Culture Trip is one year old! I can’t thank you enough for paying attention to this space, which has allowed me to explore the ways that pop culture intersects with the deeper parts of life, spirituality, and politics, topics that are not always an easy sell elsewhere. Here, I’ve gotten to examine Barbie’s spiritual journey, compare Britney Spears to an 18th-century Buddhist monk-poet, consider the psychedelic themes in Kacey Musgraves’ music, argue for more death on television, and look at recent depictions of mushroom trips on Ted Lasso and Beef. And that’s because you all were here, reading.
To celebrate, I’m offering 20 percent off new paid subscriptions in the month of March. If you sign up now, you’ll get the chance to support my writing at a slightly lower rate, and you’ll get to keep that discount forever.
But more than anything, just your being here has helped me to get this thing off the ground and keep at it, and for that I thank you.