
I Miss When Only Smart People Got to Talk
There’s something deeply exhausting about being online in 2025. Not just because of the constant influx of headlines, tragedies, and half-baked thread explainers — but because we’ve now spent over a decade in the digital wilderness, listening to people we would never take seriously in real life. We’re drowning in thoughts that were never meant to be spoken aloud, let alone published, reposted, and algorithmically amplified. And it’s making all of us just a little bit dumber.

Dandy Divine: Elegance, Rebellion, and Black Brilliance at the 2025 Met Gala
The first Monday in May is sacred on the fashion calendar, yet in recent years, far too many guests have treated the Met Gala theme like a vague suggestion. But this year’s Costume Institute exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, delivered a rare thing: intention.