Ministry of Pop Culture
Ministry of Pop Culture, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Saul Austerlitz, Kirthana Ramisetti, Shea Serrano, Erica Hendry, AliSmart takes on pop culture that matters, from three award-winning journalists and authors.
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The Eternal Autumn of ‘Gilmore Girls’
One of the benefits of being a founding paid member—a.k.a. an Honorary Minister—is the chance to commission us to write about the pop culture of your choice. Our first assignment was about The Summer I Turned Pretty, which you can read here...
The Best Political Quarter-Hour on Television
(NBC)
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Yes, that’s correct, the midterms are in eleven days. I’m sleeping great, thanks for asking! Feeling really calm and centered. No cares at all. Just petting dogs and touching grass and basking in the glow of early fall...
When Lauren Conrad Became As (In)famous As Britney Spears
Editor’s note: We are pleased to share an excerpt from Lisa Whittington-Hill’s You Know What You Did: The Hills, out now from ECW Press. Below you can read about how a storyline involving a damaging rumor about the show’s star Lauren Conrad...
Why Men Aren’t Funny
(NBC Universal)
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Men generally produce more content labeled as “humor” than women do—I concede this. Over the balance of history, men have absolutely claimed to tell more “jokes” than women. I think it’s safe to say this even...
Pounding the Concrete with John Wilson
(Magnolia Pictures)
At the Q&A session after a screening of John Wilson’s documentary The History of Concrete in Brooklyn the week before last, a man raised his hand. He had made a series of bespoke concrete blocks, and he wanted to give o...
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Smart takes on pop culture that matters, from three award-winning journalists and authors.
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.
Writer at GOOD MOVIE, a publication about movies that are good, and AFTER REVIEW, a publication about basketball.
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.
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.
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