I Am Your Bitch, Please Hang Your Shit On Me, Or: The Madonna Influence on Babygirl
A wise woman named Madonna once said, “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they [Read More…]
Babygirl: It’s Okay for “Modern” Women to Want Things They “Shouldn’t”—And Have Them, Too
At a time when it’s easy to take everything literally, a film like Halina Reijn’s Babygirl can be dangerous when interpreted in the wrong hands. Namely, conservative [Read More…]
Nosferatu Was Made For Lana Del Rey a.k.a. Ellen Hutter
While The Shangri-Las might have been the OGs when it came to perfecting the notion of “he’s good bad, but he’s not evil,” Lana Del [Read More…]
The Idol…Is Nosferatu
As though to make up for being the star of what has been one of the worst-reviewed TV series in recent memory, The Idol, Lily-Rose Depp [Read More…]
Jimmy Carter: The Death of a “Peacenik” & Its Inauspicious Timing
While, yes, Jimmy Carter was the “ripe old age” of a hundred when he passed away on December 29, 2024, something about the timing—as “expected” [Read More…]
Addressing the “Christmas Gooch” Period: Sabrina Carpenter’s “is it new years yet?”
On the December 18th episode of Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver’s biweekly podcast, Miss Me?, Oliver perspicaciously mentions, “There is a part of Christmas that can [Read More…]
It Means Nothing: The Kim Kardashian “Santa Baby” Video Is a Snapshot of America
While Kim Kardashian may continue to be generally hated (turning that hate into a multibillion dollar “underwear” empire), there’s no denying that, in the twenty-first [Read More…]
Christmas or Otherwise, Die Hard Reflects How The System Is Designed to Stymie Everything (Particularly in the Event of an Emergency or Special Circumstance)
While Die Hard, to those who don’t look beyond its big-budget, explosive-filled surface, might seem like just another “light” action movie, the John McTiernan-directed feature has [Read More…]
“Last Christmas” Is Eternally This Christmas: Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
If you thought the cultural reassessment of Wham! was over after the release of Chris Smith’s 2023 documentary, you thought wrong. Because now, there’s a documentary [Read More…]
A (Short n’ Sweet, But Highly Effective) Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter Might Make Mariah Quake in Her Santa Boots
In the (Christmas) spirit of seasonal specials that have come before, Sabrina Carpenter jumps right into the overlying message of X(xx)mas: materialism. Because, yes, she rightfully [Read More…]
