Billie Eilish, Pop Culture Influencer, Becomes a “Victim” of Pop Culture Influence
Just as Get Out made its central focus the very real notion that white people covet certain aspects of Blackness, so, too, does the latest [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey: A Patron Saint of Father’s Day, Or: Every Song By LDR That Mentions “Daddy”
Despite only one line in Lana Del Rey’s 2012 song, “Ride,” mentioning anything about a “Daddy” (while also including “father” in the lyrics, “Dying young [Read More…]
Regarding the Term “Daddy Issues”
There’s this long-held derisive saying. You might have heard it, particularly if you’re a man who likes to use it. It goes simply, “Oh, she’s [Read More…]
BANKS Declares “I’m the Devil” and We Should All Be Okay With That
While we heard from many musicians throughout the “lockdown” (as Americans like to call it despite running wild like unleashed animals for much of 2020), [Read More…]
Death of a Cheerleader and the Lengths A Girl Will Go to Feel Part of the “Right” Class
It was appropriately coined in the 80s by Cyndi Lauper that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Though it would take a few decades for t-shirts [Read More…]
Cruel Summer and Death of a Cheerleader: Lessons in the Detriments of Obsessing Over the Popular Girl
It’s only fitting that a TV movie from the mid-90s about the damaging effects of socioeconomic self-comparison among high school students should be similar in [Read More…]
That Ho Over There Takes on That Hypocrite Over There: Megan Thee Stallion’s “Thot Shit”
Like women taking back the word “bitch” (“slut,” “whore,” “slore”—the gamut), Megan Thee Stallion has decided it’s time to take back the erstwhile derogatory term [Read More…]
Aliens Surely Can’t Be As Prosaic As Humans—But Doja Cat’s “Need To Know” Video Is Just the “Human Experience,” Alien-ified
Because “alien legitimacy” apparently wouldn’t be complete without Grimes, Doja Cat has continued her outer space motif from the “Kiss Me More” video (more than [Read More…]
Neon Nature: MARINA’s Ancient Dreams: Live From the Desert Show
There are two schools of thought on concert-going (particularly post-corona). One states that nothing can imitate the real-life, tactile experience (well, hopefully not too tactile, [Read More…]
Betrayer of the Pale: Lorde Has a Sun-Worshipping Beach Cult (And A Madewell Commercial) in “Solar Power”
The long-awaited return of Lorde has perhaps caused the phenomenon that naturally occurs when too much anticipation builds up: disappointment with the eventual product. There’s [Read More…]
