Pop Culture - A Museum Dose

Aloha fellow disruptors and pop culture archeologists—today, we’re cracking open the vault of American myth-making with three brilliant minds who aren’t just studying history… they’re remixing it.

Straight outta Christopher Newport University, we’ve got a powerhouse crew of museum studies renegades who know that culture isn’t something you consume—it’s something you question. They’re decoding the matrix behind Mickey Mouse, MTV, memes, and mass media.

Aster McMillion is leading from the front—activist, researcher, and curator of chaos—already publishing, protesting, and hanging gallery walls like a boss. If Indiana Jones and Gloria Steinem had a baby in a Warhol print, it might look like her.

Andrew Brown is equally stacked—sharp-witted, culturally literate, and unafraid to challenge the gatekeepers of the canon. He’s the kind of thinker who’ll lead you through a museum tour and slip in a Fight Club reference without breaking a sweat.

And now joining the fray is the brilliant Lizzie Childress—or as the revolution knows her, Lizzie. She’s a triple-threat honors student, history major, political science and museum studies double-minor, and student leader of more clubs than there are TikTok trends in a day. Lizzie’s not just studying curatorial power—she’s practicing it in real time, zooming in live from the exhibit space itself. She’s Phi Alpha Theta meets Schoolhouse Rock meets punk rock historian.

Their event? It’s a full-on excavation of the American psyche—how Elvis, Barbie, punk rock, propaganda, drag, hip-hop, TikTok, and TikTok backlash became more than trends—they became battlefields for identity, power, and memory.

This isn’t just a student event. It’s a call to wake up. Because behind every pop culture moment is a myth we swallowed, a truth we ignored, or a system we fed.

So buckle up. If you grew up loving the smell of Blockbuster on a Friday night, if you’ve ever questioned the gospel of Disney, or if you think pop culture is more sacred than Sunday mass—this one’s for you.

Let’s tear back the curtain and see who’s really writing the script.

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