Tag: Culled Culture
Barbie, Bitch.
In 1959, a plastic (in all senses of the word) lady was created who would change both the male and female perception of what it [Read More…]
Hate Gwyneth All You Want: She’ll Always Have Margot Tenenbaum
The long-winded backlash against Gwyneth Paltrow has been going on since around the time she first felt the need to invent a website called Goop. [Read More…]
Is There A Point to Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” Video?
It used to be that people (read: pop culture snobs) would roll their eyes if someone only subtly ripped off the pastiche of a movie [Read More…]
Ray of Light 16 Years Later: Still a Ray of Light in a Dark Musical Void
It could partly be because I’m an aging gay man at heart, but Ray of Light still sounds like one of the most innovative and [Read More…]
Rayanne Graff Was the Original Rayon
Now that Jared Leto has secured an Oscar win for his role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, it seems fitting to pay homage to the [Read More…]
Cake’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle” is One of the Most Salient Pieces of Music Ever Made
When “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle” came out, the year was 1993. But it wouldn’t be until years later people would truly understand its significance. That [Read More…]
In Defense of Mandy Moore’s Film Career
We all know there are certain “low-brow” actors (Sandra Bullock used to be one of them, for example). And then there are the pop stars [Read More…]
Is It Impossible for Modern Writers to be Considered Intellectual?
While writers bear a certain amount of self-deprecation, self-doubt and self-loathing, they also possess a fair amount of ego. After all, what could be more [Read More…]
What People Really Mean When They Tell You to Get a “Real” Job
When people tell you to get a real job, it’s usually because they hate their own and they want you to suffer just as badly. [Read More…]
Why White People Get So Hard for Wes Anderson Movies
There’s something about Wes Anderson that white people love. It’s not merely that all of the auteur’s main characters are white, but it’s his entire [Read More…]
