Silly Pop Culture References Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/silly-pop-culture-references/ words and images for mindful humans Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:36:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png Silly Pop Culture References Archives — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/category/silly-pop-culture-references/ 32 32 Three phrase philosophy for hosting quality community events https://www.emmpress.com/three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:14:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=20000 And defining some roles while I’m at it. Every large-scale event has a producer. Producers are people who brings teams together, pays artists, hires contractors, handles grounds, fencing,…

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]]> On the flip side of life, trauma is your honor https://www.emmpress.com/on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:29:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19583 After disasters, harsh realities, assh*les, and accidents, we are 100% allowed to be grateful those aspects of Self that help us to carry on. CRYSTALLINE CLARIFICATION HERE: this…

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]]> Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga https://www.emmpress.com/sex-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-death Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19297 I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…

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]]> Declaration of Independence https://www.emmpress.com/declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaration-of-independence Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:29:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18762 How a powerful document did what it was supposed to do. There are dozens of declarations that we could look at more closely, but today, I’d love discuss…

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]]> Taking time… https://www.emmpress.com/taking-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-time Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:35:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18269 On “taking time for oneself,” rest, idiomatic expressions, etymology, and art from this week. I occasionally steal time to do things like watch movies, walk in nature, write…

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]]> On making love, not war, and the silent majority https://www.emmpress.com/on-making-love-not-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-making-love-not-war Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:29:06 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15975 When I first heard Double Fantasy at 11, I knew I’d heard something new. A collaboration with two unique voices: one from the West, one from the East.…

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]]> Generational Curse Breaking for an Everyday Lady https://www.emmpress.com/generational-curse-breaking-for-an-everyday-lady/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generational-curse-breaking-for-an-everyday-lady Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:37:08 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14641 Disclaimer: in order to do this, you don’t actually have to be a lady. I am case in point. I’m also not recommending you believe in curses per…

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]]> Life is a feeling https://www.emmpress.com/life-is-a-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-is-a-feeling Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:44:18 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14518 One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…

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]]> What do you call utopia? https://www.emmpress.com/what-do-you-call-utopia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-you-call-utopia Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:32:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14520 With Sunday Morning Hope by David Byrne and Patti Smith I don’t care for the word utopia. I feel it’s been so overused for so long that my…

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]]> Regress, or Congress? https://www.emmpress.com/regress-or-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regress-or-congress Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:34:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14346 In 2016, I wrote letters to a number of GOP Senators asking them to hold the line against the destructive tendencies of Trump. It seemed clear that his…

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]]> Road Songs, Libraries, and Hard Work Hassles https://www.emmpress.com/road-songs-libraries-and-hard-work-hassles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=road-songs-libraries-and-hard-work-hassles Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:22:12 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14295 After dropping my 15 year old at drivers ed, I drove around listening to classic rock and landed at the library. Before I forget, Bob Seeger is an…

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]]> Admitting Conflation https://www.emmpress.com/admitting-conflation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=admitting-conflation Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:54:54 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14085 See, I’m on a self-study immersion in the English language and American culture so as to become a better writer. And my course is pretty sloppy and more…

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]]> If it’s brown… https://www.emmpress.com/if-its-brown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-its-brown Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:31:54 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13848 There’s a bell in the bathroom at my mom’s house. Like one of those “ring for service,” bells that dings when you slap it. Because there’s more than…

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]]> 3 little words… on my doorstep https://www.emmpress.com/3-little-words-on-my-doorstep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-little-words-on-my-doorstep Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:11:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13830 A multi-media pairing for a multi-media life. Thank goodness for music, art, and poetry. In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes…

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]]> Band of Brothers https://www.emmpress.com/band-of-brothers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=band-of-brothers Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:05:47 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13809 A few weeks ago, a solid, insightful, kind and loving man from my home town took his own life. I knew him a little, and what I knew…

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]]> The Helpers https://www.emmpress.com/the-helpers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-helpers Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:15:08 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13683 On building trust and hope in a world we cannot control. Mr. Rogers said, when you are in crisis, look for the helpers. This is a good strategy…

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]]> low-to-no ownership https://www.emmpress.com/low-to-no-ownership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-to-no-ownership Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:20:02 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13505 With poorly drawn diagram of a cross-section of Earth and Space. Because Western civilization and most economic systems seem to be centered around “mine” vs. “yours,” there is…

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]]> Validation & Credentialing ~ Terms of Endearment for oddly-credentialed kin https://www.emmpress.com/validation-credentialing-terms-of-endearment-for-non-credentialed-kin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=validation-credentialing-terms-of-endearment-for-non-credentialed-kin Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:54:33 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12982 I’ve been pondering the value of credentialing and validation for someone to get recognized for mastery in action, but have personally not chased either; preferring instead to practice…

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]]> The Next Generation https://www.emmpress.com/the-next-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-next-generation Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:40:21 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12876 Today, I did something out of character. I showed up to volunteer for a PTO thing at my kids’ former elementary school. For the record, my kids do…

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]]> The day you realize https://www.emmpress.com/the-day-you-realize/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-you-realize Tue, 20 May 2025 21:09:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12513 In the past few years, I found myself saying lightheartedly, “you know, I am the center of my own universe. So are you. No one can be anything…

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]]> IT https://www.emmpress.com/it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it Sat, 17 May 2025 17:05:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12417 I have had a love-hate relationship with the word “it” in all of its permutations. There, I admitted it. In my book, it is not exactly a Term…

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]]> Dragons, science fiction, and how fearsome archetypes can help you heal your inner life https://www.emmpress.com/dragons-sci-fi-and-how-fearsome-archetypes-in-literature-can-help-you-heal-your-inner-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dragons-sci-fi-and-how-fearsome-archetypes-in-literature-can-help-you-heal-your-inner-life Fri, 02 May 2025 11:33:58 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11924 I love stories. And I crave movies that sweep me away… and not just for sake of distraction. Stories help heal my inner cast of characters: that chorus…

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]]> an artist date: sketching with the masters https://www.emmpress.com/an-artist-date-sketching-with-the-masters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-artist-date-sketching-with-the-masters Thu, 01 May 2025 21:01:51 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11912 From April 25, the perfect date1. I’ve noticed recently how many of my favorite thinkers, artists, musicians, and philosophers spent/spend an good amount of time consuming literature, art…

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]]> self-censorship, free speech, and the powers of The People https://www.emmpress.com/self-censorship-free-speech-and-the-powers-of-societal-norms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-censorship-free-speech-and-the-powers-of-societal-norms Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:00:10 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11667 What happens when the recently de-privileged1 try to recoup social power by authoritarianism, and what to do about it. No law can save you, if you don’t make…

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]]> Popes, Psychics, Refugees, and the Power of Love https://www.emmpress.com/popes-psychics-refugees-and-the-power-of-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=popes-psychics-refugees-and-the-power-of-love Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:20:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11643 My mom called me first thing this morning: “Elizabeth, did you call me last night?” No mom. “Are you sure?” Maybe I did a butt dial. What’s going…

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]]> Edge of Seventeen https://www.emmpress.com/edge-of-seventeen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=edge-of-seventeen Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:13:04 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11194 Enjoying the full-bodied rebellion of peri-menopause, and the strength of youth. My well read (and generally badass) friend says to me the other day, “there’s a hormonal link…

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]]> Alt Empress E https://www.emmpress.com/alt-empress-e/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alt-empress-e Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:07:55 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=11091 We’ve always had “royal” notables in our culture. I’m talking the King of Rock n Roll1, The Queen of Soul2, The Prince of Pop3, The Godfather of Soul,…

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]]> Making an oracle by machine https://www.emmpress.com/playing-the-fool-and-making-divination-tools-by-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-the-fool-and-making-divination-tools-by-machine Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:59:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9759 Get a reading of sorts at bottom of this page. Randomness is the name, and divination is the game. ~Playing The Fool1 I just added a Random Post…

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]]> Gravity & the living force of psychological pressure https://www.emmpress.com/gravity-is-pressure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gravity-is-pressure Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:14:25 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9626 A few months back, I lay in my bed around 3 in the morning, watching the shadows of the branches crawling across the ceiling. The craggy shapes were…

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]]> Participate in a Public | Digital Search Project https://www.emmpress.com/participate-in-art-public-search-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=participate-in-art-public-search-project Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:01:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=9304 I stole this post, screenshots of my own images, and public research project back from my IG account, where the winners of original physical art will be sought…

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]]> Artist’s Confidential https://www.emmpress.com/artists-confidential/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artists-confidential Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:55:26 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8792 AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel (with high hopes of it…

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]]> project project & on demand on you https://www.emmpress.com/project-project-on-demand-on-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-project-on-demand-on-you Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:55:58 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8410 This is about putting the marketing cart before the horse with Human Design, and it apparently working.1 Oh yes, and moonlighting…And examining why anyone would put pressure on…

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]]> Gail Force https://www.emmpress.com/gail-force/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gail-force Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:07:50 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=8479 Gail lived with us for several months when I was five years old. Gail was 15 years old at the time, an avid 1970s free spirit, a pot…

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