Tag: Ronald Reagan
Pee-wee’s Big Capitulation: As “Weird” As Pee-wee Was, He Was Still A Material Boy of the 80s
Perhaps it’s difficult to imagine a world in which “weird” isn’t a sellable commodity. It certainly wasn’t an effortless sell in the Reagan 80s. Not [Read More…]
It’s The End of the World As We Know It, And White Liberals Feel Like Shit: Armageddon Time
When one is a child, the world is seen at its clearest—its most straightforward. Because of their innocence and a lack of understanding the “need” [Read More…]
Flashdance Repackaged the American Dream to Women of Color at a Time When It Was Particularly Antithetical To Do So
With Joe Biden transcending into the “working man done good,” attention has been turned once again to the blue collar nature of Pennsylvania. A state [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #22: The Reagans Feigning Friendship With Rock Hudson & Then Distancing Themselves When He Was Dying of AIDS
While freedom might just be another word for nothing left to lose (like Janis said), Republican, of course, is often just another word for money-grubbing [Read More…]
Nancy Reagan Might Be Dead, But Her Pop Culture Forming Anti-Drug Message Lives On
Nancy Reagan, just as much as Ronald Reagan, was very much responsible for shaping the oppressively conservative decade that was the 1980s. But, like her [Read More…]
Like A Virgin: Donna Martin and the 90s Quest for Some Vestige of Chastity
By the time the repressed vibe of the Reagan and Bush eras had concluded in the United States, the 90s saw a resurgence in sexual [Read More…]
The Most Nuanced Moments of The Carrie Diaries
With series writers that include former Sex and the City veteran Amy Harris and Candace Bushnell herself, it’s no surprise that The Carrie Diaries is as well-thought out and [Read More…]
