hetero poptimism

Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s best friend, and other pop culture stuff

Sexuality is a woman’s first, best agency and any social mechanism that contributes to the value of it will always be encouraged.

Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male

“Thank you always and forever for listening,” Carpenter shared on the song’s release. “And thank you men for testing me!!” Well, it’s not like this guy is passing any tests on his own ...

Sabrina Carpenter Doesn’t Gentle-Parent Her “Manchild”

“Manchild” is a kiss-off about a stupid man. In it, she patronizes her man by talking like a caveman, asking, “Why so sexy if so dumb?” It’s been theorized that the song is about Carpenter’s public ex, movie star Barry Keoghan. Are there any indications Man’s Best Friend is about Keoghan? Well, he does remind some people of Target’s famous dog... See more

Sabrina Carpenter Fetches Man’s Best Friend

Ideological skirmishes over the motives and obligations of Carpenter’s music include both sincere interrogation of its feminism and smirking counteractive reprisals to that scrutiny. It’s easy to ignite a smoldering batch of think pieces and podcast rebukes in the year of conservatives making Sydney Sweeney an emblem of imagined liberal outrage.... See more

Sabrina Carpenter Is No Sub

Pessimism is the most generous of thoughts; it includes everyone, if only by virtue of their existing. ~ * ~

Eugene Thacker • Infinite Resignation

(She) was enthusiastically heterosexual.

—Eccentric Lives, The Daily Telegraph Book of 21st Century Obituaries.

Criticism is crucial, but pessimism – “a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future” – is actively harmful on both individual and societal levels.

Packy McCormick • Optimism