Topic: Pop Culture

Woman making Mayan tamale

The food of "Like Water for Chocolate"

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
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The smartest thing "Chip 'n Dale" does

Kaitlin Thomas
Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

Alison Stine
James Joyce; Stan Lee

Culture war: How left and right united

Doug Neiss
Cats

20 fails from pop culture history

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Beyonce

10 years of Beyoncé

Sarah Olutola - The Conversation
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Lights, camera, depression

Amanda Rosenberg
DNA Test

Paternity tests and mistrust of women

Nara Milanich
"The Big Bang Theory"

"The Big Bang Theory" and real science

Mark Brake
Portugal Europe Sephardic Jews

Hanukkah's modern day meaning

Ted Merwin - The Conversation
Rolling Stone Covers

Rolling Stone's bittersweet legacy

Tom Roston
"Brigsby Bear"

Brigsby Bear

Matthew Rozsa
Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton: A retrospective

Alessandra Maldonado
Jodie Whittker as the Thirteenth Doctor in "Doctor Who"

Doctor Who and male fragility

Matthew Rozsa
The Beatles

Why I don't love "Sgt. Pepper"

Amanda Marcotte
Saturday Night Live

SNL's Big Problem

Brendan Bures - The Fresh Toast
Suicide Squad

Toxic white male nerd avengers

Matthew Rozsa
Michael Jackson's "Dangerous," Matthew Broderick in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Taylor Swift

2016's pop culture-versaries

Scott Timberg
Christmas Dog

Holiday kitsch is killing us

Laura Bogart
Miley Cyrus

The insipid hell of the VMAs

Jack Mirkinson
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Pop culture in "OITNB"

Anna Silman
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X-Files references everywhere

Colin Gorenstein
Bernie, The Jinx, Curb Your Enthusiasm

pop culture & criminal justice

Anna Silman
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"Home Alone's" secret lesson

Noah Charney

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