By Maia LeClair Photo provided by The New York Times Freshly single and not yet ready to mingle, Sabrina Carpenter’s newest album Man’s Best Friend  is an ambivalent mix of femininity, humor and overly synth-heavy beats.  Dropping amid the wake of the infamous Sydney Sweeney/American Eagle advertisement, many online compared the two to be similarly pushing an agenda of patriarchal white-girl submission. But instead of seriously leaning into the idea of blonde hair marking goo

By Olivia Trowbridge, Blog Editor Variant Magazine hosts their own Variant Island dating game show live at the Union Bar in late September. Photos by Marin McCudden and Megan Young The promise of love, lust and everything in between lives in the Union bar on a rainy Thursday night. Purple lights welcome attendants to Variant Island. An all baddie bikini party. Hosted by Aslyn Fannin and Hope Oelkrug, the night is young, the drinks are flowing, and the sexy singles are here. 

By Salma Zerhouane The sun is shining, there's a warm breeze blowing and you open your closet to see your winter colors taking over. It's...

By Joey Earley, Executive Editor Photo: Joel Greatbatch Recently, I’ve just been enjoying watching video essays, various commentary...