Traffic sucks. It's just fumes and honking, for the most part. But occasionally, a little bit of color emerges on the back of the car in front of you—a bumper sticker can turn a dull commute into a ...

Here in auto-saturated Los Angeles, the bumper sticker has always been a healthy form of self-expression. But in recent years, they’ve become far weirder than your average tourist-trap souvenir or ...

A car is like an extension of its owner; it can be adorned, bedazzled, and upgraded to look like a futuristic piece of art. If you're a 2000s kid and remember MTV's Pimp My Ride, you know what we're ...

On a recent road trip, I found numerous funny, bittersweet, or just bitter or idiotic political bumper stickers a welcome distraction from $4.50 gas, but also thought I should remind everybody who has ...

Jeanne Vaccaro, a scholar and curator from Kansas, always wanted to become a bumper sticker person. For years, she collected stickers from artists, musicians and bookstores, but she kept them away ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Guess what? If you see a smutty, sexist, obscene, vulgar, or racist bumper ...

If you want to spot cars you should keep your distance from, look no further than their bumpers. A social psychologist at Colorado State University conducted a study of drivers and found that those ...

Los Angeles has reached peak bumper sticker: It’s now common to see cars displaying a rainbow of decals. Today’s stickers often mimic classic formulations from bumper stickers past and declare loyalty ...