Cultural Analysis

Celebrity Profiles

Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for creating the UK office comedies The Office (UK), Extras , and Derek . He gained widespre...

culture-and-history

The phrase “I know what you did last summer” gained notable visibility in 1973 through suspense and crime media that leaned into themes of guilt, surveillance, and moral acc...

Celebrity Profiles

‘Lennon’s lost weekend’ describes an 18-month period in late 1974 and 1975 when John Lennon stepped away from recording and performing, withdrew from media scrutiny, and l...

Internet Memes

“What’s with this sassy lost child” is an online phrase used to humorously describe a minor or young-looking character who acts unreasonably confident, entitled, or overly...

Culture and Society

The 1970s sit at a hinge between postwar abundance and modern complexity. To read deeply about this decade is to understand how economic shocks, cultural pluralism, and institut...