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) ...

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, ...

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 ...

Whether you’re scrolling on your TikTok For You page or walking down Trousdale, he’s inevitably going to cross your path: a man wearing the baggiest jeans you’ve ever seen, holding a matcha in one ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

They drink matcha lattes. They carry tote bags. And, in recent weeks, they've become an internet sensation. They're called "performative men" − and, even if you haven't heard of them yet, odds are you ...

A male friend of mine once asked me what the secret to getting girls is. I took one glance at his tote bag from his hometown’s public library, the film camera inside, the taro bubble tea on the table ...