Pocket’s Greatest Hits 2024: Culture

Why Can't We Stop Talking About Nonmonogamy? The Tyranny of the Algorithm.

December 29, 2024 Pocket's Greatest Hits: Culture The Newsletter's Best Culture Stories of 2024, Including Family Estrangement, "Baby Reindeer," and Wordle 1   The Stanley Water Bottle Craze, Explained The Stanley brand is selling more than a tumbler. Vox Alex Abad-Santos Save 2   The Baby Reindeer Mess Was Inevitable The hit Netflix show appeals to many of our worst instincts as viewers. The Atlantic Shirley Li Save 3   The Tyranny of the Algorithm: Why Every Coffee Shop Looks the Same From the generic hipster cafe to the 'Instagram wall', the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify. The Guardian Kyle Chayka Save 4   Why Can't We Stop Talking About Nonmonogamy? "If marriage is a secret, polyamory is gossip." Yale Review Brandy Jensen Save 5   Is Cutting Off Your Family Good Therapy? Encouraged on social media, many are estranging themselves from their families as a therapeutic step. The New York Times Ellen Barry Save 6   What Is the Deal With Jerry Seinfeld? Did the "Unfrosted" comedian change, or did we? Slate Dan Kois Save 7   Four Friends, Two Marriages, One Affair — and a Shelf of Books Dissecting It When writers cheat on each other, everything is fair game for publication. Vulture Chris Heath Save 8   Millions Have Played Wordle, but There's More to the Game Than You'd Expect Inside the world of Wordle at the New York Times. CNN Saira Mueller Save 9   The Moral Panic Over Ozempic Misses the Point The media has made the drugs about body politics and our obsession with thinness. They're telling the wrong story. New York Magazine Rachael Bedard Save 10   I Was a Creative Force Behind One of the Biggest Rock Bands of the '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story. "At that time, the band had broken up, and I was told they would never reunite. But that's not what happened." HuffPost Modi Frank Save Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to get Pocket in your inbox every day. Take Pocket everywhere You're receiving this email because you subscribed to Pocket. Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences • Privacy Policy • Help Center • Advertise © 2024 Mozilla Corporation, 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105