Month: November 2014
Nicki Minaj Re-Appropriates Nazism, And It Looks Far Chicer
Nicki Minaj continues to cause outrage with the latest single, “Only,” from her forthcoming The Pinkprint album. Set against the backdrop of animated Nazi/fascist imagery, [Read More…]
“Ain’t No Sunshine” Only Ever Applies to Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts, possibly the last of the great Hollywood actresses of the “mega movie star” era that seemed to end in the 90s, has frequently [Read More…]
In Love With In Love
Alfred Hayes is one of those great writers that everyone should know about, but somehow tends to fall by the wayside when compared to other [Read More…]
Quintessentially 80s Moves
The 1980s were brimming with distinction for a number of reasons, and not just because of the decadence and AIDS outbreaks. The way people spoke [Read More…]
Topless “Activism”
To quote Lily Allen, “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless ’cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous.” Indeed, this still [Read More…]
No More Mascara Tears for Jennifer Aniston
Few celebrities are capable of touting the no-makeup look while actually being able to carry it off (see Britney Spears and Kim Kardashian for examples). [Read More…]
Sophia Loren Owns Her Bitchery Toward Jayne Mansfield
We’ve all seen the photo. The one that practically invented the concept of “mean girls.” Taken in 1957 at a party to welcome Sophia Loren [Read More…]
Dear Black People, Dear White People Is the Cultural Paradigm Shift/Compensation For Madea You’ve Been Waiting For
It would be easy for “white folk” to take Dear White People the wrong way, to interpret it as a sort of propaganda designed to [Read More…]
The Thematic Parallels Between Ben Lerner and Tao Lin
Although frequently compared to some sort of modern day David Foster Wallace (a phrase that sounds somewhat incongruous considering DFW was in his prime in [Read More…]