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Deconstructing the zeitgeist. Answering the big cultural questions

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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    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

  2. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    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

  3. Issue · Jul 17, 2026

    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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