No way, I've always despised Klosterman. The Malcolm Gladwell of midwit popcult bloviation
May 29, 2026 at 6:39 PM
No way, I've always despised Klosterman. The Malcolm Gladwell of midwit popcult bloviation
I was part of several media activist campaigns over decades to secure net neutrality, and can't begin to tell you how destructive this will be to journalism, public health, democracy (+art/popcult,etc)
Net neutrality was crucial BEFORE local news died, before disinformation age.
Now? Holy hell.
Net neutrality was crucial BEFORE local news died, before disinformation age.
Now? Holy hell.
A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s net neutrality rules that prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking content or charging more to deliver it
Federal appeals court strikes down net neutrality. What this means for you.
The FCC's net neutrality rules prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking some content or charging more to deliver it.
www.usatoday.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I was part of several media activist campaigns over decades to secure net neutrality, and can't begin to tell you how destructive this will be to journalism, public health, democracy (+art/popcult,etc)
Net neutrality was crucial BEFORE local news died, before disinformation age.
Now? Holy hell.
Net neutrality was crucial BEFORE local news died, before disinformation age.
Now? Holy hell.
I've been going to PopCult since 2023 and I've had a blast every single time. If any PopCult volunteers are reading this, thank you for all your hard work!
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I've been going to PopCult since 2023 and I've had a blast every single time. If any PopCult volunteers are reading this, thank you for all your hard work!
Popcult lives
December 4, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Popcult lives
Leitura recomendada: O episódio de Popcult em que @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu falamos de Truman Show e Nasubi open.spotify.com/episode/4Zmj...
#17 - Um Show de Realidade
Popcult · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Leitura recomendada: O episódio de Popcult em que @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu falamos de Truman Show e Nasubi open.spotify.com/episode/4Zmj...
I should just stop looking at reviews for contemporary popcult stuff. The thread has been lost.
September 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I should just stop looking at reviews for contemporary popcult stuff. The thread has been lost.
Used popcult trawling today.
September 22, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Used popcult trawling today.
EN KESTÄ POJUYDE RÄPPÄS POPCULT NIGHTSISSA
November 2, 2024 at 6:28 PM
EN KESTÄ POJUYDE RÄPPÄS POPCULT NIGHTSISSA
Bought OTD in 1972: this was a total game changer - a very effective piece of popcult activism and a great listen. It opened up a whole swathe of 60s US pop that Brits had hardly heard and the sleeve notes offered the word Punk as a way out of early 70s stasis: ‘the relentless middle-finger drive’
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bought OTD in 1972: this was a total game changer - a very effective piece of popcult activism and a great listen. It opened up a whole swathe of 60s US pop that Brits had hardly heard and the sleeve notes offered the word Punk as a way out of early 70s stasis: ‘the relentless middle-finger drive’
Aqui tem dopping sim!
O @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu vamos injetar TODOS OS FILMES DA FRANQUIA 'ALIEN' NOS NOSSOS CEREBELOS
Por que!?
PORQUE VAI TER LIVE NO CANAL DELE SEGUNDA FEIRA QUE VEM. VAMO FALAR DE FILME, VAMO FALAR DE SEMIÓTICA, VAMO FALAR DE TEMÁTICA E ESSAS COISAS #POPCULT
O @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu vamos injetar TODOS OS FILMES DA FRANQUIA 'ALIEN' NOS NOSSOS CEREBELOS
Por que!?
PORQUE VAI TER LIVE NO CANAL DELE SEGUNDA FEIRA QUE VEM. VAMO FALAR DE FILME, VAMO FALAR DE SEMIÓTICA, VAMO FALAR DE TEMÁTICA E ESSAS COISAS #POPCULT
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Aqui tem dopping sim!
O @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu vamos injetar TODOS OS FILMES DA FRANQUIA 'ALIEN' NOS NOSSOS CEREBELOS
Por que!?
PORQUE VAI TER LIVE NO CANAL DELE SEGUNDA FEIRA QUE VEM. VAMO FALAR DE FILME, VAMO FALAR DE SEMIÓTICA, VAMO FALAR DE TEMÁTICA E ESSAS COISAS #POPCULT
O @anarcofino.bsky.social e eu vamos injetar TODOS OS FILMES DA FRANQUIA 'ALIEN' NOS NOSSOS CEREBELOS
Por que!?
PORQUE VAI TER LIVE NO CANAL DELE SEGUNDA FEIRA QUE VEM. VAMO FALAR DE FILME, VAMO FALAR DE SEMIÓTICA, VAMO FALAR DE TEMÁTICA E ESSAS COISAS #POPCULT
POPCULT NATION WORLDWIDE
September 24, 2024 at 10:56 PM
POPCULT NATION WORLDWIDE
I’ll be popping in at PopCult Anime today as Cook Susie!
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’ll be popping in at PopCult Anime today as Cook Susie!
All set up at PopCult Anime Con! 😍✨
August 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
All set up at PopCult Anime Con! 😍✨
I guess its less mask off and that even ostensibly progressive communities are actually fine with sexual abuse if covered up with popcult notions of gender privilege?
April 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I guess its less mask off and that even ostensibly progressive communities are actually fine with sexual abuse if covered up with popcult notions of gender privilege?
me, at college in the 1990s: *listens to professors slag popcult studies, 'lowbrow' literature, comic books, RPGs*
my alma matter in 2024, desperate to stop the bleeding in humanities programs: WE NOW OFFER COURSES IN RPG WRITING, THE HISTORY OF COMICS, POPCULT STUDIES, AND FANTASY & YA FICTION
my alma matter in 2024, desperate to stop the bleeding in humanities programs: WE NOW OFFER COURSES IN RPG WRITING, THE HISTORY OF COMICS, POPCULT STUDIES, AND FANTASY & YA FICTION
June 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM
me, at college in the 1990s: *listens to professors slag popcult studies, 'lowbrow' literature, comic books, RPGs*
my alma matter in 2024, desperate to stop the bleeding in humanities programs: WE NOW OFFER COURSES IN RPG WRITING, THE HISTORY OF COMICS, POPCULT STUDIES, AND FANTASY & YA FICTION
my alma matter in 2024, desperate to stop the bleeding in humanities programs: WE NOW OFFER COURSES IN RPG WRITING, THE HISTORY OF COMICS, POPCULT STUDIES, AND FANTASY & YA FICTION
I'm at PopCult Anime Con this weekend in Waltham MA!
I've got card decks and books! 😍✨ And all my cute art!
I've got card decks and books! 😍✨ And all my cute art!
August 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm at PopCult Anime Con this weekend in Waltham MA!
I've got card decks and books! 😍✨ And all my cute art!
I've got card decks and books! 😍✨ And all my cute art!
I guess I mostly indicate this because. It's fine to leave something open ended, even if it's very popular.. and has popmedia popcult expectations of formulaic outcome.. where the ending must come with a player's manual, a super guide.
Don't worry.. Bobby Garlic will show you how it's done.
Don't worry.. Bobby Garlic will show you how it's done.
September 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I guess I mostly indicate this because. It's fine to leave something open ended, even if it's very popular.. and has popmedia popcult expectations of formulaic outcome.. where the ending must come with a player's manual, a super guide.
Don't worry.. Bobby Garlic will show you how it's done.
Don't worry.. Bobby Garlic will show you how it's done.
HP got/stayed as popular as it did (as an IP) because it bullseyed a popcult "moment" where it managed to both hit AND face absolutely ZERO meaningful 'resistance' - it was only ever endorsed: Kids liked it, teachers/parents agreed "Hooray kids are reading 'really books!," the movies were solid, etc
If you're wondering why I was asking about fantasy movies, my wife and I, who are not fans of Harry Potter, are trying to figure out if the fact that the Harry Potter movies are basically competent was a huge factor in its longevity because so many fantasy films are weirdly bad
October 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
HP got/stayed as popular as it did (as an IP) because it bullseyed a popcult "moment" where it managed to both hit AND face absolutely ZERO meaningful 'resistance' - it was only ever endorsed: Kids liked it, teachers/parents agreed "Hooray kids are reading 'really books!," the movies were solid, etc
PopCult reviews an omnibus collection of the work of Evan Dorkin...
popcultblog.com/the-nerd-inf...
@evandorkin.bsky.social @darkhorse.com
popcultblog.com/the-nerd-inf...
@evandorkin.bsky.social @darkhorse.com
The Nerd Inferno That Should Be In Every Home
The PopCulteer May 22, 2026 The PopCult Comix Bookshelf Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin by Evan Dorkin Dark Horse Books ISBN-13 : 978-1506753058 $34.99 I have been a fan of cartoonist/w…
popcultblog.com
May 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
PopCult reviews an omnibus collection of the work of Evan Dorkin...
popcultblog.com/the-nerd-inf...
@evandorkin.bsky.social @darkhorse.com
popcultblog.com/the-nerd-inf...
@evandorkin.bsky.social @darkhorse.com
So much of popcult history is bullshit because a lot of academics aren't familiar enough with the material and fans are *too* familiar with it, and together form a symbiotic loop of amplified errors.
Please quote or share your actually unpopular pop culture takes with me, I genuinely love hearing them.
My actually unpopular pop culture opinion is that I never liked Breaking Bad because it’s one of the most popular “middling white guy” power fantasy shows, and I could never get past that.
September 27, 2023 at 1:40 PM
So much of popcult history is bullshit because a lot of academics aren't familiar enough with the material and fans are *too* familiar with it, and together form a symbiotic loop of amplified errors.
the poor souls who started following me because of my political rants, not knowing they are a sideline to my main preoccupations of popcult dumpster diving and talking about retrogaming/emulation
July 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM
the poor souls who started following me because of my political rants, not knowing they are a sideline to my main preoccupations of popcult dumpster diving and talking about retrogaming/emulation
Seriously though , the 1970s ended with a three year saturation bombardment of exceptional and groundbreaking popcult shit.
August 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Seriously though , the 1970s ended with a three year saturation bombardment of exceptional and groundbreaking popcult shit.
how much of the general adoration of the guy is not putting together the big material/industrial picture of how he's able to make the sort of work he can make. not everybody can do this not bc he's Special, but bc the popcult & industrial spaces he's worked in have become increasingly locked-down
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
how much of the general adoration of the guy is not putting together the big material/industrial picture of how he's able to make the sort of work he can make. not everybody can do this not bc he's Special, but bc the popcult & industrial spaces he's worked in have become increasingly locked-down
March 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM