It is, however, a great lens to think about rape culture, celebrity and complicity.
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We might be paying a little *too* much attention to the memeification of Kamala Harris, tbh
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Don’t ask how the singer’s arrest for driving while intoxicating will affect his career—instead, think about what the discourse says about the state of his career right now.
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It’s fair to feel angry that so many celebrities only now have something to say about Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but I’m not sure it’s useful.
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After four years of avoiding the spotlight, the actor walked the red carpet at Cannes last week like he *hadn't* been accused of horrific violence by his ex, FKA Twigs. Wtf?
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We’re in the midst of Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ roll-out and the visuals are causing a stir—especially her use of the American flag. The discourse asks whether she’s engaging in reclamation, hinting at resistance or upholding imperialism. The answer? Yes.
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The model/influencer’s soft-life content strategy holds huge appeal for young women—and that’s kind of the problem
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Don’t mind me, I’m just over here feeling kinda triggered by all the discourse over Victoria Monét’s ‘long overdue success’
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From Britney to Bey, here are my fave culture critics' thoughts on this year in pop culture.
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From Jonathan Majors to Taylor Swift, here are the biggest celebrity stories that I *didn’t* write a newsletter on. (Though you know I had opinions.)
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This week, New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién published a harsh (but, I think, fair) critique of Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, prompting literal days of discourse about fandom and art criticism. Here’s what I haven’t seen anyone talk about.
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The picks in the fourth annual Friday Things holiday gift guide take inspiration from the most memorable pop culture moments of 2023, from Taylor Swift and Sophie Turner’s friendship to Barbie’s box office domination to Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour.
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As usual, celebrities aren’t very good moral compasses—but they’re extremely useful tools for understanding the world around us.
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The stabbing death of 15-year-old Elianne Andam by a 17-year-old boy has sparked important conversations about the manosphere, and how it’s instructing boys and young men on the finer points of misogyny.
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Their character letters for Danny Masterson has sparked serious outrage—but this might be a more complicated conversation that it seems
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Today is hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, and earlier this week, Brampton mans Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. We should definitely consider how those two things relate to one another.
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Including how she’s like Lucille Ball when it comes to the public performance of pregnancy, why her fashion choices matter and what the internet’s reaction says about our approach to productivity.
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When Kelly Rowland shushed the crowd at the AMAs, it restarted an old conversation about Brown, whose talent is only outshone by his long history of abusive behaviour.
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The picks in the third annual Friday Things holiday gift guide take inspiration from the most memorable pop culture moments of 2022—or at least, the funny, nice ones.
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TikTok's algorithm recently sent me down a rabbit hole of misogyny disguised as empowerment, and I think we need to talk about it.
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