Pop Culture

Broader commentary on trends, discourse, and storytelling across culture, especially when the conversation goes beyond any one work.

Pop Culture

Claudia Dumon

22 MIN READ

Why Media Keeps Asking Us to Feel Nostalgia Instead of Wonder

Why 'Stranger Things' was most compelling when it trusted the emotional intensity of being young, and why its coming-of-age storylines rarely landed with the same force.

Pop Culture

Claudia Dumon

22 MIN READ

Why Media Keeps Asking Us to Feel Nostalgia Instead of Wonder

Why 'Stranger Things' was most compelling when it trusted the emotional intensity of being young, and why its coming-of-age storylines rarely landed with the same force.