Category: Commentary
Why We Want to Believe in Betty White’s Last Word
As more vivid details emerge about Betty White’s death, including how she suffered a stroke six days prior to dying on December 31, 2021, among [Read More…]
Open Your Heart to May-December Romance: Madonna’s Love of Licorice Pizza
It’s no secret that Madonna has mentioned on numerous occasions in the past that she often finds herself drawn to younger men post-Guy Ritchie because [Read More…]
Sandie and Britney: Last Night in Soho Calls Out How Women with Entertainment Aspirations Are Automatically Assumed to Be “Prostitution Material”
Britney, too, just wanted to sing. That was her big dream. Much like Sandie’s (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho. What no [Read More…]
The Continued Wake-Up Call About Celebrity Worship and How Astroworld Proves “Stay at Home” is Forever Relevant
Although, with the “passage” of 2020 (which is never really over and has become something of an Overlook Hotel situation for us all), everyone wanted [Read More…]
Kylie Jenner Lets Them Eat Cake by Posting Photo of Ambulance Showing Up on Her Instagram, Tries to Backpedal With “Thoughts and Prayers”
Part of the prerequisite for “transcending” into a billionaire is that you have to surrender any part of what might be left of your beating [Read More…]
Don’t Kill the Critic, They’re Just the Messenger Saying What No One Else Will
Everyone’s always saying shit like, “Bitch if you’re watching, you’re a fan” or “If you don’t like me and still watch everything I do, you’re [Read More…]
Britney Taking Up the Ashley O Mantle with Nine Inch Nails
It’s been pointed out a number of times at this juncture that Britney Spears’ conservatorship nightmare eerily mimics some of the key plot points of [Read More…]
Perhaps It’s Time for a New Kind of Methadone to Wean People Off Their Social Media Withdrawals
Social media “outages” are generally few and far between, with Facebook’s last major one occurring in 2019 for almost—gasp!—a full day (obviously, a major blow [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…]
Celebrity Sympathy Is The New Black
It wouldn’t be right to say celebrity “empathy” is the new black, for that would entail “normals” could actually put themselves in the (Louboutin) shoes [Read More…]