Category: Music
Nick Lachey: Jessica Simpson’s Least Favorite Mistake
On TV, it would appear that Nick Lachey was the one who had to suffer through and endure the often vacuous antics of Jessica Simpson. [Read More…]
Grace Jones Throws Shade/Calls Every Other Female in Music Shit–And Is Largely Right
If anyone in the music industry is allowed to throw shade, it’s Grace Jones. Unlike, say, Kim Gordon, who called out Lana Del Rey–“who doesn’t [Read More…]
Selena Gomez’s “Good For You” Transports Us Back to the Early 20th Century
Just as Britney Spears’ “Born to Make You Happy” serves as an anthem for women of the 1950s, now Selena Gomez’s “Good For You” is [Read More…]
Accusing Taylor Swift of Promoting Colonialism in Latest Video Is Giving Her A Bit Too Much Credit
To quote Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona in 10 Things I Hate About You, “What is it with this chick? She have beer-flavored nipples?” This [Read More…]
Is Awkwardness the New Controversy?: A Question Posed by the 2015 VMAs
It’s no secret that the VMA’s have been in sharp decline since the infamous Britney/Madonna (and Christina) kiss in 2003, but the depths of just [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s Onstage Shtick Is Getting Old
At this point in the Taylor Swift game, it’s safe to say that the extent of any backlash directed toward her has stemmed only from [Read More…]
Gaysters—Gay, Young Hipsters—Love American Life For the Exact Reason You Would Expect
*please note: no offense is meant by the terms “gayster,” “old school gay” or “new school gay.” If you take offense, you simply don’t get [Read More…]
Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number–Unless You’re Madonna: A Birthday Defense
What vexes me to no end about comments on an older woman’s aesthetic is that it always boils down to, “She looks great–for her age.” [Read More…]
Machine Gun Del Rey
“Boy look at you lookin’ at me/I know you know how I feel,” the seemingly sentimental opening to “High By The Beach,” has suddenly taken [Read More…]
The Depiction of Nostalgia in Madonna’s “This Used To Be My Playground”
In 1992, it was difficult to imagine Madonna without her clothes off, yet she put them back on quite seamlessly to create the song and [Read More…]
