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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 17h

Harry and the Hendersons is a cheesy 1980s Bigfoot movie but it’s also a deconstruction of aggressive masculinity.

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Relearning softer masculinity with Bigfoot

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The absurd levels of product placement in Spider-Man Brand New Day www.youtube.com/shorts/PSnpI...

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Absurd product placement in Spider-Man

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Peter Parker uses so-called “AI-powered” technology to engage in mass surveillance and spy on everyone in NYC just like Palantir and Flock. www.youtube.com/shorts/sIVDr...

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Spider-Man & Mass Surveillance

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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@popdetective.bsky.social on Spider-Man using his AI powered chatbot for mass surveillance just like Flock and #Palantir

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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I ignored Ted Lasso at first, thinking it was a run-of-the-mill TV sitcom. Then I listened to this @popdetective.bsky.social podcast: youtu.be/HIbyQ76y4FY?...

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Audio Episode 01 - The Curious Case of Ted Lasso

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Garota de hambúrguer comendo anime @perobense.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

O @popdetective.bsky.social lançou esse vídeo curto sobre o clichê do "Homem das Cavernas puxando mulher pelo cabelo". Por um lado eu fiquei muito feliz que é um clichê que morreu, mas por outro me senti muito velho porque nos comentários tem várias pessoas dizendo que NUNCA viram uma cena do tipo.

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Caveman masculinity is a Paleofantasy

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FreemanAMG @freemanamg.kaiju.house · 03/06/2026

I strongly dislike the short-form video format, with one huge exception: @popdetective.bsky.social 's shorts. www.youtube.com/shorts/TRhIl...

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Luke Skywalker is NOT a power fantasy

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm convinced most of the loudest angriest self-proclaimed Star Wars fans have never actually seen the original trilogy.

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yoda says wars not make one great in a movie

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Genuine question: Do they keep announcing and then quietly canceling dozens of Star Wars projects to boost the stock price? For some other nefarious reason? Or is it just a shocking level of incompetence?

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Alys Brooks @alysbrooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Jonathan McIntosh (@popdetective.bsky.social) has some good videos that cover this and related attitudes in media: —Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6Q... —Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nhe...

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Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"Pixar’s series Win or Lose is almost perfect, but Disney interfered and forced animators to remove any overt reference to Kai’s gender dysphoria. See flowerhaart’s insta posts about what was changed." #pixar #disney #animation #genderdysphoria #sports #lgbt Via @popdetective.bsky.social

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Kim Uruska @kim.uruska.lol · 28/04/2026

@popdetective.bsky.social continues to release quality content on the regular. I miss the long form essays but this steady stream of shorts is wonderful. youtube.com/shorts/MZEpR...

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The Hollywood mandate to include white heroes

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We need public ownership of all social media.

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Aviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂ @aviendha69.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Pixar is afraid of girlhood youtube.com/shorts/51eEF... via @popdetective.bsky.social Patriarchy crushes girls, and cages boys. 'Divide and conquer' along the penis divide.

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Pixar is afraid of girlhood

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

«Kids deserve better than the Super Mario Galaxy movie which doesn’t teach even basic emotional literacy.» Via @popdetective.bsky.social Support @ www.patreon.com/popdetective #filmsky #gaming #medialiteracy #emotionalintelligence #philosophy #education

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ceremus.bsky.social @ceremus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Everything I've wanted to say about the Mario movies and more. Children's media should not be a dumping ground for slop, nor for cynical cash grabs with nothing meaningful to say. Vid care of: @popdetective.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/Nucsd...

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Kids deserve better than the Mario Galaxy movie

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Library Bear 📚 @adklibrarybear.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fam if you’re not on the Pop Culture Detective train yet, he’s been making these blazing hot shorts & daaaamn do I love them: youtube.com/shorts/msR4-... @popdetective.bsky.social

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War makes monsters of us all

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Got tickets for the biggest screen in my city. Gotta wait 'till mid week though because every other showing was already sold out

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I will die on the hill that the Dune books are overtly orientalist and downright racist. I know folks don't what to hear it but it's basically Lawrence of Arabia in space which really really does not age well.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I'm collecting pieces that are rightly very critical of One Battle After Another (primarily written by Black women critics). I've found a bunch of illuminating reviews already but please drop your favorites...

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Emanuel Perez @perezsez.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Good take on Hoppers imo. A funny movie, but it feels afraid to actually say anything substantial about environmentalism. Dr Seuss' The Lorax is a short picture book, but pulls no punches even though it's for kids. And that was 50 years ago! @popdetective.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/YeYgk...

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Hoppers weak sauce politics

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Frazer @frazwahg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Super glad to see someone like @popdetective.bsky.social eloquently put why Hoppers really didn't work for me. Media for kids can and should be better! youtube.com/shorts/YeYgk...

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Hoppers weak sauce politics

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Kim Uruska @kim.uruska.lol · 12/03/2026

Short form content has its drawbacks but @popdetective.bsky.social has been absolutely on fire with YouTube shorts this week. Check them out! youtube.com/shorts/3tbZh...

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Telling instead of showing

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Dan Herbert @danpherbert.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The film "Sorry, Baby" was one of my favorite films of 2025 and this short from @popdetective.bsky.social is very on point. It's a master class in balancing tone to let serious topics be serious but also let in some levity. youtube.com/shorts/3tbZh...

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Telling instead of showing

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theoddwoman.bsky.social @theoddwoman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Excelente como todos los vídeos de Pop Detective

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yes, all these AI slop posts with captions like "Hollywood is cooked" do indeed look objectively awful, but that's not the reason we should reject AI. Even if AI scenes did look good, it'd still be a disaster for artists, creativity, the environment, and humanity writ large.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Star Wars under the leadership of Dave Filoni

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is because market research told them that an entire generation won’t watch anything in black & white isn’t it? Cowards.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Or just let the past die. Especially the proudly misogynistic past.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Horrified by the Epstein files? This started when colonizers arrived in 1492. Columbus & his men trafficked Taino girls as young as 9, yet he has a federal holiday & statues. Slave "owners" like Jefferson routinely raped Black children. This horror is not new to the rulers in the Americas.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

How often have you seen someone say "it's not that deep" or "it's just a game/movie" on social media? Those sad phrases are examples of what are called thought-terminating clichés and they're deployed to shut down intellectual inquiry and kill curiosity.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Love Chappell but have we truly considered the cultural implications of turning absolutely everyone and everything in pop culture (regardless of their values or messages) into a machine gun-toting avatar who's dropped into a kill-or-be-killed scenario?

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“A riot is the language of the unheard. America has failed to hear...that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.” - MLK Jr.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Colonization is once again the top theme in board gaming. The "gold rush" set off a wave of genocide agasint Native Americans in California. The industry continues to turn a blind eye to the colonialism embedded in "Old West" themes. This 2026 game is called Gold Country designed by Reiner Knizia.

Screenshot of Board Game Geek top games showing Gold Country designed by Reiner Knizia at number one.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

A lot of people are noticing the spread of AI sexual abuse material on X now, but it has been happening for years. Young actresses like Jenna Ortega and Xochitl Gomez fled the platform. Even celebrities say there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Misogynistic violence is the main reason I left X.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I haven't seen any consequences for this Grok "AI" horror show, not even any news coverage.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"AI" image generation is not primarily used to make cats dance ballet or whatever, it's mostly used to non-consensually undress real women and pose them in sexual situations against their will. "AI" is being leveraged by men to control, humiliate, and shame women in real life.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/12/2025

Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.

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