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Category: Pop Studies

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

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07/19/2016

The (Cult)ure Industry

Facing our Neon Demons

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07/13/2016

Philly’s Flagship Store

Insight into Philly’s punk-rock past

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06/22/2016

Spandex Ballet

Finding freedom in fandom

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05/25/2016

Pay to Play

The Girlfriend Experience as pornographic art

by sheldon3823

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04/25/2016

You (Not) Talkin’ to Me?

Robert De Niro and the affective paradox of reluctant celebrity

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02/22/2016

The Case of the Two-Headed Author

The feuding duo behind one of America’s greatest (fictional) detectives

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02/11/2016

Clash or Credit

Cashing in on counterculture

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02/02/2016

A Fan of Fans

Reconsidering Malcolm McLaren's opera album

by claudioshafer2

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10/28/2015

Getting to the Bridge

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in three paintings

by amoscheongcheokh

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10/01/2015

Boy Toys

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