Archive - Pop Culture Pen Pals

January 2023: Cannibalabra

Jan 22, 2023 •

December 2022

Bad Sisters and the dream of revenge

Hi all, Hannah here. Kelsey and I have missed you all so much! This is the beginning of a verrry slow return to this newsletter. We probably won’t be…

Dec 1, 2022 •

June 2021

An important Pen Pals announcement [PLEASE READ]

Dear Reader, When we first started this newsletter 2.5 years ago on TinyLetter with 10 subscribers, we had a vision for this to be a space where we…

Jun 16, 2021 •

May 2021

May 2021 Preview: Palladinopalooza

It’s finally happening, pals. We’re circling back to a topic from our inaugural episode, which also happens to be a foundational topic in these pen…

May 16, 2021 •

April 2021

March 2021: Ted Lasso + Feminism, Actually

As per the usual, we went too long for gmail to handle! If you’re reading this in gmail, at the very bottom you’ll see a note that says “[Message…

Apr 12, 2021 •

March 2021

March 2021 Preview

Hello pals! It’s March and spring is……on it’s way! Though we’re bemoaning the fact that this time last year your Pen Pals were together and that a year…

Mar 17, 2021 •

February 2021: Teenage Bounty Hunters!!!!!

Dear Kelsey, Happy New Year!!! I can’t believe it’s the end of February and time to write our newsletter again. My maternity leave has flown by, but I…

Mar 5, 2021 •

February 2021

February 2021 Preview

That’s right, weeeee’re back!!! Though we’re not naive enough to think of a new year as a cure-all, we are almost certainly going to be getting new…

Feb 20, 2021 •

December 2020

End of 2020: Bill Pullman is hot, and other things about Christmas romcoms

Just two pals, standing in front of our readers, saying that once again we ran too long for Gmail. If you’re reading this in gmail, at the very bottom…

Dec 24, 2020 •

November 2020

End of 2020 Preview: Three Christmas Romcoms, not quite alike in dignity

As is our time-honored tradition (ie the second year in a row), as an attempt to take things a little gentler on ourselves around the end of the…

Nov 20, 2020 •

October 2020

122 Thoughts About The Twilight Saga, Among Other Things

also known as, "the most absolutely out of her gourd Kelsey has ever been"

Oct 26, 2020 •

September?????? 2020

Dear Kelsey, Anyone who has ever worked in higher education knows that July/August/September are notoriously brutal months, and we were thoroughly…

Oct 8, 2020 •

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