Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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) ...

Last week in Seattle, at the conclusion of a rowdy contest held in a public park on Capitol Hill, a young man named Marcus Jennings emerged victorious at one of the most TikToked events in recent ...

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 ...

Hold your Labubus tight — the performative males are approaching in oversized shirts and matcha in hand. An informal “performative male contest” was held at UF’s Plaza of the Americas on Monday ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. You can easily recognize one: his shoulder is usually seen with a tote bag that has a Labubu securely attached ...

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 ...