Why is 4/20 a Thing in North America?
This past saturday, the “unofficial holiday” known as 4/20 occurred, landing on the first day of Passover and the day before Easter Sunday. Events celebrating the “holiday” appeared throughout the…
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BTS Cause an Online Storm with their SNL Performance
Lat night, Kpop boy band BTS performed on SNL with host Emma Stone, making them the first ever South Korean artists to appear on the show. Their performance was marked…
The Evolution of Fake News
Although the term was popularized in the 2016 US presidential elections, fake news has had a rather long existence, spanning over a century. It’s no new thing, although at the…
What is Black Friday Really?
While this event is portrayed most often as being exclusive to the US, there are actually over 20 other nations that participate in this event. Every year, a few more…
You Can’t Rely on Old Media for Depictions of the West
Recently, Rockstar has announced that Red Dead Redemption 2, the sequel to its instant classic of Red Dead Redemption, will add black cowboys, portraying a more realistic perspective of how the Wild…
Most Horror Movies Suck
Most horror movies suck. This isn’t a result of a new phenomenon, where an over-reliance on jump scares and cheap tricks has lowered the quality of horror movies. No, this…
The Downfall of Telltale Games
Now, I am a few days late to this whole drama, but that has let me get a glimpse of a little extra content. Last week, Telltale games declared that…
The Saturation Complex of Geek Culture
I had mentioned in a post earlier that there is a prevailing idea that misconstrues how geek culture came to be. I can’t really say where this came about, although…
Comic Books Have Always Been Political
With the releases of Wonder Woman and Black Panther, I couldn’t help but notice quite a few people mentioning that they didn’t like the fact that these movies were “adding” politics to comics.…
Youtubers Becoming Authors: The Self-Help Trend
In the last five years, there have been a number of Youtubers releasing books, some fictional (like Joey Graceffa’s Dystopian trilogy), and others non-fictional (like Shane Dawson, Miranda Sings, Tyler…
The “Anime Phase”
My friends and I all had one. Some of them still haven’t gotten out of it. It’s that period of time where most, if not all of what you watch…
The Popular Myth of July and August
There is a common myth that Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus added the months of July and August, respectively. But there’s a reason that myth never makes an appearance in…
The Rise of Drag Culture
In the US, particularly in major cities, Drag Culture, a subset of the gay culture where (typically) men dress as exaggerated forms of women as a play on gender identity…
A History of the Mouse that Roared
On November 18 of this year, Mickey Mouse turns 90 years old. This mascot of Walt Disney Studios has had a long history, changing from his original form to his…
Hollywood vs. The Gladiators
As with everything, Hollywood likes to take creative liberties with how history works. This is especially true when it comes to Rome’s viciousness and Gladiator fights. The big thing when…
