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In the summer of 2025, as phrases like “World War 3” trend on X and anxiety over the state of American democracy reaches a fever pitch, a different kind of fervor has consumed a corner of the internet... A reality TV villa in Fiji has become an unlikely battleground for democracy, morality, and the desperate need to feel in control in a world where everything else feels out of control.

In today’s modern lexicon, a word popularly used to describe these negatively potent feelings is “cringe.” Cringe, or to be cringe, has become a self-deprecating and harsh judgmental phenomenon amongst today’s younger generations. Evolving from its original meaning—an act of physical recoiling—cringe has become a slang term used to express intense embarrassment and humiliation. 

Amid late-stage capitalism, digital burnout, and post-pandemic fatigue, a shift is emerging: some women are trading the “girl boss” hustle for aprons, brooms, and a curated ultra-domestic aesthetic. On TikTok, the trad-wife, short for “traditional wife,” has captivated young women. In this aestheticized return to the 1950s, housewifery is framed not as regression, but as liberation from the grind.

Satire has long critiqued power and exposed hypocrisy, but in a digital age of irony, memes, and marketing blur, the line between satire and self-indulgence is thinner than ever. Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album Man’s Best Friend features cover art of her on all fours, hair tugged by a faceless man in a suit. The Guardian calls it “either high-camp empowerment or empty provocation,” depending on who you ask...

Degrees and diplomas sit framed on walls, a great testament to years of hard work. Yet for millions of recent graduates, they feel like an extremely expensive decoration rather than a golden ticket up the career ladder. Welcome to the job market of the 21st century, where traditional pathways have crumbled and the rules have changed fundamentally.