Topic: Pop-culture

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MAGA and the death of middlebrow

Mike Lofgren
Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976) (FilmPublicity Archive/United Archives via Getty Images)

Taxi Driver & other 2026 anniversaries

Joy Saha
President Donald Trump speaks in the newly decorated Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How in God's name did we get here?

Mike Lofgren
Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond, Cristin Milioti and Milanka Brooks in "Black Mirror" (Nick Wall/Netflix)

"Black Mirror" reflects on itself

Andy Crump
Welsh actor Christian Bale on the set of American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Canadian Mary Harron. (Eric Robert/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Major pop culture anniversaries in 2025

Joy Saha
Oliver Anthony performs at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Moyock, North Carolina, Aug. 19, 2023. (Mike Caudill for Billboard via Getty Images)

"Rich Men" versus the rest of us

Sonali Kolhatkar - Independent Media Institute
Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci from the movie "Big Night," chef Jacques Pepin, Peter Falk as Lieutenant Colombo in "Colombo," and Steve Martin as Charles in "Only Murders In The Building" in front of an omelette. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

Men making omelets: A pop culture survey

Ashlie D. Stevens
Domestic dogs dressed in ghost costumes for Halloween (Getty Images/Sergeeva)

The origins of the sheet ghost costume

Joy Saha
Woman making Mayan tamale (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

The food of "Like Water for Chocolate"

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
Chip (voiced by John Mulaney) and Dale (voiced by Andy Samberg) in "Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers" (Disney)

The smartest thing "Chip 'n Dale" does

Kaitlin Thomas
Benjamin Franklin, circa 1785. Artist Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

Alison Stine
James Joyce and Stan Lee (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Culture war: How left and right united

Doug Neiss
Cats (Universal Pictures)

20 fails from pop culture history

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Beyonce (Getty/Kevin Winter)

10 years of Beyoncé

Sarah Olutola - The Conversation
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)

Lights, camera, depression

Amanda Rosenberg
(Getty/CIPhotos)

Paternity tests and mistrust of women

Nara Milanich
"The Big Bang Theory" (Monty Brinton/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

"The Big Bang Theory" and real science

Mark Brake
((AP Photo/Francisco Seco))

Hanukkah's modern day meaning

Ted Merwin - The Conversation
(Getty/Duane Prokop)

Rolling Stone's bittersweet legacy

Tom Roston
"Brigsby Bear" (Sony Pictures Classic)

Brigsby Bear

Matthew Rozsa
Paris Hilton (Getty/Mark Mainz)

Paris Hilton: A retrospective

Alessandra Maldonado
Jodie Whittker as the Thirteenth Doctor in "Doctor Who" (BBC America)

Doctor Who and male fragility

Matthew Rozsa
Kyle Mooney and Alec Baldwin on "Saturday Night Live," February 4th, 2017. (NBC/Will Heath)

SNL's Big Problem

Brendan Bures - The Fresh Toast
Jared Leto in "Suicide Squad" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Toxic white male nerd avengers

Matthew Rozsa
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