By It’s easy to romanticize the past when we’re looking at old photographs of glamorous movie stars, packed dance halls, and people somehow looking better dressed to buy groceries than most of us do at weddings. Then you find the other photos. Not necessarily images of wars or disasters, but everyday
15 Celebrities Who Thrived in the 1970s, But That’s It
Every decade produces stars who seem impossible to escape. They’re on magazine covers, television screens, movie marquees, and bedroom walls, right up until they’re suddenly not. The 1970s had plenty of celebrities whose fame proved particularly attached to the era that created them. Some landed one enormous role they could
Hamnet (2025), A Film By Any Other Name…
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (2025) is made with genuine care for its story; I just never fully understood why it’s about William Shakespeare. Strip away the period costumes and the name, and this could be a story set in virtually any era. A talented but restless father spends most of his time away
14 ‘Hard to Imagine’ Moments from History That Really Did Take Place
When people say that reality beats fiction, it does not only mean that it can be more cruel or fantastical. They can also mean it can be more outlandish, to the point that historical things happening in fiction can be seen as poor writing. Or at least, too hard to
15 People Share the Dumb Rule at Their Job That Only Exists Because of One Idiot
Every workplace has rules, custom made to the needs of their office location or niche demands. And almost every place has that one rule created due to some unforeseen circumstance, and a wish to not have it happen again. Said circumstance tends to be related to one, singular idiot at
