Too Pop to Handle
the pop culture moments from the week that were too pop to handle
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Kylie Cantrall is Not Your Average Valley Girl (opens the original)
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It’s happening again…a Disney Channel star is getting their wings and flying the nest. This time? ‘Descendants’ star, Kylie Cantrall. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="630" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-eLF!,w_1456,c_li
Monthly Memo: Summer 2026 (opens the original)
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Policing Grief is Crazy (opens the original)
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If this is the first piece of writing of mine you’re reading, I promise they aren’t all about my dead mom. The first celebrity death I remember exactly where I was when I found out is Michael Jackson. I was sitting in my bedroom scrolling the Team Jonas message boards when a new post appeared that read “RIP MICHAEL JACKSON.” I wasn’t a massive Michael Jackson fan, nor was my mom, who I ran downstairs to tell, but something was chilling about speaking the words “Michael Jackson died” to her in ou
Are You There God? It’s Me, Chanty Beluga (opens the original)
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Being born in 1995 means I remember a time when there was a whole room dedicated to our shared family desktop computer, which I could only use after my mom was done gossiping on the phone with my aunts. It also means I grew up watching the internet and social media become what it is today firsthand (for better or for worse). From coding my MySpace profile to texting my 140-character-or-less thoughts to 404041, it’s been fun watching the internet become what it is today, so much so that I made it
Nicole Kidman is There When the World Needs Her Most (opens the original)
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After weeks of stalking the AMC app, I finally scored a ticket to a ‘La La Land’ 10th Anniversary screening this morning, and I’m happy to report that a decade later, it’s still a perfect film. ‘La La Land’ was the first movie I ever saw in theaters by myself because seeing it once with my best friend Jaclyn wasn’t enough, which in turn sparked my love for solo movie-going. Whether it’s a 10 AM screening with a Dunkin iced coffee (medium, two pumps butter pecan, oat milk) or an evening screening
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