Category: Pop Culture
The Fine Line Between White Savior Grandiosity and the “Like A Prayer” Video Doing The Very Thing White People Are Being Called Upon to Do
There has been an accusation of late, one that can’t be quelled amid the present climate of hostility and rage that has been brewing for [Read More…]
Bob Dylan Just Schooled Lana Del Rey On How To Be Lana Del Rey With “Murder Most Foul”
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times last year, Lana Del Rey was asked of her fans’ eerie obsession with everything she does, “Do [Read More…]
CoronaV For Vendetta
Thinking back to some of the dystopian “fantasy” movies of the mid-00s, it’s almost eerie how accurate many of the supposedly surreal predictions were (though [Read More…]
Jessica Simpson’s Tell-All Is the One Britney Spears Should Be Giving Us
Perhaps only the hardened millennial girl willing to admit her age to herself will concede to acknowledging that Jessica Simpson was a pretty big fucking [Read More…]
People Getting Excited About Britney Spears Having An Art Show “In France” Is Peak American Naïveté
Even if Britney Spears might not be in total, legitimate control of her life thanks to a seemingly endless battle over terminating the conservatorship that [Read More…]
Pop Culture’s Decreasing Ability to Unite People Through Common Ground Is More Insidious Than One Thinks
As the internet has served as a conduit for what once would have been called “niches” to thrive, the phenomenon of “monoculture” has been essentially [Read More…]
John Lennon: Fighting to Stay in New York Will Result in Premature Death
Every year, on December 8th, fans and pop culture enthusiasts alike gather in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields (what amounts to a not very impressive patch [Read More…]
Grimes & Lana Del Rey Have The Kind of Conversation Overheard in the Paid For by Parents SoHo Lofts of NYU Kids
Although Grimes was the opener for Lana Del Rey for parts of her 2015 Endless Summer Tour, it doesn’t seem like the two would have [Read More…]
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special Is Laughing at Kacey Musgraves’ Idea of “Camp”
Generally met with unanimous praise for its blending of self-awareness, nostalgia and paying “campy” respect to the past by doing a sendup of it (all [Read More…]
Kiss of the Vampire Family: On the Kardashian-Jenners Dressing as Actual Talented Icons for Halloween
With the unveiling of Kylie Jenner’s first Halloween costume of the “season,” a certain pattern of the Kardashian-Jenner juggernaut has been encapsulated. That is to [Read More…]