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Marvel’s superheroes reveal more than epic battles. They expose how privilege, surveillance, and belonging shape society’s definition of a hero. Through the contrast between the Avengers and the X-Men, this piece examines how power decides who is celebrated and who is feared.

“Just turn your brain off and enjoy the story.”

People often say that about books, especially fantasy ones. But what exactly does that mean?... The truth is, you can’t. Books are always political because life itself is political, and writing inevitably reflects that.

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.