Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...?We’re in Our Girl Misery Era Some girl math and some girl thinking to calculate the costs of girlification – with the help of Sara Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Wife Guys No MoreIs Ranbir Kapoor the Anti ‘Wife Guy’? Is Ranbir Kapoor the problem, or is it the state of heterosexuality itself? By Rohitha Naraharisetty
No Needle Through This ThreadSizzle This: A New Twitter Won’t Fix the Discourse In ‘Sizzle This,’ The Swaddle team adds to the noise around the pop culture moment of the week. This week: Threads, and internet culture's unrelenting sameness. By The Swaddle Team
SCUM of the EarthManifesto This: A Case For Being Angry Again Internet feminism reclaimed beauty and traditionalism. But on whose terms? We revisit Valerie Solanas’ incendiary SCUM Manifesto to find out. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Pretty Privileged Of YouWords Mean Things: Privilege Where the idea of privilege was supposed to be enlightening and radicalizing, it's turned into a linguistic tool to keep the status quo intact. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
You and Meme Against the WorldWhy Gen Z Memeifying World Events Isn’t Trivial Memes are how Gen Z makes sense of the world. It is politicians and corporations co-opting memes that devalues the gravitas of world events, and supplants the subversive potential of memes. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
Internet UnfreedomAaron Swartz, Who Championed a Free Internet, Died by Suicide 10 Years Ago. His Legacy Remains Vital. Aaron Swartz stood for a free and open internet. 10 years after his death by suicide, his legacy remains more important than ever. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
Petty No Longer PrettyPettiness Had Its Moment. Why Did It Fade? Women reclaimed being petty as a form of releasing anger, frustration. Then, the men of 2022 ruined it by having their pettiness cause real harm. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Coming Out Of Agency‘Heartstopper’ Actor Says He Was Forced to Come Out as Bisexual The incident prompts renewed questions about the idea of "coming out" -- and whether the closet looks the same for everyone. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Maxed Out on Character DevelopmentThe Merits — and Demerits — of Side Character Energy There's something radical about the side character, who refuses to romanticize life and embraces the chaos instead. By Saumya Kalia
Full Marx For TryingAnti‑Capitalism Is Cool. When Will It Be Revolutionary Again? Railing against capitalism is a current intellectual aesthetic — and its mainstreaming takes away from what it actually means to be anti-capitalist. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
High Brown CultureWhy We Need to Re‑Examine ‘Brownness’ as an Identity Marker “Brownness” is presented online as a reclamation of identity, but it fails in its shallow interpretations of decolonization that cater to the Western gaze. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Seeing Through the Black MirrorHow to Know if You’re Living in an Online Echo Chamber, According to a Study A new study points out how the language used online serves as red flags to spot if one is living in a digital bubble. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
121 Tips to Not CareHow Internet Culture Changed What It Means to be the ‘Best Version’ of Yourself We are now more obsessed with the end result of “perfection,” rather than the insightful process of self-betterment. By Saumya Kalia
Embrace ItA Cultural History of ‘Cringe,’ and How the Internet Made Everything Awkward Taylor Swift's call to embrace cringe leads us back to the wholesome, compassionate origins of cringe rather than the ones found in contempt. By Saumya Kalia
Where Is the WonderlandThe Psychology of Why We Fall Down Internet Rabbit Holes The laws of gravity in the digital space mean people to nudge deeper into things they may not care about -- in the pursuit of curiosity. By Saumya Kalia
Health-Crossed MemesDolo‑650 is India’s Favorite Medicine – and Meme. What Could Go Wrong? When internet culture intersects with public health, the line between education and misinformation gets blurred. By Saumya Kalia
The Fault In Our Star AlignmentsZodiac Memes Can’t Save Us From the Dangerous Influence of Astrology in India Gen Z ironically exchanges "compatibility notes." But in India, astrology can kill. By Rohitha Naraharisetty