pop culture

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It’s a pop culture monolith, spawning an Emmy-award winning South Park episode and the Leeroy Jenkins meme.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s not just that the humor often feels too topical or reliant on pop culture, but that the culture it’s relying on is pandering to younger audiences.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Thousands of people had reportedly been expected to attend the event, which describes itself as the "home of Australia's pop culture fandom".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

That near-death experience—and his survival—helped cement a folk-hero image now spilling into pop culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, and a string of comically bitter teen movies from Hollywood, pop culture has been trying to get this message out for years.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz