Tag: Culled Culture
Mondo Ironico #2: Mexico Decriminalizing Abortion
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture/politics is. On the heels of Texas going straight up [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “Good Ones” Assumes There Are Any Good Ones to Let Go
After a year spent in lockdown, it’s evident that Charli XCX is ready to take full advantage of the “no restrictions” policy that has come [Read More…]
Angelyne 4 Governor of California: A Mirror of the State’s Psychology
California provides fodder for the world, there’s no denying it. Sometimes, that fodder is aspirational, and sometimes that fodder serves only to invoke more mockery [Read More…]
Pierrot Le Fou’s Discourse on the Infection of Americanism in Europe and the Absurdity of Modern Society
As his bourgeois wife forces him to go to a party (one he would rather avoid) so that he can be introduced to the head [Read More…]
The Beyoncé Conundrum As Presented By “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Beyoncé is one of many icons that people have difficulty seeing as mortal (despite her dalliance with Sisqo). Her deification has only intensified over the [Read More…]
Halsey and Madonna: Examining the Context of Two “I’m A Mother Now” Albums
Arguably the pioneer of the “rebirth” album by way of giving literal birth, Madonna’s seminal 1998 masterpiece, Ray of Light, signaled a new genre in [Read More…]
A Tale of Two Marnies: The Book Version and the Film Version
Marnie might be one of the most problematic Alfred Hitchcock movies of all-time, which is really saying something as there are so many affronting cinematic [Read More…]
Kim Petras Claims “Future Starts Now” While Relying on Stale Visuals of the Past to Elucidate Everyone’s Parisian Fantasy
Although the video itself has yet to arrive, Kim Petras has provided us with a “visualizer” (the latest trend that seems somehow superfluous when people [Read More…]
Armond Is The Poster Child for Middle Management Hell
Among the many unforgettable moments that transpired in Mike White’s latest series, The White Lotus, the character of Armond (Murray Bartlett) himself is possibly the [Read More…]
An “Ear Witness”: The Sound and Fury of Blow Out
Each Brian De Palma film, in its own unique way, says something about the auteur’s self-perception, as well as his darkly tinctured views on this [Read More…]