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Lauren Theisen

Shohei Ohtani watches the ball after hitting a home run

There’s Nothing More Beautiful Than A Shohei Ohtani Home Run

Arts And Culture

‘Megalopolis’ Wants It To Be Francis Ford Coppola Vs. Everybody

Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets dives for a ball

The Mets Make It Hurt

A man looks at the oil painting "Beer Garden with A.K." (2009) by Nicole Eisenman

The Beauty Of The Ordinary Is There For The Painting

Imane Khelif and three others pose with their medals at the Olympics

Olympics

It Doesn’t Matter If The IBA Was Lying About Imane Khelif

Naomi Girma #4 of Team United States celebrates victory in the Women's Gold Medal match

The USWNT Is As Golden As Ever

view of 'Cats' stage pre-show from above. there's a long runway dividing the audience in two

Defector Up All Night

Defector At The Theater: A Revamped ‘Cats’ Is Better Than Ever

Youtube logo with a stop symbol instead of a play button

The Machines

This YouTube Trend Is Getting Increasingly More Annoying

Barbara Stanwyck at a telegraph in 'Union Pacific'

Defector At The Movies

Barbara Stanwyck Could Talk The Sun Into Rising In The West

Imane Khelif of Team Algeria and Angela Carini of Team Italy exchange punches

J.K. Rowling Invents A Trans Olympian To Get Mad At

Mary Cassatt's "In The Loge" - a woman in the late 1800s uses opera glasses to look at something from a theater box, while a man looks at her from a distance

Who’s Allowed To Look?

Pro Wrestling

Flaws Can Make A Wrestler Feel Real

Overexplained Lists

1990s Blockbusters I Haven’t Seen, Ranked

Shohei Ohtani Speaks In Dingers

Wings Week

How Long Is The Yzerplan Supposed To Take, Anyway?

orange baked breaded tofu in a skillet on rice

Embrace Tofu Wings

Brandy Jensen

Patrick Redford

Wait By The Door, Light A Cigarette, And Listen To Miranda Lambert With Defector Music Club

<p>Heather Chen is a former Defector intern and the managing editor at the <em>Columbia Daily Spectator</em>. She loves hockey, photography, and the good ol’ state of Michigan.</p>


Heather Wei-Xi Chen

winged eyeliner tutorial screenshot with wings week logo

The Not-So-Great Defector Make-Off Ascends The Challenge Of Winged Eyeliner

Baseballs Fly In Arlington, Almost As If They Had Wings

TORONTO, ONTARIO - FEBRUARY 02: Wild Wing of the Anaheim Ducks competes in the NHL mascots game during the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Scotiabank Arena on February 02, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)

Wild Wing Keeps The Ducks Mighty

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Ben Braymer #40 of the Rochester Red Wings throws a pitch in the third inning against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at Frontier Field on May 18, 2021 in Rochester, New York. (Photo by Joshua Bessex/Getty Images)

An Interview With The Biggest Washington Nationals Prospect Sicko Any Of Us Know

two actors sitting on stage, looking at each other, in Illinoise

‘Illinoise’ Carries The Spirit That Makes Sufjan Stevens Special

Life and Trust logo on skyscraper background

The Master Key To Great Immersive Theater Is People

Long Rebuilds Are For Prey, Not Predators

Joel Quenneville and Stan Bowman speak to media