Category: Pop Culture
While Lana Del Rey Says That Not Everything Is About Whatever You Want It To Be, Olivia Rodrigo Says It’s Not Her Job to Interpret Songs for People
In the September issue of Rolling Stone, Olivia Rodrigo graces the cover for the first time. A self-declared Lana Del Rey protégée (this after an [Read More…]
“Seemingly Ranch” Taps Into Something Larger: Stale Americana, Mistrust In All Things and Gross U.S. Eating Habits
The inherent mistrust of our collective society was boiled down to two keywords in a caption on September 25, 2023: “seemingly ranch.” The off-handed comment [Read More…]
When Carrie Bradshaw Shamed Women With “Free Time,” Or: In Defense of Charlotte York’s “Retro” Decision to Not Work
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has hardly ever been what one might call a “women’s advocate” (see: defending sexually predatory behavior), once famously shamed [Read More…]
If You Want to Raise Significant Funds for Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Healthcare, Maybe Don’t Auction the “Prize” of Lena Dunham Painting A Mural
As much as people want to believe the saying, “Every little bit helps,” sometimes, in all honesty, it really doesn’t. For, just as Lena Dunham’s [Read More…]
It Took Thirty-Four Years to Admit America Is Actually Godless So That Madonna’s Pepsi Commercial Could be Embraced by the Company and Re-Aired on TV Again
In the final year of the still Reagan-dominated 80s, Madonna again “chose” (as if being inherently controversial to milquetoasts is a choice) to shock the [Read More…]
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the Beyoncé Concert
A headline such as “Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the Beyoncé Concert” seems like the stuff of an AI-generated sentence arbitrarily spit out from [Read More…]
On Paris Hilton Unironically Using “Cruel Summer” For Her Yachting Video
The same week Paris Hilton would end up being criticized for mucking about carefreely in the waters near fire-ravaged Lahaina, she also happened to post [Read More…]
In The Wake the Lizzo Debacle, One Is Reminded That Madonna’s Own Behavior Toward Her Dancers Might Not Have Sat So Well With People Today
As Lizzo has gone expectedly silent amid a climate that doesn’t take so kindly to emotional abuse anymore, one can’t help but think back to [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Serves Up A Heteronormative Wet Dream By Singing “Stand By Your Man” in Arkansas
Lana Del Rey, who has never been one to shy away from heteronormative, 50s/60s-era themes and iconography in her work (in fact, that is the [Read More…]
When Everyone Wants to Believe A Celebrity Is Andy Kaufman’ing It
Ye, Taylor Swift (because Matty Healy), Lizzo, Doja Cat. When it comes to “wanting to believe” a celebrity is merely “putting you on,” the past [Read More…]
