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Degrees of Passing: Representations of White Passing in Popular Culture
If popular culture reflects society, then studying popular culture representations of White passing can provide insight into the...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jun 21, 20231 min read
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Gentrification is Corporate Vampirism
Gentrification is cultural vampirism, and no film represents that better than Osmany Rodriguez’s Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020). The film...
Alexander and Lizbette Ocasio-Rodriguez
May 17, 20224 min read
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Squid Game: Yes, It's as Good as They Say
What are you willing to do to get out of debt? This is one of the questions posed by Hwang Dong-hyuk’s international phenomenon Squid...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 10, 20213 min read
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iCarly is Wayne's World for Kids
Have you ever noticed how much Nickelodeon's iCarly starring Miranda Cosgrove and Jenette McCurdy resembles Wayne's World ? While...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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This is Ratched
Ryan Murphy hits hard yet again with the suspenseful drama series Ratched starring American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson; the connection...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 4, 20206 min read
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PPC Presents: Anti-Communism, Good/Bad Writing, and Timing
We're back! Watch us rant about our qualms and preferences when it comes to contemporary TV shows such as Girl Meets World, Lost,...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Aug 23, 20201 min read
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PPC Presents: Love Death + Robots S1 E15 "Blindspot"
We watch, discuss . . . and occasionally forget words lol #lovedeathandrobots #netflix #tvseries #tvshow #animation #dark #heist...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jun 21, 20201 min read
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PPC Presents: Love Death + Robots ep5 "Sucker of Souls"
Forgive the brain farts. #netflix #lovedeathandrobots #cheers #suckerofsouls #review #funny
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jun 10, 20201 min read
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Gore and Glamour: Versace, an American Horror Story.
American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy apparently just couldn’t help himself with The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story....
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Apr 6, 20204 min read
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SPOILER ALERT: New Additions in Netflix’s Diablero: La serie regresa y no decepciona
My favorite thing about Diablero season 2 is the new characters we meet. Rarely, am I as enthusiastic about new characters; in Stranger...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 25, 20204 min read
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) Give it a Go
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is back and, judging by the end of the season three finale, it’s not over yet. Interestingly, I’ve had...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 3, 20204 min read
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SPOILER ALERT – Dracula: An Original Spin on an Overdone Classic
I was not terribly optimistic about BBC’s Dracula when it first began to be advertised. In fact, I have not been very impressed by most...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jan 14, 20203 min read
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The Mandalorian: A Review
After nearly two months, the debut season of Disney’s much-anticipated The Mandalorian has come to an end. It has struck a different...
Joey Maqueda
Jan 6, 20202 min read
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Netflix's The Witcher: PPC's Official Review
To the untrained eye, The Witcher seems like an unfettered mess of medieval fantasy cliches. Monsters, wizards, kings and queens,...
Joey Maqueda
Dec 23, 20193 min read
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Is "Woke Culture" Ruining Comedy? Spoiler Alert: No
As your self-described “asshole” friends on Facebook would tell you, the world of pop culture is a hellscape of roving Thought Police...
Joey Maqueda
Oct 28, 20196 min read
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Installation II. What Pop Culture did YOU Consume this Weekend?
As promised, here is part two of our new biweekly series detailing what pop culture the staff writers of PPC consumed during the past two...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 14, 20194 min read
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What Pop Culture did YOU Consume this Weekend?
Thanks to a brilliant suggestion from one of the writers here at Pussy Pop Culture, the wildly talented Joey Maqueda, we have decided to...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Sep 30, 20195 min read
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Why Your Guilty Pleasures Should NOT Make You Feel Guilty
I don’t know about you, but I’m absolutely sick of people making me feel bad for the shows and films that I love. I must admit, I’ve been...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Sep 7, 20197 min read
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Stop Being Lazy, Embrace Subtitles
Why are so many people weary of subtitles? Put a few lines of text on the bottom of the screen and people act like they're about to take...
Kevin Khoury
Aug 3, 20193 min read
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You Guys Wanna See Dead Bodies?
We've all had the same... we'll call it "fantasy." An old newspaper tumbles across an empty street. Rusted-out cars with skeletons at the...
Joey Maqueda
Jul 19, 20194 min read
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