Tag Archives: Pop Culture
IFC Arrested Development Campaign
For IFC’s Arrested Development campaign on Nerve.com, I produced a week-long “guest-star bracket,” in which we asked readers to vote daily to determine the best of Arrested Development’s many guest stars. See the original here. Is there a show so … Continue reading
Vamp Stamp: What Is True Blood Saying About Women And Sex?
First published on Nerve.com on July 14, 2009. Read the original with comments here. To talk about True Blood is to talk about sex: barely a scene goes by without something between innuendo and a full-on orgy. This isn’t new … Continue reading
Pop Torture: The Sandra Lee Dinner Party
First published on Nerve.com on March 23, 2010. Read the original with comments here. Welcome to Pop Torture, a biweekly column in which I embrace my pop-culture masochism and search out the most painful ways to experience the movies, TV, … Continue reading
Ahead of the Class: Why Glee Makes Gossip Girl Obsolete
First published on Nerve.com on September 6, 2009. Read the original with comments here. Martinis, blackmail, five-thousand-dollar outfits: ah, high school. Why, it seems like it was only yesterday that I was walking to Monkey Bar during lunch with my … Continue reading