Pop Culture Essays

Scent Calendar (February)

Or, what I've smelled like, Part 2

Mar 11 • Jensen McRae

Ins & Outs For 2026

Everyone Get More Human Now!

Dec 23, 2025 • Jensen McRae

The Life of a Showgirl in Boyfriendland

Or, HE CANNOT SAVE YOU!

Oct 15, 2025 • Jensen McRae

Chronic Illness and Hope

Or, don't let the bastard(s) get you down!

Oct 8, 2025 • Jensen McRae

Or, 'Didion and Babitz'

Oct 1, 2025 • Jensen McRae

Art: A Treatise

Or, the only framework that has ever made sense to me

Sep 3, 2025 • Jensen McRae

What YOU on Netflix Is Really About

NOTE: This essay contains major spoilers for every season of "You" on Netflix

Jul 6, 2025 • Jensen McRae

Why I Love 'The Idiot'

Or, the world's only perfect book

Dec 23, 2024 • Jensen McRae

Ins & Outs For 2025

Or, I am the cultural oracle whether you like it or NOT

Dec 1, 2024 • Jensen McRae

We Used To Be Weirder

Or, how making the Internet bigger, faster, and sleeker didn't make it better

Oct 5, 2024 • Jensen McRae

Braggadocios Pop Is Back

Or, confidence is drag

Aug 26, 2024 • Jensen McRae

Life Is Beautiful

Or, on hopecore

Mar 11, 2024 • Jensen McRae

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