Tag: baby boomers
When The Party’s Over: On Party City’s Closure
In many ways, it seems fitting that Party City was founded in 1986, a year when millennials were starting to be birthed in full force [Read More…]
September 11th Is Nothing But a Meme to Gen Z
Unlike the infamous December 7th date that baby boomers would forever be conditioned to remember and respect by their forebears, September 11th is becoming less [Read More…]
Madonna’s Emotional Speech in Detroit is Rife With Boomerisms
Despite Madonna constantly being called “old,” few people seem to immediately brand her as “boomer,” the very generation she hails from. For some reason, Madonna [Read More…]
The Evolution of Songs About Nuclear War From Serious Threat to Love Metaphor, Or: The Present Relevancy of Charli XCX’s “Nuclear Seasons” and MARINA’s “Radioactive”
While everyone had assumed that 1) Putin would never dare to actually invade Ukraine and that 2) if he did, it would never go on [Read More…]
Love as Capitalistic Propaganda That’s Harder to Sell in the Current Job Climate
When you think about it, it’s strange how “love” was the very thing that once fortified such enthusiasm for the “ideals” of capitalism. At its [Read More…]
The Reality Is, As a Twenty-Six Foot Statue in Palm Springs Or Not, Marilyn Was Still A Sex Symbol
She said it herself: “If I’m going to be a symbol of something, I’d rather have it sex than some other things we’ve got symbols [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #33: The Generational War Over an Emoji
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
Some Kind of Heaven… Or Some Kind of Purgatory
“Getting old ain’t for sissies,” an aphorism most frequently attributed to Bette Davis, has changed tack over the years. Like millennials being accused of never [Read More…]
Bob Dylan Just Schooled Lana Del Rey On How To Be Lana Del Rey With “Murder Most Foul”
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times last year, Lana Del Rey was asked of her fans’ eerie obsession with everything she does, “Do [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #3: Aaliyah Lying About Age Being Nothing But A Number
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies in pop culture… and all that it affects. During this, the [Read More…]
