A HuffPost series on the pop culture that unlocked something in us, helped us fit in, taught us something or became an entry point to something bigger.
HuffPost senior culture reporter Marina Fang describes "teaching" pop culture to herself — and eventually turning it into a career.
After school, I would skip past my usual Nickelodeon cartoons and turn to the coolest channel I knew: MTV.
How one song changed the entire course of my life and gave me the strength to be someone I thought I could never be.
"I was leading a double life as an American at school and a Greek in the evenings and on weekends."
The Hulu series offers a representation that often goes unnoticed.
Twenty years after its release, "The Lizzie McGuire" actor's debut album still speaks to the inner teen in these women.
"In my father's absence, I needed to see Black men caring for their families, protecting them, showing up, dancing with their grandchildren at family reunions."
"Mary Richards lived alone, shopped alone, slept alone. And she was fine, fulfilled and even happy."
Over Thanksgiving dinner, my stoic dad recalled an experience that explained so much about his love.
"Like many queer men before me, 'The Wizard of Oz' became a life raft."
“I expected a lot of things when I started the novel … but I didn’t think it would feel culturally relevant in 2023.”
"Her songs spoke to me about my own life in a language I instantly understood. It was like every light in every gloomy room in my body suddenly came on."
Introducing a new HuffPost series on the pop culture that unlocked something in us, helped us fit in, taught us something or became an entry point to something bigger.
