Tag: Culled Culture
Destination Wedding Adopts The Tone of Woody Allen and the Coupling Principles of American Splendor
For anyone wondering why Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves have never been paired romantically in a contemporarily set and non-animated film before, wonder no more: [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “London Boy” Is A Sonic Map In the Spirit of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’s Geographical Inaccuracies & Implausibilities
Taylor Swift may have recently evaded the reputation of being an Aryan wet dream in her sudden advocacy for the marginalized, but, at the same [Read More…]
You Can’t Choose Your Family, But You Can Choose Not To Marry Into A New One: Ready or Not
While it would be easy to write Ready or Not off as another frivolous horror-comedy (though a film it’s comparable to in many ways, Get [Read More…]
Mourning the Death and Anticipating the Return of the “Great Artist” on Norman Fucking Rockwell
In some ways, Lana Del Rey did a disservice to herself in releasing so many of the tracks before the album release date of August [Read More…]
Pasticcio Overload: Lana Del Rey Takes Cues From Madonna, Mariah, Woody Allen, Lit, Grease and Godzilla in “Doin’ Time” Video
As the queen of modern pastiche and how to wield it for the benefit of creating her own aesthetic, Lana Del Rey’s latest video, itself [Read More…]
The Implications of Quentin Tarantino Having A Child
Just when you thought there was for once, at least one man in this world who could be content enough to ride on the laurels [Read More…]
Courtney Love Against the Riot Grrrls: An Indelible Moment In Not Pandering to Requisite “Female Solidarity”
Over the decades, perhaps no feminist has gotten as much heat for being an antagonistic “trainwreck” (the go-to term people like to use to discredit [Read More…]
“Throw It Back” Video & Subsequent VMAs Performance Show and Tell Why Missy Elliott Is Still Inimitable
There was a moment when the world of post-00s hip hop felt particularly dark in its decided voidness. It happened around 2005, when Missy Elliott [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Is Probably More Feminist Than Simone De Beauvoir For Debunking the Tragedian Myth of the Stripper
The notion of the stripper as slut (ergo “fallen woman”) has long been the well-established male narrative regarding the (often, believe it or not, underpaid) [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Goes (“Unintentionally”) Black Mirror for “Lover” Video
For anyone still haunted by the Christmas special of Black Mirror that aired in 2014 called “White Christmas,” Taylor Swift’s latest video for the title [Read More…]
