I first encountered the persistent abuse of the word “relatable” while teaching college classes in 2011 and 2012. My students understood the word as a compliment, applying it to texts, situations, and ...

I think I first heard a student declare a book “not relatable” about five years ago. I got the gist, but the word struck me as strange, clumsy. Before long, though, it had become a regular part of ...

With over 2.9 million members, the subreddit r/meIRL has become a hub for some of the funniest and most relatable content online. Whether it’s a painfully accurate tweet about daily life struggles or ...