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…]
Mondo Ironico #9: Trying to Experience “Luxury” At a Bridgerton Themed Ball in Detroit, Or: Is Eating Kit Kats and Watching A Stripper on a Portable Pole Not Enough For You?
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Detroit might have come a long way since [Read More…]
Naturally, Imposter Syndrome Is Tackled Through the Lens of “Being A Screenwriter” in Only Murders in the Building’s “Adaptation” Episode
When it comes to wanting to emulate a certain screenwriter, the biggest “douchebag cliché” veers toward Charlie Kaufman worship. In the screenwriting world, it almost [Read More…]
Even Paris Hilton Has Managed to Release an Album That’s More Listenable Than Katy Perry’s 143
If one wanted to know just how embarrassing a musical “comeback” can be, the new benchmark is Katy Perry. Although expectations for 143, her seventh [Read More…]
Chappell Roan’s “Unwitting” Charli XCX Shade
Move over, Billie Eilish, there’s a new environmentally-conscious Gen Z pop star in the mix, and it’s none other than Chappell Roan. Despite her classification [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #8: Britney’s Formerly “Too Sexy For Children” Looks Suddenly Being Distilled Into Toy Form
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. For anyone who witnessed the rise of Britney [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #8: Another Male Kennedy Scandal Involving Philandering
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Where once it [Read More…]
Rae Gives Del Rey: The “Diet Pepsi” Video
Although Addison Rae might be Charli XCX’s number one fan (though it sometimes seems like the other way around), it is Lana Del Rey who [Read More…]
Katy Perry Continues to Tout Her Retro Sensibilities on “I’m His, He’s Mine”
It didn’t take watching the “Woman’s World” video or listening to its lyrical content to know that Katy Perry is, despite her “strongest” attempts at [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #51: Katy Perry’s Medley at the VMAs Being Called A Serve
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.In [Read More…]