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July 27, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Girl, So Confusing: Will the “Brat” Memes Help or Hurt Kamala Harris?
The vice president is having a brat summer. But can she maintain this groundswell of support from young voters?
July 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ben Shapiro’s Weird Insult to Kamala Harris and Taylor Swift Backfires
Shapiro said the two women’s popularity was “manufactured.”
June 13, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Latest Gripe About Taylor Swift Will Crack You Up
Donald Trump is desperate for Swift’s endorsement.
June 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s New Comments on Taylor Swift Will Gross You Out
A new book reveals what Donald Trump thinks about the megastar.
June 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Chappell Roan Calls Out Biden After Snubbing White House Invitation
The pop star called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
April 4, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
What Donald Trump’s Favorite Songs Really Say About Him
The former president has some interesting taste in music.
December 7, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Once Again Being Very Weird About Taylor Swift
Do conservative men just hate to see a girlboss winning? Or is something deeper going on?
June 25, 2021
Jessica M. Goldstein
We All Tried to Control Britney
The pop star is attempting to end her oppressive conservatorship, but it’s not just her father and a judge who robbed her of agency.
March 1, 2019
Rachel Syme
The Anguish of the “Old Millennial”
“The Other Two” portrays a micro-generation that’s too young for Gen X complacency and too old for YouTube fame.
June 12, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Grow Up
Why adult women—and women’s media—should reconsider their cultural infatuation with teenage girls.
May 22, 2017
Annie Julia Wyman
What Happens When a Queer Punk Hero is Accused of Sexual Assault?
The pop-punk duo PWR BTTM presented themselves as everything their young fans needed. Like a lot of celebrity promises, it was too good to be true.
March 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Chuck Berry Was More Than Just a Riff
“If you had to give rock n’ roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry,” John Lennon famously said.
March 6, 2015
David Hajdu
Tearing Up the Pop Charts
If popular music is escapist fun, why are the songs so sad?
August 12, 1985
Terence Moran
Sounds of Sex
Why Daddy took the T-Bird away
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