The Grim Fan Fiction Presented by the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial
In 2023, Wal-Mart has so “generously” allowed us to catch a glimpse into the lives of where the mean girls from 2004 are now. Not [Read More…]
Gen Zers Think Millennials Are Cringe, But Still Want to Emulate Them in the Mean Girls Commercial
Apart from being one of the most overt pieces of capitalist propaganda to wield pop culture in recent memory, the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart commercial [Read More…]
Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial: A None Too Subtle Trojan Horse for Capitalism Via Millennial Nostalgia
As the “reunion” that everyone’s been waiting for, it was practically inevitable that the Mean Girls “assembly” (high school pun intended) would disappoint. Mainly because, [Read More…]
“Letting” Foxes in the Henhouse: Killers of the Flower Moon
It’s only fitting that the word “Osage,” what the French decided to call the Native American tribe that’s actually named Wazhazhe, loosely translates to “calm [Read More…]
The BoJack Horseman/Matthew Perry Parallel
While Matthew Perry, like his other fellow Friends cast members (mainly Jennifer Aniston), may have been able to secure enough film work in the 90s [Read More…]
Kim Kardashian Makes No Apology For Using Climate Change As Part of Her Method for Selling More Shit That Will Contribute to Climate Change
Even though October is certainly the time to exhibit frights and horrors, perhaps nobody could have anticipated what Kim Kardashian had in store for Halloween. [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Takes Us Back to 2014 With 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
In 2014, a mere nine years ago, the world seemed simpler. It always does with hindsight. But in 2014’s case, things really were decidedly “safe” [Read More…]
Goosebumps Comes For the Very Generation That Grew Up On It
When it comes to repackaging pop culture, nothing has ever been sacred. Least of all R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps, which has been reworked a few [Read More…]
Not Justin Ken’ing Britney While She Was Having An Abortion
There is a very particular moment in Britney Spears’ revelatory The Woman In Me, during which she at last has the courage to rehash having [Read More…]
A White Picket Marriage of Sonic Ideals: Holly Macve and Lana Del Rey’s “Suburban House”
At a glance, Holly Macve might be easily mistaken for “Lizzy Grant.” That is to say, a blonde version of Lana Del Rey. The Irish [Read More…]
