A Bitch and A Girl and A Mother and A Whore: Julia Fox Takes A Page From Meredith Brooks Re: the Multifaceted Nature of Being A Woman
In 1997, Meredith Brooks single-handedly reminded the masses that women were far more than just one convenient label (most often: “Mother”…or, worse still, “Homemaker”). That [Read More…]
An Ode to It Girls and Sociopathy: Charli XCX’s “360”
In Madonna’s seminal 1990 hit, “Vogue,” she talks about how Rita Hayworth “gave good face.” That’s at least eighty percent of the “job” description of [Read More…]
From “I Kissed A Girl” to “Good Luck, Babe!”: Queer Yearning and Regret Gets A More Layered and Genuine Upgrade in Pop Song Form
In 2008, Katy Perry caught her big break with “I Kissed A Girl” (made all the more retroactively cringe because Dr. Luke co-produced it). After [Read More…]
The Idea of You Is No Threat to Notting Hill or Even Music and Lyrics
For those who didn’t think (or believe it possible) that there was such a thing as a “Coachella rom-com,” The Idea of You is here [Read More…]
“These Gays, They’re Trying to Murder Me”: How Tanya’s Plotline in The White Lotus Speaks to Gay Male Misogyny
Being that viewers will likely continue to reel from the season two finale of The White Lotus for years to come, it bears noting that [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” Mimics the Frothiness of Selena Gomez’s “Love On”
While Sabrina Carpenter might not have written a song about cappuccino, “Espresso” has plenty of (sonic) froth to offer. And it’s of the variety that [Read More…]
Nellie McKay’s “Columbia Is Bleeding” Has Taken On A New Meaning
In 2006, when another U.S.-backed war was raging, Nellie McKay released her sophomore album, Pretty Little Head. Among the many gems on the record (including [Read More…]
Neither Radical Nor Incredibly Optimistic, Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Still Manages to Contend For Album of the Summer (Hell, Maybe Even the Year)
Commencing with an immediate callback to the sound of Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman,” Dua Lipa kicks off what is sure to be the album of [Read More…]
The Fall Guy Blows Up Tom Cruise’s Braggadocio and Quentin Tarantino’s Tributes to Stuntmen
As far as movies that acknowledge the importance of stuntmen (because no one thinks of this as a profession for stuntwomen, clearly), the only one [Read More…]
AHS: Delicate Succeeds Only in Trying to Ruin “Sooner or Later” by Madonna
Almost as though American Horror Story is actively trying to get worse with each new season, AHS: Delicate proves to be no exception to the [Read More…]
