Tag: 00s pop culture
Hilary Duff’s Comeback Success Has Nothing to Do With Luck (…Or Something) and Everything to Do With the Same Earnestness That Established Her Career to Begin With
The last time Hilary Duff released an album, it was just days before anyone knew that Donald Trump would make his intentions to run for [Read More…]
Paris, Lindsay and Britney This Is Not: Why the Kim, Khloé and Britney Hangout Reeks
In what is one of many instances in 2025 that might have people questioning if certain videos and images are “real” (as in, not AI-generated), [Read More…]
War of the Denim Brands Trying to Play Up the 2000s (a More Marked Time of White Supremacy BTW) Instead of “Great Jeans”
Ever since Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle got it so wrong with their jeans ad, it’s been a free-for-all of shade-throwing on the ad campaign [Read More…]
Zara Larsson’s “Midnight Sun” Video Is An Homage to 00s Aesthetics, But Especially Madonna’s “Love Profusion”
As MARINA recently said on the opening verse to “I <3 You,” “They’re all going to Y2K.” This message was received loud and clear by Zara [Read More…]
The “More to Lose” Tie-in to Almost Famous
As Miley Cyrus continues to stoke anticipation for her ninth album, Something Beautiful, “More to Lose,” the fourth song from it that she’s released with an [Read More…]
The Irony of Jenna Bush Calling Her Summer of ‘01 in New York “Fun”
Among several non sequitur guests to appear on Kristin Davis’ Sex and the City-centric podcast, Are You a Charlotte? (including Blakely Thornton and Christine Taylor), Jenna Bush—or [Read More…]
Addison Rae’s “High Fashion”: Her Version of “Material Girl,” With a Dash of Britney, Lana, Carrie and Dorothy Thrown Into the Visuals
With the flick of a lighter, the video for Addison Rae’s first single of the year (and third single in the span of about seven [Read More…]
Like Hilton’s Debut, Paris, Infinite Icon Is Designed To Fit the Mold of the Current Culture Climate
The year was 2006. Paris Hilton was still at an apex of her aughts-era fame—which she’s continued to parlay into pop cultural clout all the [Read More…]
On Carrie Bradshaw Developing the Idea for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Although it’s easy to shit on Sex and the City in the present, there are occasional moments in the show when one realizes how truly [Read More…]
The Boons and Banes of Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Blink Twice
Romy Schneider once said, “Memories are the best things in life, I think.” But are they, really, if some of them serve only as a [Read More…]
