Shivani Dubey
Culture
Bad Poetry Is Everywhere. Unfortunately, People Love It.
Social media's got a lot to answer for when it comes to terrible verse clogging up your brain.
Shivani Dubey
5.29.23
movies
One of Hollywood's Most Prolific Directors Doesn't Actually Exist
Alan Smithee has directed more films than Werner Herzog and Steven Spielberg combined. But his name is a codeword for creative catastrophe.
Shivani Dubey
8.22.22
How One Playground Horror Story Reached Millions of Children Around the World
We've all heard the myth: say her name in the mirror and Bloody Mary will appear. But where did it come from? And why is it everywhere?
Shivani Dubey
7.15.21