Category: Pop Culture
SATC’s “Hot Child in the City” Predicted the Current Millennial/Gen Z “Mindset Swap”
As a show that gets continually reassessed in a harsh light with every “years later” rewatch, a batch of Gen Zers recently viewing Sex and [Read More…]
The Three Instances of Monoculture in 2023 Were Helmed By White Women: Taylor, Barbie and Britney
As the halfway mark of 2024 occurs, further reflection on where society was this time last year can’t help but come to mind (and, for [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #49: Attempting to Sue Madonna For Being “Pornographic”
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture…and all that it affects. [Read More…]
What Continues to Stand Out at Every Basquiat x Warhol Exhibition is How Each Artist Gleefully Exploited the Other
Every so often, a museum dredges up the collaboration that occurred between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1985. Most recently, that museum was Fondation [Read More…]
A Bitch and A Girl and A Mother and A Whore: Julia Fox Takes A Page From Meredith Brooks Re: the Multifaceted Nature of Being A Woman
In 1997, Meredith Brooks single-handedly reminded the masses that women were far more than just one convenient label (most often: “Mother”…or, worse still, “Homemaker”). That [Read More…]
From “I Kissed A Girl” to “Good Luck, Babe!”: Queer Yearning and Regret Gets A More Layered and Genuine Upgrade in Pop Song Form
In 2008, Katy Perry caught her big break with “I Kissed A Girl” (made all the more retroactively cringe because Dr. Luke co-produced it). After [Read More…]
AHS: Delicate Succeeds Only in Trying to Ruin “Sooner or Later” by Madonna
Almost as though American Horror Story is actively trying to get worse with each new season, AHS: Delicate proves to be no exception to the [Read More…]
What Does It Say About the Current Culture That A Critic Has To Hide Their Name to Write An Unfiltered Assessment of a Taylor Swift Album?
While Taylor Swift, in her cloying manner, has seen fit to post all of the glowing reviews she collected about The Tortured Poets Department by [Read More…]
Madonna Ushered “Yeehaw Culture” Into the Mainstream
While the term “yeehaw culture” (an oxymoron if ever there was one) has only recently become a “trend” (along with the phrase “yeehaw agenda”), Madonna [Read More…]
2012 Strikes Again: Lana Del Rey Determined to Send A Message That She Hasn’t Forgotten About the Critical Crucifixion of Her Early Career During Coachella Performance
If there’s one thing 2024 has taught us so far, it’s that celebrities don’t forget a slight (*cough cough* Beyoncé making Cowboy Carter in response [Read More…]
