Category: Pop Culture
Madonna Declares the World’s Most Important Profession is Prostitution–And She’s Absolutely Right
Madonna, who continues to effortlessly land magazine covers well after what most assholes would call “the prime of her career,” lends her typical brand of [Read More…]
Courtney Love To Tour With Lana Del Rey, Much To Frances Bean’s Probable Chagrin
Back in June, when Lana Del Rey’s sophomore album, Ultraviolence, was just coming out, the arcane chanteuse told an interviewer for The Guardian, “I wish [Read More…]
A Tale of Three Bettys: Hofstadt, Draper and Francis
While it is generally assumed that Don Draper is the master of reinvention on Mad Men, in truth, it is Betty Hofstadt/Betty Draper/Betty Francis. Starting [Read More…]
TV’s Best Thanksgiving Episodes
Even for the most adamant haters of Thanksgiving (see: Chandler Bing), one can always take comfort in enjoying the crème de la crème of television [Read More…]
Suppression, Or A Betty Draper Thanksgiving
When it comes to the holidays, and Thanksgiving in particular, it’s important to take a fat Betty Draper/Betty Francis approach: eat daintily, if at all. [Read More…]
Mourning the Loss of the Acceptance of Maudlinness in Film (Specifically 90s Cinema)
While, at the time it was happening, the 90s appeared to be an angst-ridden, moody decade, looking back now, it seems like everyone was complaining [Read More…]
The Song That Might Have Saved Britney From A Breakdown
After the scandal and heartache surrounding her breakup with Justin Timberlake amid the not false rumors that Britney Spears cheated on him, the pop princess [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey: The Anti-Feminist
Lana Del Rey, who once said, “For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. I’m more interested in, you know, SpaceX [Read More…]
Mike Nichols: A Director Who Engaged in All Sides of the Entertainment Business
Escaping from Nazi Germany as a 7-year-old in 1939, the dramatic stage was set for Mike Nichols early on in life. His family fled to [Read More…]
Corrado “Head Giver” Soprano & the Comment on Oral Sex in the Modern Age
When it comes to the old school mentality, nothing is more antiquated than a man who doesn’t give head. In season one of The Sopranos, [Read More…]