There's a corner of the internet in which Taylor Swift doesn't exist. Or rather, she does exist but away from the mechanics of influence in which she functions in the real world. In this microcosm, ...

Cringe content peaked in 2025 not because audiences lost discernment, but because the Internet learned how to monetise cringe ...

Cringe is having a moment. Millions of posts with the hashtag are shared online, and entire forums on Reddit are dedicated to discussing what makes us cringe. We’re all just too familiar with this ...

In a recent piece on his YouTube channel, professor of philosophy Hans-Georg Moeller argues that we have seen a recent rise in the use of the word “cringe” to describe a new, online form of ...