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Tracking Down a Meme Thief in “It Feels Personal”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Clegg’s hunt raises questions about online privacy, intellectual property, and what we aim to get out of social media, either as producers or consumers. Memes have become part of Internet life.…

“Passages” and an Art Monster’s Fierce Purity

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Tomas, the protagonist of Ira Sachs’s new drama, “Passages,” is a German movie director. His films are never shown, but Sachs leaves us in little doubt that they are good. “Passages”…

Hip-Hop Turns Fifty

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Last week,…

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Peak Season”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A watermelon sampled in summertime is a watermelon at the height of its powers. Though our modern existence gives us access to most foods year-round, a fruit or vegetable tasted in…

We Should All Be Drinking Spanish Vermouth

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. I’m a vermouth partisan of long standing. At…

Li Ziqi’s Online Pastoral Poetics

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Somewhere in the mountainous region of northern Sichuan, a young woman harvests soybeans alone in a field. She cuts through the beanstalks with a sickle and stuffs them into a wicker…

The Enticing Mysteries of U.F.O. Photography

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the corner of the social-media universe that calls itself #ufotwitter, there’s always some new piece of visual evidence to discuss. Did a police body cam catch an otherworldly craft crash-landing…

Decoding Barbie’s Radical Pose

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In Barbieland, as envisioned in “Barbie,” the writer-director Greta Gerwig presents a world where positions of power are held by female dolls such as a Black President Barbie and a Filipina…

Angus Cloud’s Eyes Said It All

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Monday morning, the actor Angus Cloud died at his family’s home in Oakland. (The cause of death is not yet known, but TMZ, which broke the news, reported that Cloud’s…