The American Dream Requires the Suppression of All Reality–And So Does A Show About Angelyne

“The past is another country.” That’s certainly something Angelyne believes about Renee Goldberg, her Semitic self from long ago. In the eponymous show starring Emmy [Read More…]

So Extra(terrestrial): Aliens Prefer Multicolored Wigs in Camila Cabello and María Becerra’s “Hasta Los Dientes”

The presently unshakeable trend in music videos, largely championed by Doja Cat (thanks to that bullshit Planet Her theme), of setting the “narrative” in space [Read More…]

A Daughter’s Telephonic Manifesto on Suppressing the Truth About Her Life: Tracy Bonham’s “Mother Mother”

The mother-daughter relationship is perhaps the most special of the possible parent-child permutations. “Special,” for some, occasionally being a euphemism for “the worst.” But that’s [Read More…]