Pop Culture

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were streamed to our living rooms on Aug. 30. A socially distanced event that had been largely pre-taped, the award show was a new frontier for the entertainment industry in a pandemic-adapted world. 

Following its premiere on Netflix several weeks ago, Indian Matchmaking has remained a topic of conversation in and surrounding the South Asian community. 

You’ve probably heard of ‘cuffing season’: in the colder months, the desire to snuggle through the winter with a partner becomes hard to resist, and more and more of your friends start changing their relationship status from ‘single’ to ‘taken.’ Suddenly, your group of friends has diminished to you and that other girl who also has commitment issues and likes to watch The Bachelor.  

The first season of The Umbrella Academy ended with the Hargreeves siblings hurling themselves through space and time in a desperate bid to save themselves—and the world—from a devastating apocalypse. 

Cancel culture, like anything else, shouldn’t be exempt from criticism. But in calling for it to disappear, writers are participating in the same trend they were so quick to denounce.

I binged all eight episodes of Little Fires Everywhere in two days and marveled at the intelligence and artistry of the show for weeks after. 

From the onset of the spread of COVID-19 into North America to now, there’s been a stark change in the way the entertainment industry operates. 

Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon and Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die dropped in July of this summer. Both works come after the deaths of their respective artists. 

“WAP,” the highly anticipated collaboration between Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, has set tongues wagging over its explicit lyrics and raunchy music video. 

The much-anticipated Disney+ release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mega-hit Hamilton landed in our living rooms amidst a confluence of global, political, and social justice movements. 

I saw Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing film of 2019, in a packed theatre. I’m a casual fan of the Marvel franchise, but I still remember the moment the audience burst into wild cheers when—spoiler alert—Captain America summoned Thor’s hammer. It was hard not to be swept up in the excitement of the crowd that showed up that night, which was the whole reason I wanted to be there.

Have you been thinking about sitting down to watch 365 Days? My advice: don’t. 

Cop media wrongly idealizes the police, regardless of how diverse it gets.

13 Reasons Why wrapped up its run a lot like it started: angering conservative parents and making headlines.

The death of George Floyd has forced even the most privileged people to confront the realities and persistence of anti-Black racism.

When authors reveal themselves to be problematic people, it’s difficult for fans of their works to know how they should proceed.For fans of Harry Potter, an essay recently posted by author J.K. Rowling to her website displaying trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) views has tainted their perception of both the author and the beloved book series.