by Grace Houck, film still from Melancholia you. you are sad and i am sorry. life is hard on everyone but it’s been extra rough with you. i don’t know every detail about you or your life but i do know that your heart has grown tired from past experiences that have caused you pain. i may not learn what those past experiences are however i will acknowledge that they exist. mental health issues have…

Collage by Emma Meyler. A sweet cover dedicated to the OG spectacle: the moon.

Are You Gonna Eat That?

by Virginia After watching every episode of Black Mirror in a span of five days, I desperately needed something easy on my mind. So I did just that, and watched Joe Swanberg’s mumblecore masterpiece, Easy. Since there were only eight episodes, that only took me two days. My appreciation of classic horror and overly dramatic high school stories led me to test the waters of MTV’s Scream, and I was…

The Spectacle of the Self

By Alicia Lapeña-Barry, Collage by Irine Le As the past five months of my young adult life have progressed, I have thought more about the word spectacle and the various instances and forms in which this particular personal phenomenon has taken place. Self-awareness and constant reflection have been integral parts of my being for as long as I can remember. This has been both a blessing and a…

Image by Alexandra, Playlist by Kathryn     Obsessed – Mariah Carey Moi je joue – Brigitte Bardot Feeling Myself – Nicki Minaj & Beyoncé Cash Machine – D.R.A.M. Fashion Killa – A$AP Rocky Good As Hell – Lizzo I’m The Best – Nicki Minaj i – Kendrick Lamar Video Girl – FKA twigs ***Flawless – Beyoncé All Me –…

Editor’s Letter: Spectacle

Collage by Irene Le    

Call for Submissions: SPECTACLE

And we back! And we back! And we back! Pop Culture Puke has lived through multiple forms, but we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus lately. This is your official CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for February because WE BACK! From now on we’ll be posting themed content every other month, in addition to regular pop culture coverage. February’s theme is SPECTACLE, and we want to see your art, essays, poetry, comics,…

Comic: Hell Freezing Over

By L.C. Graber   L.C. Graber makes comics and is a friend to all invertebrates. Find them on twitter and tumblr.

Equality in Music: PandoraFest

PandoraFest is a music festival in Scotland that debuted this past summer in order to put a spotlight on female artists. I talked to Caroline Daalmeijer, one of the festival organizers about how Pandora Fest got started and why it matters. Pop Culture Puke: How did Pandora Fest start? PandoraFest: PandoraFest came about because Jammenique, the festival’s other organizer, and I wanted to showcase…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SPECTACLE

Our theme for September will be SPECTACLE. Please send us your pitches and drafts of writing, art, music, poetry, reviews, film, or whatever else you can think up to [email protected] and [email protected]. The theme is up to your own interpretation. Can’t wait to see what you make! <3   Image

Inhale and Exhale: Legally Blonde the Essay

by Shelby, art by Livy Do you ever have those moments where your breathing mutates? Because it happens to me a lot. My breathing turns from a handy automatic function to a process I’m aware of—instead of just breathing, I’m inhaling and exhaling and inhaling and exhaling. My lungs don’t work on their own. I have to force them. If I don’t I’ll collapse. Fall into a heap. But inhaling and exhaling…

Talking To Lady Pills

Interview by Virginia Croft, Art by Logan Jones Boston-based band Lady Pills includes Ella, Allison, and Claire– I could include their last names, but this is how they’ve listed themselves on both Facebook and Bandcamp. And quite frankly, I like the idea of being on a first name basis with these gals. I first stumbled upon them while perusing their assigned label’s website, otherwise known as…

Art by Brooklynd Turner, Poetry by Virginia Croft Aisle 6 They’re not really digestive issues   More like a side effect from my fear of:   Losing my hearing being alone impending death   I walked around the grocery store for a half hour   Stuck between the baking chocolate and the almost-donuts we ate after the glacier Opting for the imported peanut butter: Sticky teeth with a side of anxiety.  …

Sammy Polinsky carries a camera everywhere. I know this because she is one of my closest friends and during the school year we spend almost every waking moment together. Many of these photos are from school in rural Pennsylvania, although some are from the beginning of the summer in Connecticut.

Although I think that Sammy’s photographs are art, that’s not necessarily the purpose behind her photos. I love Sammy’s photography because it’s just her trying to capture moments that she’s seeing so that she can have them forever. She’s not trying to do anything else except document her life for herself and her friends. Every time she gets new photos developed she puts them in an album and whenever someone comes to her dorm room for the first time, she shows them her new pictures, and it’s beautiful because it’s like “Hey, if you want to see what my life is, then keep flipping the pages.”

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Sammy Polinsky is a student at Dickinson College. She is an avid user of gel pens.

  Molly Gorelick is a college student from Pennsylvania majoring in Taylor Swift conspiracy theories. She also edits Pop Culture Puke. Check her out here and here.