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) ...

If “toxic masculinity” is defined as an Andrew Tate-loving, protein-guzzling, chest-thumping man who fantasizes about 1950s era family values, then what's its opposite? Perhaps it's the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Step aside skeletons, ghosts, and characters from Wicked: There’s a new hot Halloween costume in town, and it’s the “performative male.” He’s sensitive, he’s a feminist, and women across the internet ...

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 ...

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 ...