Pop Culture - Students of Christopher Newport University

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A museum dose

Aloha fellow disruptors and pop culture archeologists—

Today, we’re cracking open the vault of American myth-making with not just one, but three brilliant minds who aren’t just studying history—they’re remixing it, re-curating it, and calling it out in real time.

Straight outta Christopher Newport University, meet the powerhouse crew behind the exhibit “Made for the Moment: Glimpses into American Pop Culture.” These are museum studies renegades who know that culture isn’t something you passively consume—it’s something you confront, question, and sometimes completely dismantle.

Aster McMillion is a curator of chaos and clarity—activist, researcher, and walking collage of academia and rebellion. Picture Gloria Steinem crossed with Indiana Jones if they were dropped into a Warhol print and handed a bullhorn.

Andrew Brown is a tour guide through the simulation—part art historian, part cultural codebreaker. He’ll take you from Rothko to Rage Against the Machine without missing a beat, all while interrogating who gets to shape “the canon.”

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? A full-on excavation of the American psyche—from Elvis to drag queens, from Barbie to TikTok backlash. This isn’t just nostalgia. It’s a reckoning.

So if you’ve ever questioned the gospel of Disney, longed for the days of Blockbuster, or wondered why memes feel more powerful than newspapers—this is your show.

Grab your joystick. Crack your Capri Sun. We’re tearing back the curtain on who’s really writing the script in American culture.

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