When Bobby Solez goes out in public, he gets called the “Labubu guy.” “I’ll go to the mall and ... I’ve definitely had people look at me sideways. Like, ‘What the hell?’” he said. “But then a lot of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author performing as a performative male or simply enjoying a drink and a stack of good books (Ariana Baio/The Independent) ...

Last week in Seattle, at the conclusion of a rowdy contest held in a public park on Capitol Hill, a young man named Marcus Jennings emerged victorious at one of the most TikToked events in recent ...

Participants wear Ruth Bader Ginsburg shirts and carry protest signs and copies of Michelle Obama’s Becoming. They wear wired headphones and, inexplicably, Labubus, the creepy collectible plush toys ...

The latest innovation in man-hate may enjoy some bipartisan support. “How Do You Spot a ‘Performative’ Male?” The New York Times (NYT) asks. “Look for a Tote Bag.” Look, too, for men who enjoy “books ...

You can easily recognize one: his shoulder is usually seen with a tote bag that has a Labubu securely attached. In one of his hands, a book on feminist literature — in his other, a matcha. The ...

Spotted on campus: male, 19 to 25. Wired headphones in, phone lit up displaying “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Ray, iced almond milk matcha in hand. Subject is wearing baggy jorts, a collared ...

“Bring back fun; bring back whimsy,” Emilka Puchalski ’28 said. On Sept. 13, Puchalski and Yara Almoussa ’28 — in collaboration with TigerMag and WPRB — gathered matcha drinkers and Clairo listeners ...

We’veofficiallyentered an era where straight women have to date like they’re playing defense, mostly because there are too many bad players trying to score. There are the fuckboys, the love bombers, ...

LSA senior Christian Loza, Rackham student Anika Misra and LSA freshman Jonah Driy participate in the ‘Performative Men’ Contest at Ingalls Mall Saturday afternoon. Ananya Kedia/DAILY. Buy this photo.

Occasionally on Saturday mornings, I grab my tote bag and wander down to my local independent coffee shop in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to order an iced latte and sit outside and read. This ...