pop culture ✍🏼: @time-magazine.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @polygon.com @vulture.com @latimes.com @pastemagazine | transformative fandom fan | poor country kid | she/her | black lives matter | @fspnwu.bsky.social | TCA memberhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3mabkulewn22kRanking the Best K-Dramas of 2025 for TIME is a near impossible task, but I tried my best. Here are the 10 dramas that had me thinking, feeling, laughing, and crying—in the best cases, all at the same time—this past year. https://time.com/7340988/best-k-dramas-2025/18 Dec 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabkulewn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3m7nugke6x22oI continue to be grateful—as a writer, reader, lifelong fan—that Fansplaining exists as a space to properly wonder about how fandom shapes modern life. In this piece, I am wondering about how fandom can make us better and worse tourists, with the editorial guidance of @elizabethminkel.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nugke6x22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lsor4hzslk2dIf we were living in a better timeline, Hwang Dong-hyuk would have had less inspiration for the final seasons of Squid Game: https://time.com/7298235/squid-game-vips-season-3/28 Jun 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsor4hzslk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lqfnmyp3bs2qif you need me this weekend, i'll be listening to the lost in starlight ost. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/netflix-lost-in-starlight-korea-animated-sci-fi-romance-for-adults/30 May 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfnmyp3bs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lpa2m7atv22uI've really been getting a lot out of these exit interviews Pete has been doing with the laid-off Polygon staff, including this piece, in which copy editor Kallie talks about the immense work and skill that goes into games/entertainment journalism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa2m7atv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lojjl7kg322wI was part of the team who helped draft NWU's statement following Vox Media's sale of Polygon to Valnet, and the subsequent gutting of the site's staff. This decision, made by the corporate leadership at Vox Media, is a gut punch. I am angry & upset—for my editors, for myself, for this industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojjl7kg322whttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lo4w3docr22kOne of the best shows "on TV" right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4w3docr22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lkog624a722bIf you're in NYC this Thursday, I am hosting a casual @fspnwu.bsky.social meetup to take part in the rate-sharing challenge. It will be from 4-6pm at Spring Cafe Aspen. Bring your laptop to enter rates into the challenge's Google form, and get to know fellow freelance workers! RSVP: bit.ly/41OXdjg18 Mar 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkog624a722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaytiburt.bsky.social/post/3lgy6hdgr2k26If you need proof of how great an actor Go Min-si is, I recommend watching Netflix's The Frog and Prime's Jinny Kitchen S2 back to back.30 Jan 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:ecbdpo637pfbp4asnoke2mq4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgy6hdgr2k26