Sentences with phrase «by the pop culture of»

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The sliver of pop culture we've slid under the media microscope bears little relation to what's sampled by the rest of the country.

If you watched television in 2010, you were smacked in the face by the Garden State's bombardment of pop culture.

Smosh, started by comedy duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, was one of the first YouTube sensations, becoming well known for the duo's slapstick comedy videos that parodied video games and pop culture.

Christians will look to and find anything by which to attach their faith to the coat - tails of successful pop - culture.

hamstrings itself by emphasizing Wade's exhaustive knowledge of 80s pop culture, mastery of which is the key to following the Oasis» clues, instead of lending him any sort of empathic motivation.

The problem is, Ready Player One hamstrings itself by emphasizing Wade's exhaustive knowledge of 80s pop culture, mastery of which is the key to following the Oasis» clues, instead of lending him any sort of empathic motivation.

And then I went to a tiny Christian college and that's where I lost my faith, surrounded by Christians, with no influence of pop culture and not so much as one atheist in my circle of acquaintances.

The first kiss of an aw - shucks teenager from Oklahoma, delivered by a superstar singer, might have made for a sweet pop - culture moment in a previous era.

The replacement of the study of serious literature by the study of popular culture is not meant to enhance the appreciation of pop culture, a wholly unnecessary endeavor, but to abase literature.

It was my first direct experience of a humanities professor delighted by pop - culture schlock.

In large part, sexual morality has been transformed by the aesthetics of pop culture, with its rhetorically loaded narratives of liberating the marginal and giving voices to the victims.

Given that Americans» collective attitudes on what causes are worthy seem to be driven by what we see on TV, it's good this topic is coming to the forefront of pop culture.

This fall, Fox is rebooting one of the most infamous horror titles ever produced by American pop - culture: The Exorcist.

For women dissatisfied by the stale bromides of secular feminism and the frothy, girl - power messages peddled by today's pop culture, the wisdom of the women saints is a bracing and provocative antidote.

People begin to actually see Jesus primarily through the lens of materialism and pop - culture, both of which by their very nature are constantly in flux.

None of this means that religious believers, and particularly religious parents, don't have understandable reasons for trying to wall their families off from the worst of what American pop culture has to offer, whether by canceling their cable subscription or packing up and moving to Ave Maria Town.

I read a great book over my holiday by Chuck Klosterman, IV, which is a collection of his essays on pop culture.

Beautifully photographed by Evan Sung, The Portlandia Cookbook -LCB- Cook Like a Local -RCB- is an entertaining blend of humor and recipes, inspired by both the marginally hyperbolic pop TV show and Portland's very real world - class food culture.

«The new Ghostbusters is an iconic film that is loved by millions of people, and its return gave us a unique opportunity to create exciting menu items inspired by the pop culture phenomenon,» said John Eucalitto, president of Wayback Burgers.

When I try to think of the ultimate pop culture icon for modern day parenting, the image that instantly comes to my mind is a mother reading a worn - out paperback copy of Baby and Childcare by Dr. Benjamin Spock (probably given to her by her mother!).

The following are a list of misconceptions about mothers (and children) who breastfeed beyond one year old, perpetuated by pop culture, that I would like to clear up and, eventually, never see again so I can breastfeed my toddler without the inevitable gasp or inappropriate question or horrified stare.

BabyCenter.com does, and Editor - in - Chief Linda Murray spoke with us about some of them, and how parents are influenced by pop culture, celebrity, and even royalty when it comes to naming the newest members of their family.

Colin, you are not only an excellent blogger, craftsman, artisan and dare I say, poet, but you are also a scholar of pop culture as demonstrated by your reference of probably one of the lamest blips of fame from this decade or the last (I can't remember which, but if my life was on the line, I'd guess the 90's).

(l - r above) Yesterday's Bronx Scavenger Hunt, sponsored by the Bronx Tourism Council and Ruben Diaz Jr.'s office, involved a full day of driving around the Bronx from top to bottom using 200 clues of historical and pop culture references to find borough -LSB-...]

He became a pop - culture as well as a legal star during his nearly eight years in office — not just by convicting Wall Street fraudsters, international arms dealers, and two of New York state's top - three politicians, but by doing it with a flair for the headline - stoking phrase.

What's worse, the actual science too often gets lost in the pop culture circus dominated by publicity - hungry hucksters and companies pushing gluten - free products full of chemical thickeners and starchy substitutions.

So annealed into pop culture are the five stages of grief — introduced in the 1960s by Swiss - born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler - Ross based on her studies of the emotional state of dying patients — that they are regularly referenced without explication.

To be fair, the same is often the case for humanities courses for science and engineering majors, but the big difference is that these students can not help but be bombarded by literature, music and art elsewhere as a part of the pop culture that permeates daily life.

Avoiding it is the best way to stay true to your own instincts and beliefs, instead of being brainwashed by the often - distorted norms and values of pop culture.

These foods, though nauseating to most of pop culture, have been eaten by our ancestors for well over hundreds of years.

I'm going decade diving for the entire month of March and interpreting the fashions of yesteryear by means of magazines, movies, and pop culture of the time.

The pop art movement took place primarily in the 1960s, and it is easily distinguished by its use of images, objects, and themes from popular culture as subject matter.

In the second half of the 20th century, the denim jacket became indelibly associated with pop culture as it was adopted by artists: beat intellectuals, rock stars, punks, bikers and hip - hop musicians.

I went decade diving for the entire month of March and interpreted the fashions of yesteryear by means of magazines, movies, and pop culture of the time.

Filled to the brim with pop - culture references, the amount of ways you have to escape all the pre-made prisons is only surpassed by the levels that came from the Steam Workshop.

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New York City About Blog The New Inquiry has made itself part of the bigger conversation by mixing political discussion, pop culture dissection, and a good dose of literary sensibilities.

It's an important piece of hip - hop pop culture history and should probably printed off, frame - by - fame, unless the internet is blown up: Kelly Rowland Kelly Rowland is all candor as she discusses the trials of being a new mom, her days in Destiny's Child,...

It first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from We've got the dating terms you need to know, and we're testing your knowledge of pop culture!

Steig's spiky illustrations and witty text has been amplified by the gleaming, bombastically hyperreal texture of big screen animation, the piling - on of movie references, boomer music cues, snipes at Disney animated characters and pop culture gags.

There are some pop culture references to the 1970s, with Heart's «Barracuda» and Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» featured on the soundtrack, but there's never the sense of a movie begging for laughs by throwing in anachronisms.

But even if this is «Call Me By Your Name» through the lens of the Disney Channel, there's a place in the culture for adolescent gay kids to enjoy the shiny, shallow, pop - song - infused coming - of - age stories that their straight peers consume on a daily basis.

Its drifting in and out of the soundtrack is partly a reminder of Lena's previous life, before Area X turned her world inside out — we hear CSN croon as she flashes back to goofy bedroom antics with her husband, military man Kane (Oscar Isaac), and it provides a sonic backdrop for Lena once that love is lost and she's left at home alone — but mostly the song is an artifact of pop - culture normalcy in a world defined by aberration.

Consequently, he developed an audacious fusion of pop culture and independent art house cinema; his films were thrillers that were distinguished as much by their clever, twisting dialogue as their outbursts of extreme violence.

The film is very much of its time, trying desperately for «cult» credibility as it is by casting Lemmy, Iggy Pop and that bloke from Fields Of The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culturof its time, trying desperately for «cult» credibility as it is by casting Lemmy, Iggy Pop and that bloke from Fields Of The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culturOf The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culture.

The pop - culture references, which are many, don't seem the product of some last - minute, punch - up - by - committee scripting session, they grow directly out of these characters» overdeveloped trivia acumen.

Though the devious wit of the original remains, it is obscured by too many classic - rock interludes (courtesy of Led Zeppelin, Heart and Paul McCartney) and nudging pop - culture references that seem by now just part of the formula.

I have my own fascinations with the year 2012, by now making leaps and bounds in the pop culture stratosphere some 20 years since Jose Arguelles first began scaring the shit out of everyone back in 1987.

A Wiki's worth of pop - culture references stitched together by the most derivative of plots, Ernest Cline's 2011 pulp sci - fi novel, Ready Player One, had many readers but substantially fewer devotees.

56 years on it's still terrifying as hell, with its impact undiminished by decades of twists and turns being pop cultured to bloody death.