Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.
We all have hills we’re willing to die on. There’s one in particular that I’ve bloodied again and again over the past seven years. …
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Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.
Masturbating to horny fanfiction makes the world a better place.
Now, before your eyebrows fly right off your face (looking at you, literary snobs), hear me out. Because I know. “Smutty” or erotic fanfiction is almost always talked about in tones of either horror or mockery.
And it’s true: In the multiplicity of fanfiction, there’s a ship (aka “relationship”) for all to sail on — including even those who gets off on Harry Potter fucking the Giant Squid.
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Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.
You might be familiar with the adult awakening that most classic love stories we grew up with don’t always hold up16 Candles? Creepy! You’ve Got Mail? Catfishing! Yet the fact remains that there are certain texts we can’t shake, stories that helped shape us and our views on love.
I grew up watching Indian Bollywood movies, so my discomfiting realization has been twofold. Bollywood is known for epic, sweeping romance – full musical numbers in gorgeous locales, grand gestures, soulmates. They taught me that romantic love was the most powerful force in the universe, something that could make people sing and dance with emotion and always finds a way. Read more…
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Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.
Dan Brown has made millions upon millions of dollars writing the same Robert Langdon book approximately five times. I can set my watch by their plot beats, see their twists coming a mile away, and pretty much tell you how each one ends before I even crack the book open.
The literary crowd universally pans Brown’s books for their poor sentence structure, cheap thrills, and lack of coherent research. I can’t disagree with them on any of these critiques. Dan Brown’s books are objectively bad…and yet I love them. I love them very, very much. Read more…
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Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.
I love Dave Matthews Band. They’re my favorite band of all time, but sometimes I think that people will think less of me if I make …
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