Ministry of Pop Culture
Ministry of Pop Culture, Shea Serrano, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Saul Austerlitz, Kirthana Ramisetti, Ali, Erica HendrySmart takes on pop culture that matters, from three award-winning journalists and authors.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 237 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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What’s Your Favorite ‘Big Swing’ Movie?
(Warner Bros.)
We admit, we’re still conflicted here at MOPC HQ as to what we’re going to do about the new Tom Cruise film Digger. Do we love Cruise’s acting? Generally, yes. But the reviews have been so bad that we’re thinking we’ll wait...
Funeral for the World’s Last Superhero
🍻We are hosting our first-ever MOPC happy hour Oct. 14 in NYC! 🍻Several of our fellow authors and journalists will be attending, and if you’d like to join us too, click here for details.
Aaron Pierce and Kyle Chandler in Lanterns. (HBO)...
Reality TV Literacy (for Fans and Snobs Alike)
ICYMI: We are hosting our first-ever MOPC happy hour on Oct. 14 in NYC! If you’d like to join us, click HERE for details.
“The tribe has spoken.” “Please pack your knives and go.” “Sashay away.”
Even if you’re not a reality TV fan, you l...
The Delightful Cringe of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
We’re excited to present the first of a new kind of post for us: an Honorary Minister assignment! One of the benefits of being a founding paid member—an Honorary Minister—is the chance to commission us to write about the pop culture of your...
Join Us at MOPC Happy Hour in NYC on Oct. 14!
Think of our happy hour as “How You Met the Ministry.” (CBS)
One of our goals this year was to create community with our fellow pop culture fans. So we are excited to announce that we are having our first happy hour on Wednesday, Oct. 14 a...
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Pop culture coverage with passion, purpose, meaning, and depth, for people who care deeply about pop culture and its effect on the world.
Author of five New York Times bestsellers. || Writer at GOOD MOVIE, a publication about movies that are good.
New York Times bestselling pop culture historian, journalist, and author who has written nine books about pop culture history, including Seinfeldia, Parks and Rec, and When Women Invented Television.
Author of "Kind of a Big Deal," "Generation Friends," and more. Bylines in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Vanity Fair, and Slate.
Author of "The Other Lata," "Dava Shastri's Last Day" (a GMA Book Club Pick) and "Advika and the Hollywood Wives." A pop culture addict who would be an excellent addition to your trivia team.
Ali Barthwell is the author of Reality TV for Snobs (August 2026). Pre-orders available now! Ali is an Emmy, Writers Guild Award, and Peabody Award winning writer. She’s been recapping reality TV since 2015.
I'm a Los Angeles-based writer. My debut novel, LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD HERE, will be released by Grand Central Publishing on June 2, 2026.
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