Elbert Ventura

Oct 1, 2024 | vox.com | Elbert Ventura

What does it mean for a divorced man to be “the most divorced”? What are we to make of the emergence of “divorcemoons” – getaways where people celebrate the end of their troubled marriage? And what of the rise of “gray divorce,” the dissolution of marriage after the age of 50? These are some of the questions our writers tackle in The Highlight’s October issue, our exploration of divorce and, specifically, its impact on our culture.

Sep 5, 2024 | vox.com | Elbert Ventura

For this issue, we do a mini-dive into the wild, weird, wonderful world of food: the new trends, the old reliables, the ubiquitous, and the rare. Kicking us off is Kyndall Cunningham with a fun explainer on the mainstreaming of mukbangs — livestreams of people eating large quantities of food, sometimes while chatting, sometimes in dead silence. It’s a genre that’s gone big, and Kyndall explains why it has become our guiltiest pleasure.

Aug 5, 2024 | vox.com | Elbert Ventura

Welcome to our latest issue!This week and in the next few, millions of children will wind down their summer break and head back to school. For the August Highlight, we asked a writers to reflect on this time of year and find unique, even unlikely, angles on the American way of schooling. Constance Grady kicks it off with a piece looking at “gifted kids” and asks: Can the label actually come with some downsides as you get older?

Nov 22, 2021 | popmatters.com | Elbert Ventura

Jun 18, 2021 | popmatters.com | Elbert Ventura