Recommend a woman-written pop culture blog

December 9, 2014 12:44 PM

What are some good, smart, thoughtful popular culture blogs written by women? I'm mostly interested in more generalized coverage than a focus on a single medium/genre. Doesn't necessarily have to have a strong feminist perspective, though that's fine. Thanks for any suggestions!
posted by El Sabor Asiatico to Media & Arts (18 answers total)

Response by poster: (BTW - if you have a blog that meets the above criteria, please feel free to post a link.)
posted by El Sabor Asiatico at 12:45 PM on December 9, 2014

NPR's pop culture blog Monkey See is written by (Metafilter's Own) Linda Holmes.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 12:48 PM on December 9, 2014 [11 favorites]

Buzzfeed to the rescue?

I don't agree with all their suggestions, but who doesn't love the Toast?
posted by Ziggy500 at 12:48 PM on December 9, 2014 [2 favorites]

Www.gofugyourself.com
posted by jojobobo at 12:50 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Hairpin is in my feeds.
posted by Stynxno at 12:55 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Toast
posted by matildaben at 12:59 PM on December 9, 2014 [4 favorites]

Abigail Nussbaum at Asking the Wrong Questions is wonderful (if occasional). There's a focus on literary science fiction, but recently she's blogged about Aaron Sorkin and the new TV season as well as SF/Fantasy movies and TV.
posted by Jeanne at 1:00 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Mary Sue if you're interested in geek stuff at all. They recently merged with a less explicitly feminist/woman-oriented geek culture blog, but that remains a heavy focus and most of the writers are women.
posted by Sara C. at 1:04 PM on December 9, 2014 [3 favorites]

Molly Lambert of Grantland (and previously This Recording) is one of my favorite pop culture writers. Some recent pieces I've enjoyed are about Taylor Swift and Eminem.

Also Man Repeller which is fashiony but has a lot of lifestyle/culture content too.

Anne Helen Petersen at Buzzfeed is great.
posted by acidic at 1:18 PM on December 9, 2014 [3 favorites]

I generally like The Frisky, although like Jezebel it occasionally goes off the rails.
posted by fuse theorem at 1:39 PM on December 9, 2014

Ooh, seconding Molly Lambert!
posted by Room 641-A at 2:31 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

Alyssa Rosenberg blogs about pop culture for the Washington Post. She is super smart (and, full disclosure, an acquaintance of mine).

Also seconding Linda Holmes - I listen to her NPR podcast, Pop Culture Happy Hour, every week, and I'm obsessed. It literally reminds me of conversations I have with my (nerdy) friends all the time.
posted by bookgirl18 at 3:23 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

Does Bitch Magazine online count? Some of it is politics, but a lot of it is television, music, books, movies and there's a podcast, too.
posted by crush-onastick at 4:23 PM on December 9, 2014

I've been reading a lot of one of Salon's entertainment critics.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 4:45 PM on December 9, 2014

Sheila O'Malley is a great writer, period. Her main focuses are film, acting, and books but her range is much broader.
posted by Sheydem-tants at 6:28 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

Alyssa Rosenberg, currently at the Washington Post.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:13 PM on December 9, 2014

Nthing Molly Lambert. I've also followed her since This Recording. Here's an ESPN page with all her writing for Grantland.

In case you want an RSS feed too.
posted by mnumberger at 6:28 AM on December 10, 2014 [1 favorite]

Not my blog, though the E-i-C is a friend of mine and I've contributed a few reviews: Women Write About Comics. Comics are obviously prominent but pretty much all forms of pop culture/geekery get some coverage.
posted by bettafish at 1:19 PM on December 10, 2014