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Category: Pop Studies

Commentary on the worlds of entertainment, style, and media.

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03/02/2023

Under the (Magazine) Covers

Tod Lippy's Esopus magazine remains a beautiful artifact

by Stan Tymorek

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01/19/2023

John Coast

a modernist experiment in biography/a challenging experience in legacy

by Scott Anthony

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12/22/2022

Guaranteed to Keep You

The imagination-stoking power of one of the most frightening radio programs ever broadcast

by Colin Fleming

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12/03/2022

Acts of God/Ard

The medium-shaping career of Jean-Luc Godard and subversion in cinema

by Matt Hanson

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11/21/2022

Thanks for Coming

The first episode of Cheers and the nature of friendship

by Colin Fleming

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11/17/2022

Surviving the Sting

The post-traumatic girls of Showtime's Yellowjackets

by Marie Johnson

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09/22/2022

Another day at the (Cl)Office

Clothing Stories from Homer to Warhol

by Stan Tymorek

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09/15/2022

It’s a M*A*S*H World Now 

Remembering the great antiwar TV series 50 Years later

by Daniel Vollaro

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08/29/2022

A Mink

Conditioned by That Touch of Mink

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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08/04/2022

A Whole Lot of Elvis

Baz Luhrmann and the final chords of the musical biopic

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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