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Andi Zeisler

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Andi Zeisler is a Senior Culture Writer at Salon. Find her on Bluesky at @andizeisler.bsky.social

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The 7 best takedowns of a chaotic 2025

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Melania Trump walks with a person dressed as Santa Claus as she arrives at Marine Corps Base Quantico for a holiday charity drive on December 8, 2025 (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Melania Trump still wants to peace out on Christmas

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Elf on the Shelf Scout Elves (The Lumistella Company)

The Elf on the Shelf made spying a holiday pastime

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A Salvation Army Christmas Tree at Target in Santa Ana, where the public is encouraged to select an angel with a child's name and gift preference (Al Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

TikTok made Angel Trees a trend. Now it’s making them a scapegoat

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Legacy news up in flames (Malte Mueller/Getty Images)

Jeffrey Epstein was an open secret for years. That’s not a good thing

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Andrea Gibson in "Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple TV)

Spoken-word icon Andrea Gibson faced death with love

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Jacob Elordi as The Creature in "Frankenstein" (Ken Woroner/Netflix)

People are just the right amount of horny for Frankenstein’s monster

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(L-R) Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as "women in the workplace" from the movie "9 to 5" in 1980 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did.

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Martha Stewart attends an Evening with Martha Stewart during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival on October 14, 2025 (Jeff Schear/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

Martha Stewart, the patron saint of Gen Z perfectionists

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A person looks at DonaldDaters, a dating app for Trump supporters (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

So what if MAGA lonely hearts never find love?

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A woman cries over her empty fridge (Leonardo Moreno/Getty Images)

Trump’s SNAP shutoff is vicious political theater

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Yolo buying (We Are/Getty Images)

The true cost of “convenience culture”

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Fall vibes (Carol Yepes/Getty Images)

“Boo baskets,” the needless trend ruining what’s really great about fall

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Tim Curry (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images)

Tim Curry’s demons made his villains unforgettable

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Thief stealing precious crown in a museum (Tera Vector/Getty Images)

The Louvre jewel heist needs a better explanation than greed

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Serving butt beauty (Anna Koberska/Getty Images)

The beauty industry has its head up your butt

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Living alone together (Alan Thornton/Getty Images)

Why living apart could be the key to staying together

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An anti-I.C.E. protester in a frog costume holds a sign at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Portland’s protest frogs are dead serious about absurdity

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Final Girl (master1305/Getty Images)

Horror has always been about us

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Taylor Swift at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on February 02, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

We need a break from Taylor Swift

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Ozzy Osbourne onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t ready to go, but he was ready to die

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The goal of book bans (mediaphotos/getty images)

The dumbing down of America, one banned book at a time

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A person protesting outside the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2025, after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! (DAVID PASHAEE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Disney adults know how to hit where it hurts

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A protester stands next to flowers outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on September 27, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

A “war-ravaged Portland” could be a reality under Trump, but it’s not “terrible” now

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