Category Archives: Popular Culture

The Flowering of Malice

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Lawrence Benner

Larry Benner goes back to the very beginning and then explains the world in twenty installments. Plus, rats the size of Schnauzers. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged co-mingling, dinosaurs, larry benner, ligotage, the history of the world | Leave a comment

The Slutshaming Trend: An Open Letter

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Whitney Collins

In which Whitney Collins, in the wake of all the open letters to teen girls after the Miley Cyrus VMA brouhaha, writes an open letter to teen girls of her own. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged fortysomething mommy bloggers, Miley Cyrus, sluts, stop wearing flannel, teens, VMAs | 33 Comments

The 38 Sleepiest Corgi Puppies Ever: Contemporary List Culture and its Antecedents

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Amanda Nazario

In which Amanda Nazario addresses the compulsion to list, to think in lists and create categories and what it says about this modern moment. And presents the 38 sleepiest corgis. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Popular Culture | Tagged corgis, lists, literature, Mad Men, the book of lists | Leave a comment

Muffingate

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Gabe Durham

Gabe Durham captures everything great, terrible, and ludicrously random about America in a single stream-of-thought. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Barron Hilton, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Barkley, Chuck Grassly, Conrad Hilton, David Stern, Gabe Durham, john steward, Michael Jordan, Muffins, Paris Hilton, Ted Poe | 7 Comments

Room # 8, at the Joshua Tree Inn

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Rob Roberge

On the 40th anniversary of his death, Rob Roberge channels the ghost of Gram Parsons. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged emmylou harris, flying burrito brothers, gram parsons, joshua tree, joshua tree inn, love hurts, Rob roberge, room #8, Salt Lake City | 2 Comments

Separate But Equal

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

From Bubble Bobble to Bioshock Infinite, Samuel Sattin explores the evolution of modern gaming, and how it’s come to share in a tenuous relationship with its cousin in cables: film. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged Assassin's Creed, Bioshock Infinite, Bubble Bobble, cinema, Pacific Rim, Video Games | 5 Comments

A Letter from Mayberry: The South Versus the GOP

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Lawrence Benner

Lawrence Benner takes a look at the place of his birth, North Carolina, and where it fits into the political and cultural landscape of The South in 2013. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged civil rights, Governor Pat McCrory, Lawrence Benner, Moral Mondays, NAACP, North Carolina, Rev. William Barber, Ronald Reagan, the South | 2 Comments