris's brown ones and I took it all in.
Film
Film
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films

College film students increasingly fail to watch or focus on assigned feature-length films, frequently checking phones despite bans and faculty requests.
Film
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

A Bookworm With Granny Hobbies? Josie In 'Never Been Kissed' Was Meant For 2026

Josie Geller embodies unapologetic nerdiness, authenticity, and retro charm that would make her a trendsetting, relatable influencer in modern 2026 social media culture.
Film
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

Why Is the 2016 Nostalgia Trend Forgetting the Movies?

2016 marked a cinematic shift toward bigger budgets, larger scale, aggressive fan-focused marketing, and spectacle that reshaped audience expectations despite many excellent films.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on the future of cinema: gen Z is falling in love with the big screen | Editorial

Cinema faces an existential crisis as streaming, longer runtimes, shifting habits, and industry shocks threaten audience attendance and independent cinemas' financial viability.
Film
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

'High School Musical' at 20: How Kenny Ortega made a musical on a shoestring budget - and turned it into a multibillion-dollar franchise

High School Musical transformed a low-budget Disney Channel movie into a multibillion-dollar franchise through ambitious musical production, strong direction, and strategic promotion.
Film
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Millennial gays are fondly recalling Alexander Skarsgard's himbo arc in this 2001 classic - Queerty

Alexander Skarsgård began acting as a child, stole a scene in Zoolander, paused acting, then reemerged in major roles like The Northman and Pillion.
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
1 month ago

Dawson's Creek' duo have reunited for film trilogy

We obviously grew up together and spent a lot of time on camera together, she said. To not have that for 20 years and work with different people and have all these different experiences, and then come back together? Oh my god, I remember how much I know you on camera and you know me on camera.' It's so special, and it was so much fun because we work really well together.
Film
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Richard Linklater: Film and rock were the fundamental passions of my generation. I don't know if that's still the case today'

Please don't. Your colleagues have already done so. I have an opinion on the matter, but it's trivial. I'm a filmmaker, not a political scientist. As a citizen, he continues, I'm concerned about the deterioration of our democracies, but I have nothing substantial to add about that individual. I trust that Trump will leave sooner or later and that another president will come along to try to fix what he's broken. That's all I can say, he shrugs. So, let's talk about film instead.
Film
Film
fromThe Independent
2 months ago

American Pie star showed his son infamous scene to get ahead of awkward conversations

Jason Biggs showed his eldest son the infamous American Pie pie scene to preempt school gossip and control what the child learned about the film.
Film
fromQueerty
1 year ago

This forgotten homoerotic thriller from 1988 deserves a second look - Queerty

Apartment Zero (1988) is an erotic psychological thriller about loneliness, queer desire, and surveillance as a reserved theater owner suspects his charming roommate of killings.
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