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DATE: October 24, 2026 at 10:00AM
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TITLE: The psychology behind Taylor Swift’s billion-dollar media empire
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-behind-taylor-swift-s-billion-dollar-media-empire/
The intense, one-sided connections fans feel toward pop star Taylor Swift and their fear of missing out on shared cultural moments strongly predict whether they will attend her concerts and watch her films. These predictive links highlight how the psychological need for social belonging drives large-scale consumer behavior, according to a recent study published in Psychology of Popular Media.
A parasocial relationship occurs when an audience member develops a one-sided bond with a media figure, such as a musician, actor, or internet personality. While the celebrity is unaware of the individual fan, the fan experiences genuine emotions and reactions that mimic real-life friendships.
Taylor Swift has cultivated an exceptionally robust parasocial dynamic with her audience over her career. By interacting with followers online and weaving personal details into her music, she has built an environment where fans feel they truly know her. When her Eras Tour launched, it shattered records, selling over two million tickets in a single day. The researchers noted that Swift used the resulting ticketing challenges to align herself with her fans, strengthening their perceived bond.
Such pervasive cultural conversation often triggers a phenomenon known as the fear of missing out, commonly referred to as FoMO. Researchers divide this concept into two distinct categories. Trait fear of missing out is a long-standing personality characteristic where a person generally worries that others are having rewarding experiences without them. State fear of missing out is a temporary, situation-specific anxiety in response to a particular event.
The researchers anchored their investigation in Self-Determination Theory. This psychological framework suggests that human beings are motivated by a fundamental need for relatedness, or the desire to feel connected to others. In the context of entertainment, people might consume specific media to satisfy this need, either by bonding with a celebrity or by joining a community of fellow fans.
Lindsey Conlin Maxwell and Caroline Neese of the University of Southern Mississippi, along with Alec C. Tefertiller of Baylor University, designed the study to see how these psychological elements influenced audience behavior. They used Swift and her wildly popular Eras Tour as an ideal testing ground. The team aimed to determine if long-term personality traits could predict parasocial bonds and if those bonds predicted purchasing tickets for concerts and movies.
To capture these emotions at their peak, the researchers conducted a national survey during the opening weekend of the concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” in October 2023. They recruited 303 adults in the United States using an online task platform. The respondents answered questions designed to measure their baseline personality traits, their current feelings about the movie release, and their perceived relationship with the pop star.
The survey asked participants to rate their agreement with statements about missing out on rewarding experiences in general, capturing their trait-level anxieties. It also asked specific questions about whether they feared others would enjoy watching the concert film more than them, measuring their temporary state of anxiety. Additionally, the questionnaire evaluated the depth of their parasocial relationship with Swift and recorded their actual behaviors regarding concert and movie attendance.
The data revealed that an individual’s general fear of missing out was a strong predictor of their parasocial relationship with Swift. The researchers noted that this long-standing personality trait explained roughly one-third of the variations in how strongly people felt connected to the singer. People who routinely worry about being left out of social experiences appear highly motivated to build imaginary bonds with media figures to alleviate that apprehension.
Both the personality trait and the parasocial relationship predicted concert-related behaviors. As scores on the parasocial relationship scale increased, respondents were nearly twice as likely to have attempted to buy Eras Tour tickets. They were also substantially more likely to have actually attended one of the live stadium shows.
Similar patterns emerged for the concert film. High levels of baseline anxiety about missing out, as well as a strong perceived relationship with Swift, predicted whether someone had already seen the movie during its opening weekend. These factors also predicted whether a person intended to see the film in theaters later or watch it once it became available on streaming platforms.
One of the most notable results involved temporary, event-specific anxiety. The researchers tested whether attending the live concert satisfied fans to the point of reducing their anxiety about the movie release. The data showed the exact opposite pattern.
People who had already attended the live Eras Tour experienced higher levels of temporary anxiety about missing out on the movie than those who had not attended the concert. Attending the concert did not quench the desire to engage with the media event. Going to the live show actually increased the likelihood that someone wanted to see the theatrical release.
The researchers suggest that a parasocial relationship can become so potent that individuals seek repeated positive experiences with the celebrity to maintain the bond. Because fans experience a strong sense of relatedness when participating in these events, the desire to rejoin the community and relive the excitement remains high. The shared euphoria among thousands of fans, known as collective effervescence, likely fuels this ongoing demand.
The attempt to replicate the concert experience inside movie theaters capitalized on this collective effervescence. By trading friendship bracelets and singing together in theaters, fans who could not attend the live shows found a way to participate in the cultural phenomenon. This shared environment allowed audiences to maintain their parasocial relationship with the singer while simultaneously relieving their anxieties about missing out.
While the study provides a detailed look at consumer motivations, it carries a few limitations. The participants were drawn from a convenience sample, and they were allowed to self-select into a survey they knew was about Taylor Swift. As a result, roughly two-thirds of the respondents identified as fans, and the demographic makeup was predominantly female and white, which could affect how well the results apply to the broader population.
The research relied on self-reported survey data, which is useful for identifying predictive links but cannot definitively prove cause and effect. It remains possible that other unmeasured variables influence both the psychological traits and the purchasing habits of the respondents.
Future investigations could explore how fans develop interpersonal relationships with one another based on their mutual parasocial connections to a single celebrity. The researchers also recommend looking closer at how social media amplifies the fear of missing out during major entertainment events. Measuring the direct impact of shared euphoric experiences could further explain why people are so driven to participate in massive cultural moments.
The study, ““It’s You and Me, There’s Nothing Like This”: Parasocial Relationships, Fear of Missing Out, and How Fans Consume the Products in Taylor Swift’s Media Empire,” was authored by Lindsey Conlin Maxwell, Alec C. Tefertiller, and Caroline Neese.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-behind-taylor-swift-s-billion-dollar-media-empire/
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What drives Filipinos’ consumption of these bite-sized and often emotionally exaggerated shows?
https://justpaste.in/news/trend-intel-chinese-microdramas-craze-filipinos/
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Film Study: ‘The Exorcist’ and where horror suddenly became more complex
Cream presents a fresh column that highlights the films you really ought to have seen by now. From cinema’s early days of flickering silent pictures to contemporary CGI-packed blockbusters, and plenty of low-budget indie flicks in between, this is the column to turn to before ogling your movie streaming options.
Bit of a freaky one now: William Friedkin’s The Exorcist.
Text by Rohan Stephens
THE EXORCIST, 1973. Dir., William Friedkin.
What is it?
The self-proclaimed “scariest movie of all time” and still fairly bang on the mark, The Exorcist is nothing short of a masterpiece when it comes to storytelling and filmmaking. It’s the film with the head spin. The film with the green vomit. The one with the girl levitating from the bed. The girl who fucks herself with a crucifix. It’s the film that started it all, really. And it’s still scary as hell.
People fainting, vomiting, rushing out screaming, convulsing in their seats, all contributed to what was already a fairly robust cultural mythology around what was referred to as ‘The Exorcist Effect’.
Based on the novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, the plot follows the demonic possession of a 12-year-young girl as she is tortured close to death in front of her mother by a force claiming to be the Devil himself. Staring Ellen Burnstyn and Linda Blair as mother and daughter, the film went on to become one of the first horror movies ever nominated for Best Picture at the 1974 Academy Awards, along with having earned nine other nominations.
The story of the film’s initial release is riddled with anecdotes of people needing all kinds of medical attention in theatres due to its terrifying content. People fainting, vomiting, rushing out screaming, convulsing in their seats, all contributed to what was already a fairly robust cultural mythology around what was referred to as ‘The Exorcist Effect’. Whole documentaries have been produced about the astounding interest and fear the film generated at the time, garnering the attention and eventual condemnation from most of the world’s major Catholic institutions. Even The Exorcist‘s original theatrical trailer is worth a look, having been banned from cinemas for being ‘too terrifying’.
‘The Exorcist’ is attributed as having paved the way for a slew of equally classy and successful projects such as ‘The Omen’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, where complex and physiological narratives delved deeper than before, providing longer, more disturbing reactions than simply short, cheap or gory scares.
The film’s most obvious disturbing quality is the slow and inexplicable torture of a young girl, however on a deeper level it’s also the narrative of watching a priest questioning his own faith even in the face of what is clearly a demonic force. After being hauled before a series of doctors and therapists all with inconclusive results, Regan (Blair) and her mother (Burstyn) turn to the church as a last resort to deal with her increasingly disturbing behaviour. It’s almost not until the film’s climax do we see Father Karras (Jason Miller) really buy into the severity of the issue despite the graphic events unfolding before him. Watching him observe Regan literally rotting away in her own body but not having the belief in himself, or his faith to help, really is one of the film’s more poignant moments.
Just to make things a little freakier, Friedkin employs one of best known uses of subliminal messages in cinema. Several times throughout the story and more so in subsequently extended editions released on DVD, we see the horrific face of the demon that is lurking inside of Regan, with its bulging eyes and sharpened teeth – but only fleetingly. It passes across the screen almost like a mistake in the editing booth but it is burned into our eyelids so that we cannot ‘look away’ even if we wanted to.
Why should I have already seen it?
The Exorcist was a pivotal moment in movie history: a superbly produced gem of a movie in a genre consistently delivering atrocious product. With its backlog riddled with camp monsters, poor production values and equally poor acting, horror historically (with some exceptions) wasn’t a category of film to be taken seriously, either critically or commercially. The Exorcist is attributed as having paved the way for a slew of equally classy and successful projects such as The Omen and Rosemary’s Baby, where complex and physiological narratives delved deeper than before, providing longer, more disturbing reactions than simply short, cheap or gory scares. Evidently, it seemed to do for Catholicism what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean. It carried the effect outside the theatre and into real life, which in the end is the trapping of a brilliant movie.
Everybody Do The Spider Walk!
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Film Study: ‘Carrie’ and the dismantling of teenage dreams
Lights, blood, action! Today in Film Study, Rohan Stephens looks at one of the most iconic movies in the genre of horror. That the story of Carrie came from the pen of pulp fiction author Stephen King makes it’s high production standards and relevant themes that much more astonishing; certainly impressive for a genre otherwise cluttered with trashy elements.
CARRIE, 1976. Dir., Brian De Palma.
What is it?
The original teen scream…
Released in 1976, Carrie is the story of a painfully shy teenage girl, raised by a religious fanatic mother, who discovers she has telekinetic powers. When Carrie (played by Sissy Spacek) manages to incur the full wrath of a high school mean girl – after said antagonist gets punished for bullying her – she is subjected to a grotesque plot and humiliated at the senior prom. The result: one of the most climatic film endings in history.
‘Carrie’ is groundbreaking for its focus and examination of female characters and themes, in an era that appeared to still be recovering from strongly male-dominated issues of decades prior.
The film is based on Stephen King’s first novel of the same name, after director Brian De Palma (Scarface; Dressed to Kill) bought the rights for just $2,500 from the yet-to-truly-be-discovered author. It would mark the beginning of a long and colourful history of King’s novels being turned into brilliant productions – which today stands at over 70 individual film and TV adaptations. Often vocal about the quality (or lack thereof) of the results of attempts to bring his stories to life on-screen, in the case of Carrie, King maintains to this day that De Palma’s film is not only good but inherently “better” than his novel, and insists that it still stands the test of time. By comparison, he so despised Stanley Kubrick’s production of the The Shining that he insisted on the development of a remake that manifested in a three-part mini-series in 1997, produced under his supervision.
But back to Carrie. The film is groundbreaking for its focus and examination of female characters and themes, in an era that appeared to still be recovering from strongly male-dominated issues of decades prior. Carrie’s discovery of her telekinetic powers, for example, are shown to be in direct correlation with her starting to menstruate for the first time; an event that she must experience in full view of her gym class and one for which she is subsequently ridiculed mercilessly. The film is lead exclusively by strong and complex female characters with even actors like John Travolta regulated to being blundering, background idiots.
Why should I have already seen it?
In addition to being a commercial and critical success, Carrie has the added bonus of being one of only a handful of horror films that have managed to be nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie (Carrie’s mother) were nominated in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, respectfully, and once you watch this movie, you will see pretty quickly why. Unfortunately there are a few unavoidable examples of 1970’s camp that at times detract from what is really quite a serious and disturbing story, least of which involves some pretty poor soundtrack choices, costuming and dialogue but, as a whole, its themes and concepts are as timeless as ever.
In addition to being a commercial and critical success, ‘Carrie’ has the added bonus of being one of only a handful of horror films that have managed to be nominated for multiple Academy Awards.
Carrie, along with The Exorcist, The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby, Alien and Jaws, are all part of of a special clique of films released in the ’70s that would subsequently lay the foundations for the horror genre for generations to come. As with many films of the era, they broke new ground in subject matter and story structure in ways that would continue to infiltrate the industry to this day. Carrie, for example, has been re-made twice and has one sequel; The Exorcist has spawned two sequels and two prequels; The Omen has four sequels, one re-make and a TV series; Jaws has four sequels; and the Alien franchise continues to be built on with the most recent installment released in 2017.
Carrie is an unmissable moment in time for fans of horror. And for those not-so-inclined, it’s worth it simply for the truly outstanding ending.
Bloody Hell…
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🎬 Oh, the mind-blowing revelation that a bunch of celebrities are a movie or two away from Kevin Bacon! 🙄 Because clearly, the world was desperately awaiting this earth-shattering update on the six degrees of separa-bacon. 🥓✨
https://pudding.cool/2026/10/kevin-bacon/ #celebrityconnections #sixdegreesofbacon #mindblowingrevelation #popculture #baconmania #HackerNews #ngated
The Worst Page-to-Screen Adaptations of 2026
These are the worst book-to-screen adaptations of the year so far, according to Rotten Tomatoes ratings, with excerpts from reviews.
https://bookriot.com/worst-book-adaptations-of-2026/
https://www.europesays.com/gbr/ham/2241/ Emily Hampshire Brings E.D.I.T.H. to Life in ‘VisionQuest’ – Interview #anime #BIPOCFilmCriticism #BIPOCTVReviews #FilmReviews #gaming #GeeksOfColor #Hampshire #PopCulture #streaming #TVReviews
Carved pumpkins for Halloween are cute and all but be warned…
This Halloween, millions of households around the world will forsake plastic pumpkins for the real thing – especially in the U.S. where carving pumpkins has become somewhat of a pastime during Fall.
While it is Spring in Australia when Halloween hits, we do have pumpkins available for decoration, carving, etcetera, and you’ll find certain decoration fanatics do insist on carving the real thing. If so, do consider that ‘open’ pumpkins often attract pests, such as spiders, flies, and even mice.
Decaying pumpkins can be a major attraction for fruit flies as well as squash bugs, which could result in infestation that can be particularly difficult to rectify.
Here are a few tips to keep these pesty buggers away if carving a pumpkin is on your to-do list this year.
Keep pumpkins off the ground and elevated
Putting your pumpkins on raised platforms such as tables helps to limit moisture, which if present, can attract numerous pests.
Clean the pumpkin thoroughly as well as cleaning any other attractants
Take care to remove all the seeds and pulp inside of the pumpkin, as this will aid in slowing down the decay of the pumpkin which attracts pests. Additionally, be sure to remove other potential food sources, such as sweets that may be left outside, to avoid additional sources of attraction for pests.
Use natural pest deterrents
Cupboard staples such as spices can be natural deterrents for pests. Cayenne pepper or cinnamon for example, can be sprinkled onto the pumpkins interior and exterior to keep pests at bay.
Consider using alternatives
Artificial pumpkins can be a great way to decorate for Halloween and get in the spooky spirit even if they usually end up in landfill. At least you’ll be without the risk of attracting pests. And if the landfill bit offends, try using your placcy pumpkin more than once – or better still, get a pumpkin made of ceramic, which is much better for the environment!
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Bedtime Stories: Let’s get adventurous, honey, let’s get adventurous
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When Something Is So Bad It’s Fascinating
Not everything fascinating is good. Sometimes a movie, show, commercial, music video, or piece of media is so bizarre that you can't look away. You aren't necessarily enjoying it. You're studying the wreckage. And honestly, that's its own kind of entertainment.https://odditiesinmedia.wordpress.com/2026/10/23/when-something-is-so-bad-its-fascinating/
"One Week" is a song by Canadian #rock band #BarenakedLadies released as the first single from their 1998 album, #Stunt. It was written by #EdRobertson, who is featured on the lead vocal of the rapped verses. #StevenPage sings lead on the song's main hooks, while the two co-lead the pre-hooks in harmony. The song is notable for its significant number of #popCulture references (along with foods and places). It was serviced to US rock radio on June 2, 1998.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gES4Z1ll9nI
Artist paints new Brewers mural in downtown Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — WORLD SERIE…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Artist #artistJulianCorrea #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #Brewersmural #Design #downtownmilwaukee #elRPhillipsandKilbourn #Entertainment #kilbournavenue #legacy #majorgoolsby #MajorGoolsby's #Milwaukee #MilwaukeeBrewers #mural #newbrewermural #Octoberbaseball #Player #PopCulture #star #velrphillips #Watchparty #wisn #work #worldseriesguide
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/937658/
Stories Can Be Completely Ridiculous And Still Matter
A story doesn't have to be realistic to make you feel something. It can have aliens, magic, talking animals, superheroes, giant robots, impossible powers, or worlds that make absolutely no sense. Fiction doesn't have to imitate reality. Sometimes it just has to make us feel something. And that's enough.
https://www.europesays.com/ie/747079/ Artist paints new Brewers mural in downtown Milwaukee #artist #ArtistJulianCorrea #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #BrewersMural #Design #DowntownMilwaukee #Éire #ElRPhillipsAndKilbourn #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #KilbournAvenue #Legacy #MajorGoolsby #MajorGoolsby's #milwaukee #MilwaukeeBrewers #mural #NewBrewerMural #OctoberBaseball #player #PopCulture #star #VelRPhillips #WatchParty #wisn #work #WorldSeriesGuide
Two More Rochester Restaurants Announce Closures This Week https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/59758/ #Minnesota #MinnesotaDining #MinnesotaFood #MinnesotaGroceryStores #MinnesotaRestaurant #PopCulture
The Bee Gees perform ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ live and a capella in resurfaced 1998 clip
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Rewatching Stranger Things with my partner, who is watching for the first time, and we've come to Season 4. Kate Bush wrote a great song with "Running Up That Hill," no argument from me there; but her original suffers from the same affliction that plagues most pop culture from the '80s. From fashion to music, there's just something about the aesthetics of the '80s that I find difficult to take seriously.
All of that ☝️ to say that I prefer Placebo's cover of the song.
(Note that all of this is my opinion and preference—I make no claim to objectivity here, and I won't judge anyone on the basis that they prefer Bush's version of the song or that they love '80s pop culture.)
Any time we can pay our respects to #StarTrek on our #PopCulture episode -- we gotta!
So ofc, in our discussion of scutum and shields, the phrase "SHIELDS UP" gets a shout out (listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scutum-pop-culture-superstar/)
Montpellier : Tiger Noodles élu parmi les restos préférés des Français selon Deliveroo
Pour cette nouvelle édition de ses « Pépites du Quartier », Deliveroo a changé les règles du jeu.…
#Montpellier #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #actu #Actualités #antigone #arènes #cuisinechinoise #deliveroo #europe #louisblanc #montpellier #Nîmes #Occitanie #platsàemporter #Popculture #ramen #Républiquefrançaise #Restaurant #resto #tigernoodles
https://www.europesays.com/fr/1257875/
The Strange World Of Fictional Food
Some fictional foods look absolutely delicious. Others look like something that should probably be investigated by a scientist. Yet fictional worlds love creating their own snacks, drinks, restaurants, and bizarre meals. Sometimes the food tells you just as much about a fictional world as the characters do.https://odditiesinmedia.wordpress.com/2026/10/22/the-strange-world-of-fictional-food/
https://www.europesays.com/fr/1257875/ Montpellier : Tiger Noodles élu parmi les restos préférés des Français selon Deliveroo #actu #Actualités #antigone #arènes #CuisineChinoise #deliveroo #EU #europe #FR #France #LouisBlanc #montpellier #News #Nîmes #Occitanie #PlatsàEmporter #PopCulture #ramen #RépubliqueFrançaise #Restaurant #resto #TigerNoodles
Byron Woman Injured In Highway 14 Accident Near Rochester https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/58853/ #Minnesota #MinnesotaDining #MinnesotaFood #MinnesotaGroceryStores #MinnesotaRestaurant #PopCulture
Guy finds long-forgotten album in a thrift shop, reunites the band, and is sharing their music with the world
Clothing expert explains how Norwegian sweater designs make them warmer than a wool coat
Clothing expert explains how Norwegian sweater designs make them warmer than a wool coat
Cristiano Ronaldo shares powerful message with soccer star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia after devastating injury
When A Movie Predicts Something By Accident
Sometimes fiction imagines something that eventually becomes reality. Not because the creators possessed supernatural powers. Sometimes they simply understood where technology, culture, or society might be heading. And then years later, reality catches up. That's always fascinating.https://odditiesinmedia.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/when-a-movie-predicts-something-by-accident/
Communication expert shares ‘Taylor Swift trick’ for perfectly wrapping up a speech in 3 steps
In 1975, an actor unfurled a sexist rant on Johnny Carson. Shelley Winters refused to sit silently.
Mat and I are serving up a fresh new podcast about toy collecting, toy creation, toy photography, and everything nerd & pop culture. Hit follow and get ready to dig in.
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Yae or Nay -- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D TV show??
We were divided on this week's #podcast episode about the #PopCulture of Scutum (and shields and the characters that carry them): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scutum-pop-culture-superstar/
#Marvel #MarvelTV #MCU #Scutum #constellations #humor #AgentsOfSHIELD #Shield
Man explains the official Monopoly rule no one uses that ends the game way faster
Pamela Anderson stopped wearing makeup three years ago, embracing ‘rebellious’ way to age gracefully
EE LAUNCHES ‘MATCH-MAXXING’ WITH FOOTBALL SUPERFAN ANDY MILNE TO HELP FANS PERFECT THE ULTIMATE MATCHDAY!
EE has teamed up with football superfan Andy Milne, better known as ‘that_world_cup_guy’, to introduce Match-Maxxing, a…
#Football #Soccer #News ##entertaimment ##popculture #AltSports #AlternativeSport #EE #Match-Maxxing #PremierLeague
https://www.europesays.com/football/75596/
Comment ! Starsky et Hutch n'est dispo ni en vod ni sur loadix ! Où va la France ?
Here Comes the Sun: 4 Books for Fans of KLARA AND THE SUN
These thought-provoking books about humanity and technology are perfect for fans of Klara and the Sun.
https://bookriot.com/books-like-klara-and-the-sun/
#Lists #PopCulture #ScienceFictionFantasy #SwordsandSpaceships #KazuoIshiguro
One of these #superheroes was one of my favorite #shield carrying characters, and the other was a least favorite. Wonder (heh..) which one was which... 🤔
To find out, check out this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scutum-pop-culture-superstar/
And let me know your favorite & least favorite characters in pop culture (tv, video games, books, etc etc) that carry shields!
📷 : https://www.cbr.com/wonder-woman-sword-shield/ & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream_(character)#/media/File:American_Dream_(Shannon_Carter).png
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ENG - Call for Papers: “Popular Culture and Conspiracism”
_Kinephanos. Revue d'études des médias et de culture populaire_, special issue edited by Megan Bédard (UQAM), Roxanne Chartrand (UdeM), and Louis-Paul Willis (UQAT)
Deadline for submitting proposals: January 15, 2027
https://ojs.kinephanos.ca/index.php/revue/en/announcement/view/2
REBEL BINGO RETURNS TO LONDON WITH A WILD UNDERGROUND PARTY AT CAMDEN’S FORMER ODEON!
London’s nightlife scene is about to get a serious shake-up as Rebel Bingo returns to the capital…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Camden ##entertaimment ##popculture #Lifestyle #music #People #RebelBingo #WhereToGoNow
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https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/41475/ REBEL BINGO RETURNS TO LONDON WITH A WILD UNDERGROUND PARTY AT CAMDEN’S FORMER ODEON! ##entertaimment ##popculture #Camden #Lifestyle #music #People #RebelBingo #WhereToGoNow
CSI: Cyber (2015-16) should have gotten a third chance.
It was good.
Patricia Arquette is a great actress, and I've been following Peter MacNicol since Dragonslayer, and then Ally McBeal. Hayley Kiyoko as the reformed black-hat hacker was my secret crush.
Of course, Ted Danson came in and ruined it in Season 2.
Also, I guess too many zeroes and ones for most 'Muricans.
Shorts 325: You’ll Never be Finished and it’s EXHAUSTING
from Into Your Head podcast - IntoYourHead dot ie. #humour #funnythoughts #showerthoughts #popculture #learning #counting #infinity #numbers #perspective
https://intoyourhead.ie/2026/10/19/shorts-325-the-jacksons-were-wrong-about-learning-to-count/
“It’s easy to hate Harry Potter Adults here in 2026, when they’ve had nearly twenty years of opportunity to read another book since the last volume in the series was published. Joanne “Just Kidding” Rowling’s wizarding world is a mediocre and deeply derivative pile of corporate intellectual property that offers thin imaginative gruel even to the children it was meant for, let alone a whole-ass grown-up who could be reading literally anything else. And of course every penny of profit made by the Harry Potter Industrial Complex goes directly into the coffers of the most malignant force in modern culture: Rowling’s campaign against the existence of transgender people. So, as I said, it may be easy to hate Harry Potter Adults here in 2026 but it’s also morally correct.“
Rusty Foster .
#culture #popCulture
Rochester’s Saints on Second Reopens with New Look & Fresh Menu https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/55652/ #Minnesota #MinnesotaDining #MinnesotaFood #MinnesotaGroceryStores #MinnesotaRestaurant #PopCulture
ICYMI: Celebrating Marilyn Monroe’s Centennial With Shelley Michelle https://popgeeks.com/celebrating-marilyn-monroes-centennial-with-shelley-michelle/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MarilynMonroe #ShelleyMichelle #Centennial #PopCulture #HollywoodHistory
Jordan's pick for best "Pop Culture" appearance of scutum was Scutellosaurus--and this is her first best guess as to what #dinosaur #Yoshi was 😂
Listen here to find out if your favorites/least favorites of Scutum & other shield related Pop Culture show up in this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scutum-pop-culture-superstar/
📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutellosaurus#/media/File:Scutellosaurus_lawleri_NT.png
#cute #dino #dinos #Scutellosaurus #paleontology #PopCulture #Scutum
Fake Faces, Real Losses is free on Kindle this Tuesday and Wednesday, October 20 and 21.
It is about how online impostor scams work and who they target. If you read it, an honest review on Amazon would help other readers find it. Good or bad, I want to hear what you really thought.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLH7TYT1
@writingcommunity #Scams #Cybercrime #TrueCrime #SocialMedia #PopCulture
1 year ago today, Taylor Swift occupied the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for a third time!
No other artist has done it once.
#taylorswift #swifties #popculture #taylor #thelifeofashowgirl
Looking for something v. unserious to keep you company this weekend?
Check out this week's #podcast episode exploring the #PopCulture (broadly defined) of Scutum & shields: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/scutum-pop-culture-superstar/
Trend Intel: Chinese microdramas have Filipinos in a chokehold – are you watching?
Watching a TV show. Character referenced Circe (Κίρκη) from Homer's "The Odyssey."
The closed captioning spelled it "Cersei."
*SIGH*
P.S. "Κίρκη" is the feminine form of an Ancient Greek word meaning "falcon."
#AncientGreek
#etymology
#literature
#spelling
#PopCulture
#GameOfThrones
Comics Don’t Have To Be Serious
Superheroes can save the world. They can also trip over something incredibly stupid. That's one of the great things about comics. They can jump between massive cosmic battles, emotional drama, horror, comedy, romance, and complete absurdity. There's room for all of it.https://animecomicsandmanga.wordpress.com/2026/10/17/comics-dont-have-to-be-serious/
While We Have You
Where pop culture, personal stories and excellent gossip are the doorway into bigger conversations about the messiness of life, the complexity of identity and ambition, intensity of motherhood, relationships, and the strange realities of life right now...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/while-we-have-you/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Commentary #Conversations #PopCulture