In her “Vox Pop” column for PopMatters Meta voices her observations about pop culture, particularly as it intersects with our lives. She is endlessly fascinated by the myriad ways in which our pop culture choices reflect back on us—our beliefs, our desires, our idiosyncrasies, our intellects. Wagner’s published pieces include written commentaries, features, and profiles for Salon, Boston Globe Magazine, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, and other publications. You can visit her blog here. When she’s not writing, Meta is molding young minds as an adjunct professor at Emerson College, where she teaches creative writing. She also developed and occasionally teaches a column-writing class at Grub Street, an independent writing center in Boston.
Columns
Monday, April 23 2012
It's Deja Vu: 'Network' Still Has a Finger on the Pulse of Culture, 36 Years Later
If you were to tell women in 1976 that, 36 years later, women who work exclusively in the home and those who also work outside the home would be pitted against each other, they wouldn’t have believed it.
Monday, March 19 2012
Politics R Us, or, Who's Your Daddy?
Rich white guys are not the only ones who can be counted among the 1%. The label is not just about income, it’s also about privilege and position… and nepotism.
Thursday, February 23 2012
Passing on the Crown: From Whitney to Adele
Adele, more than most stars I can think of—and certainly more than Whitney—seems to have had the chance to simply be herself.
Wednesday, January 4 2012
My Own Private Amazon
You’re a clever Casanova, Amazon. You knew if you could win my love with books, there’d be no stopping us.
Thursday, October 20 2011
Geniuses Are People, Too
Creative geniuses don’t succeed despite their flaws, they succeed because they are flawed.
