Category: Pop Culture
Beyoncé’s Most Political Year Yet
Beyoncé has been on her “Yeehaw, America!” tip from the very start of the year. With a country music album (Cowboy Carter) and a cover [Read More…]
Kamala Harris Takes Us Back To 2016 With Her Campaign Song Choice For A Pointed Reason
In sharp contrast to, say, Ronald Reagan using Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” during his 1984 campaign against the singer’s will and with a [Read More…]
It’s All Coming Back to the Audience Now, Or: Céline Dion: The Ultimate Athlete at the Olympics
During the opening of I Am: Céline Dion, the gut-wrenching, Irene Taylor-directed documentary about the singer’s rare medical condition, Stiff Person Syndrome, an interview with [Read More…]
“Ride” and The Bikeriders: An Obvious Match
Although Jeff Nichols’ latest film, The Bikeriders, is absolutely correct in wielding The Shangri-Las’ “Out in the Streets” as the constant musical refrain throughout the [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Fenway Park Show As Analogy for the Current State of the U.S.
On June 20th (incidentally, the eve of the chanteuse’s birthday), Lana Del Rey belatedly took the stage at Fenway Park for what would mark her [Read More…]
A Mean Girl With “Complexity”: Cressida Bitchface
It is both a difficult and rare thing to lend something like “depth” to the proverbial mean girl. More often than not, it simply isn’t [Read More…]
“Please Please Please” As A Theme Song For Britney Spears’ Dating History
Perhaps of all the celebrity women who can relate to a song like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Britney Spears is the most equipped to [Read More…]
SATC’s “Hot Child in the City” Predicted the Current Millennial/Gen Z “Mindset Swap”
As a show that gets continually reassessed in a harsh light with every “years later” rewatch, a batch of Gen Zers recently viewing Sex and [Read More…]
The Three Instances of Monoculture in 2023 Were Helmed By White Women: Taylor, Barbie and Britney
As the halfway mark of 2024 occurs, further reflection on where society was this time last year can’t help but come to mind (and, for [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #49: Attempting to Sue Madonna For Being “Pornographic”
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture…and all that it affects. [Read More…]
