emily rogers
How to make lemonade
My recipe blogging cis self thinks about motherhood and Stephen Sondheim
saw
Pop culture weekend (Sept. 1): On vacation
What are you reading, watching, listening to, or staring at blankly?
romance novels
Class and the modern romance novel
Romance as a genre can't escape the long shadow of that hot rich guy Mr. Darcy. Should it?
pop culture weekend
Pop culture weekend (Aug. 25): The millennial Big Chill (doesn't exist)
Is it possible to define a generation's experiences anymore? Was it ever?
barbie
What we discourse about when we discourse about Barbenheimer
The discourses around Barbie and Oppenheimer have followed very similar patterns.
pop culture weekend
Pop culture weekend (Aug. 18): I can't watch bad things happen to fictional kids anymore.
I became a parent, and you won't believe what happened next! (Spoilers: I found watching scenes of children dying or being endangered almost completely unbearable.)
pop culture weekend
Pop culture weekend (Aug. 11): Country music and hierarchies
Just how conservative is country music anyway?
criticism
You are not smarter than the art you critique
Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.
pop culture weekend
My pop culture week, your pop culture weekend - August 4 edition
August kicks off with the three of the most prominent women of our time: Taylor Swift, Leigh Bardugo, and Bluey.
trans
I was busy thinkin' 'bout boys
What if your sexuality transitions too? What then?
pop culture weekend
My pop culture week, your pop culture weekend - July 28 edition
This week includes thoughts on Wayne's World, Into the Woods, A Fever in the Heartland, Barbie, and Oppenheimer.
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