Tag: millennials
“Your Pain Is Your Biggest Asset”: Not Okay Goes for the White Girl’s Jugular and the Here-to-Stay Trend of Pain Performed for Fame
Once upon a time, on a street corner in Bushwick (where, of course, the “protagonist” of Not Okay lives), there was a manicured (read: commissioned) [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “Hot Girl” As Regina George’s Thesis Statement
“White Capitalist Bitch” might be a more to-the-point name for Charli XCX’s new single, “Hot Girl” (not to be mistaken for her other temperature-as-aesthetic new [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Assessment of Herself As the Voice of a Generation on “Hot In It” Is More Accurate Than Lena Dunham Once Saying the Same
Known for her tongue-in-cheek bravado (especially during the Crash era), Charli XCX has truly perfected the art through her latest single with Tiësto, “Hot In [Read More…]
A Generational Divide Intermixes With the Amélie and Frances Ha Qualities of The Worst Person in The World
Amélie is arguably a film that defined a genre. Described as a “fanciful comedy about a young woman…creating a world exclusively of her own making,” [Read More…]
Senior Year: Never Been Kissed With A Coma Angle, Or: A Millennial Falls for the Gen Z Outlook
Speaking to us from the vantage point of having already endured “the shit” going down, there’s something very Easy A about the intro moments to [Read More…]
J. Lo Wielding “Adulting”: Another Harbinger of the Word’s Cringe Factor
There is, to be sure, a difference between staying in touch with your “inner child” and all the sense of youthful wonder that comes with [Read More…]
Electra Heart: The Album of a Generation
While many are quick to deem Lana Del Rey’s debut (we don’t acknowledge Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant), Born to Die, as the “true” [Read More…]
The Dropout: Elizabeth Holmes Had More Game Than Anna Delvey
“Today we’re taking the first step to making health care accessible to everyone in this country.” That was probably Elizabeth Holmes’ initial mistake in terms [Read More…]
On Born to Die’s Tenth Anniversary, Let Us Reflect Upon How the Album Would Fare Today, Plus the “We All Died in 2012” Theory
The accelerated pace at which society has altered in the years since one, Lana Del Rey, released her debut album, Born to Die, is almost [Read More…]
Love as Capitalistic Propaganda That’s Harder to Sell in the Current Job Climate
When you think about it, it’s strange how “love” was the very thing that once fortified such enthusiasm for the “ideals” of capitalism. At its [Read More…]
