Category: Pop Culture
A (Short n’ Sweet, But Highly Effective) Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter Might Make Mariah Quake in Her Santa Boots
In the (Christmas) spirit of seasonal specials that have come before, Sabrina Carpenter jumps right into the overlying message of X(xx)mas: materialism. Because, yes, she rightfully [Read More…]
Madonna Is Still the Greatest Pop Star of the Twenty-First Century
While no one wants to hear this (least of all ageists or the Beyhive), Madonna remains, despite Billboard’s recent list to the contrary, the greatest pop [Read More…]
When It Comes to Fellow Women in the Film Industry, Sydney Sweeney Echoes What Megan Thee Stallion Says About Rap
As Sydney Sweeney continues to make a name for herself as part of the next wave of A-list actors in Hollywood (however unglamorous and “un-A-list” [Read More…]
Rachel and Amanda Have Effectively Said “You Can’t Sit With Us” to Lindsay and Lacey More Than the Other Way Around
As Lindsay Lohan and Lacey Chabert celebrate the release of their two subpar Netflix movies by orbiting the promotion circuit together, some might be wondering [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…]
Madonna Endures a New Era of Survivor’s Guilt
Throughout her life, Madonna has frequently talked about having survivor’s guilt. Namely, when it comes to all the people she lost in the 1980s to [Read More…]
Bayou Bride: Lana Del Rey Delivers The Biggest (Yet Most On-Brand) Shock of Her Career By Getting Married to a Swamp Tour Guide
If Lana Del Rey is known for anything besides her melancholic melodies, it’s dating “working-class,” salt of the earth men. Indeed, the most famous men [Read More…]
