Jordan Boeder
Bros Before Booze?
To drink, or not to drink, that is rarely the most important question—with whom and what to drink tends to have more of an impact on the experience. Yet, even the best drinking ...
Are Tattoos Taboo?
For many Americans, tattoos demonstrate freedom and creativity. For others, tattoos are an expression of love: How else will the person they met on Tinder three weeks ago know ...
Tell Tales of Wedding Bells
Wedding season marks the time for love, family, and overspending on literally anything that could be related to your wedding (looking at you, $50 wedding cake knife that is ...
A Dream Worth Not Remembering
With warmer weather comes having to roll up your car window and blast A/C to avoid cigarette smoke from the car in front of you, dad legs, and Gradient family vacations. After ...
Contentment Is the Greatest Resource
For all the Gen Zs and Millennials who feel weighed down by crushing student debt, entry-level pay for skilled work, and a Tinder account that is surely broken (that last picture ...
TrendSegments: What Does the Hand Say to the Face?
There are three things we do not talk about at Gradient: Bruno, Fight Club, and above all else, Jada Pinkett Smith. In this special edition of Trendlines, we break our silence on ...
The Crysus of Public Educashun
Turning the proverbial school lunch tables, we gave Americans the opportunity to grade their public K-12 education system. Well, well, well Mrs. Stuart, look who’s failing to meet ...
Puttin' Putin in His Place
The situation in Ukraine is developing faster than macrocystis pyrifera. If that comparison is confusing, it’s okay, the whole world is a bit confusing right now. One thing is ...
Rogue Rogan
Nothing like the prospect of WWIII to take your mind off the 2nd birthday of a global pandemic. Not to worry, Gradient is here to remind you that there is still a pandemic. The ...