Category: Politics
It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017
2017 marked the first year that Lana Del Rey actually “deigned” to get political in her music. And yes, it took fellow quintessential white female [Read More…]
The Julia Roberts-Narrated Harris-Walz Ad Sends An Antithetical Message About So-Called Female Empowerment
The message that the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign team (or, to be more precise/fair, their “satellite supporters”) wanted to send with their Julia Roberts-narrated ad—titled [Read More…]
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Impossible to Forget This Year
While it certainly isn’t the “strangest” thing about the U.S. election of 2024, it bears a particularly on-the-nose kind of ominousness that the final date [Read More…]
Woman of the Hour and Saoirse Ronan on The Graham Norton Show: Two Key Moments in “The Culture” Right Now That Tell a Larger Story
In a now viral moment on The Graham Norton Show that, to Saoirse Ronan, came as a complete surprise, the actress casually “quips” (while being [Read More…]
Italians (More Like Italian-Americans) Should Be Happy to Unclaim Christopher Columbus
As far as Italian-American “heroes” go, they’re pretty few and far between. Mainly because all of them seek to represent an embarrassing interpretation of what [Read More…]
Janet Jackson Is Presented as Sinner and Saint in the Span of a Week
“Janet Jackson saved my life” is a far cry from some of the other digs lobbed at the singer this past week, after an interview [Read More…]
September 11th Is Nothing But a Meme to Gen Z
Unlike the infamous December 7th date that baby boomers would forever be conditioned to remember and respect by their forebears, September 11th is becoming less [Read More…]
Trump Brings Back the Worst of the 80s
Although some could argue that Ronald Reagan’s oppressive regime in the 1980s is part of what fueled better pop culture than the schlock of the [Read More…]
Beyoncé’s Most Political Year Yet
Beyoncé has been on her “Yeehaw, America!” tip from the very start of the year. With a country music album (Cowboy Carter) and a cover [Read More…]
Kamala Harris Takes Us Back To 2016 With Her Campaign Song Choice For A Pointed Reason
In sharp contrast to, say, Ronald Reagan using Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” during his 1984 campaign against the singer’s will and with a [Read More…]
