Pop Syllabus
Deconstructing the zeitgeist. Answering the big cultural questions
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A Cruel Pop Culture Summer, Stadium Geopolitics & another Sydney Sweeney controversy (opens the original)
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Happy Pop Syllabus Friday!What’s that phrase the kids say? We are so back!Thank you all for your patience while I took some time to rest. Did I rest? Absolutely not! Christiana, why didn’t you rest, you ask? Well, it’s partly because there’s no real rest when you’re a parent. Children! They need to be fed, kept alive, and dissuaded from torturing their dolls because they “won’t speak” (or perhaps that’s just my cocofelons?). I parented so hard in the break; I even started a 12-week parenting p
BTS, Tate Brothers & A Personal Update (opens the original)
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Happy Pop Syllabus Friday!Argentina lost the World Cup; esteemed academics are writing anti-Christopher Nolan screeds, and Katy Perry got stuck in a giant inflatable water bottle
The Taylor and Travis Show (opens the original)
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Happy Pop Syllabus Friday!England are out of the World Cup, the wrong evil Republican died, and my husband is away on a business trip, so I am dealing with my cocofelons alone. Dear friends, I fear it is a cruel summer. Speaking of Cruel Summ
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