INSANE: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Has feminism failed women? CBS wants to know

Bari Weiss is touting a new debate series at the network as the billionaire Ellisons’ media power grows

The Guardian - US · Dec 20, 2025

AI toys are suddenly everywhere - but I suggest you don’t give them to your children

Earlier this year my four-year-old tried out an AI soft toy for a few days. New research indicates I was right to be creeped out, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025

I spent a month trying to smile like Zohran Mamdani – it’s no easy feat

While the New York mayor-elect is constantly smiling in the face of his detractors, having a perma-grin didn’t come so easily to me, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win

The inaugural award bestowed upon the US president could pave the way for many more colourful accolades. I have some ideas, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review – insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues

The reporter’s alleged affair with Robert F Kennedy Jr raises a whole host of questions, few of which get answers in this pretentious memoir

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

The right has found a new pitch for young women: conservatives are better-looking

The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2025

Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong, asks Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

She’s far from the only celebrity to have declared her intention to live outside the US. As with many others though, it looks like a reverse ferret could be in the works, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Trump keeps insulting female journalists

Trump has a disconcerting tendency to attack the press – but especially female reporters, whom he holds in particular ire

The Guardian - US · Nov 29, 2025

Why on earth would Meghan still want to be called the Duchess of Sussex?

She and her husband seem keen on their titles and accolades, and less enthusiastic about putting in the work that ordinarily goes with them, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025