If panic defined 2020, then ennui defined 2021. During the first half of the year, the vaccine rollout had just begun and there was a pervasive idea that 2021 would be a rambunctious year of nightlife ...

Before we get to this week’s column, some housekeeping: After eight(!) years writing The Week In Pop, I am handing over the reins of this column in 2022. Starting in January, Rachel Brodsky will be ...

This was year two of the pandemic, and the political and social strife surrounding vaccines and vaccine access dominated the headlines. In a way, that lingering weight only made pop culture—the ...