A long time ago, a good friend of mine gave me a very valuable piece of advice I carry around with me to this day: “Be ...

Cringe has become a staple of meme culture. The word "cringe" has had a surprisingly long and dramatic journey. It began in Old English as cringan, meaning to bend, crouch, or yield, usually in fear ...

There’s a special kind of celebrity who doesn’t just make headlines — they make you physically wince. Not because they’re terrible people, but because their entire vibe feels like a never-ending ...

As great as DC was in the ’80s, not everything they did could be perfect. Every decade is littered with characters that define that decade, and looking back on them they’re sometimes pretty cringe.

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...

Raised online and under constant scrutiny, young adults are leaning into embarrassment as a necessary part of growing up. By Yola Mzizi Kate Glavan was in a rut. Ms. Glavan, 26, had moved to New York ...

In an empty warehouse, Timothée Chalamet slouches on a swivel chair, wearing a hoodie and jeans. He is lit from behind by a screen — it must be at least forty feet tall — which displays slo-mo videos ...

It's Been a Minute's Brittany Luse on the rise of cringe culture: where it comes from, how it's hurting us, and how leaning into cringe is good for art. If you could choose viral fame, would you? If ...

Donald Trump is a showman who likes flashy spectacles and heated controversies. He has chosen Cabinet nominees for their shock value, attacked famous American universities, mobilized the Justice ...

Ever since 1988, when Walt Stack ran across the Golden Gate Bridge in Nike’s first commercial, “Just Do It” has been the tagline and philosophy that propelled Nike to become an iconic global brand.

There's something comforting about a 30-minute comedy that can make your heart soar while you're innocently smiling and giggling throughout. Well, these are not those shows. While the cringe comedies ...