Tag: Culled Culture
Only Chill Vibes in the Building: There’s No Harshing Rema and Selena Gomez’s Mellow in the Video for “Calm Down”
Selena Gomez’s determination to come fully into her own as she embarks upon her thirties seems to be continuing with the release of a new [Read More…]
The “Expiry” of Elizabeth II, Or: Well, Shit–Death Really Is Real
She was one of those rare figures one never could have imagined dying. Like Putin or Cheney (because evil never dies). Elizabeth II has been [Read More…]
Now’s the Time: Abolish the Monarchy
Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to “mourning” the queen. Because, for the better part of her reign, she was [Read More…]
X Marks the Gerontophobic Spot
It’s perhaps one of those ideas that no one immediately realizes is brilliant because it’s so simple: to make aging—and the fear of it—the key [Read More…]
Saucy Santana Essentially Said, “I Hated Rich People Until I Was One”
By now, it should be evident that we all say it’s not “okay” to be a shitty human being… until money enters the picture. At [Read More…]
Jay-Z, Champion of Capitalism as “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” As Opposed to System That Has Fucked Over Most of His Brethren
Capitalism and the Black community do not exactly constitute an “acceptable” (and certainly not “safe”) topic to talk about. Least of all by a white [Read More…]
House of Hammer: Sociopathy Is in the Blood, Or: The “Pratfalls” of Privilege Only Seem to Hurt Others
In every fucked-up family, perhaps somebody finally has to be the one to stand up and say, “Enough.” Usually, that person is a woman and, [Read More…]
American Booty: Nicki Confirms That All the “Super Freaky” Shit Happens in Suburbia
With a song that speaks to sexual freakdom, no one should have been surprised that Nicki Minaj’s concept for the “Super Freaky Girl” video would [Read More…]
Janus-Faced Politicker or Mere Pawn in the Capitalist Agenda?: Gorbachev
It’s easy for the West to say that Russia had a “complicated” relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev in that it doesn’t want to flatly admit that [Read More…]
Polio Who? Tove Lo Goes J. Lo in Water-Drenched “2 Die 4” Video
In a time when being afraid of everything seems inevitable, luckily, we have pop music to make us believe it’s all “just fine.” This includes [Read More…]
