Lady Arcadia: Lana Del Rey Edges Further Away From L.A. (Both Literally and Symbolically) While Still Remaining Reverent Toward It
Lana Del Rey has been hinting for quite a while at some sort of shift away from the town that has inspired and kept her [Read More…]
Angelyne 4 Governor of California: A Mirror of the State’s Psychology
California provides fodder for the world, there’s no denying it. Sometimes, that fodder is aspirational, and sometimes that fodder serves only to invoke more mockery [Read More…]
Laura and The Night House: On Killing For Love
While Otto Preminger’s 1944 classic, Laura, and David Bruckner’s recent film, The Night House, might appear to be completely dissimilar, there is one essential aspect [Read More…]
Pierrot Le Fou’s Discourse on the Infection of Americanism in Europe and the Absurdity of Modern Society
As his bourgeois wife forces him to go to a party (one he would rather avoid) so that he can be introduced to the head [Read More…]
The Beyoncé Conundrum As Presented By “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Beyoncé is one of many icons that people have difficulty seeing as mortal (despite her dalliance with Sisqo). Her deification has only intensified over the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Oughta Know to Add Alanis Morissette to the “good 4 u” Songwriting Credits As Well
“All I did was try my best, this the kinda thanks I get,” Olivia Rodrigo now famously bemoans on, “brutal,” the opening track to Sour. [Read More…]
The Madonna/Janet Argument Is One of False Equivalence, But Since We Must Once Again Compare…
If one were going to make the claim of who the Queen of Pop was, the obvious answer is Madonna. It’s not a subjectivity or [Read More…]
Halsey and Madonna: Examining the Context of Two “I’m A Mother Now” Albums
Arguably the pioneer of the “rebirth” album by way of giving literal birth, Madonna’s seminal 1998 masterpiece, Ray of Light, signaled a new genre in [Read More…]
Halsey Does Billie Eilish One Better On If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
Unlike, say, Cardi B, who also experienced (and is experiencing) a “young” “with child” phase, Halsey opted to really say something (apart from, you know, [Read More…]
Valeria Season 2 Decides to Succumb Fully to the Sex and the City Comparison (But It’s Still More Interesting to Watch Than Carrie B.’s Fuckery)
When we left Valeria at the end of season one, she was burdened with the decision about what to do regarding her book deal for [Read More…]
