Pop Culture
The topic pop culture includes reports on, thoughts about, and projections of what might be more deirable pop culture, meaning culutral creation popular with or conducted by the broad population.
This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some uplifting news they’ve come across. On Tuesday,…
Rich Men North Of Richmond is the title of the hugely popular Oliver Anthony folk/country song that has incredibly rocketed to number…
‘Panem et circenses’, said the Romans – ‘Bread and circuses’. This maxim served the Romans well. In times of crisis and whenever…
‘Don’t mourn: organise” were the last words of the great union songwriter Joe Hill, framed on a murder charge and executed in…
American conservatism has always been excellent at storytelling. Convincing people to back regressive policies isn’t easy and therefore stories generating fear and…
‘Barbie stages in Barbieland the equivalent of the Protestant Reformation’ I finally got what director Greta Gerwig was up to in her…
It’s the year 2364 and a tatty old space shuttle containing former Wall Street capitalist Ralph Offenhouse, who was cryogenically frozen in…
If you are worried about whether the kids are alright, you should be. The Right has inundated social media with accessible misinformation,…
When I was a little girl, my parents bought me a Barbie — a blonde, blue-eyed doll who I played with for…
She doesn’t love you, she doesn’t care for you, and she doesn’t know you. But does her team pretend to, confecting an…
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