Why (pop)cultured?

My journey to becoming another person with a Substack

Hey there, hello.

Maybe you know me personally. Perhaps you just follow me on Instagram or TikTok. Or maybe you stumbled across me some other way.

Hi *waves*

Before we get started, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

I’m Monique, but most people call me Mon. Except my family, they don’t and never have.

The main thing you need to know about me is I love to write. I’ve built my entire life around it. I studied journalism, I’ve spent more than 12 years working as a communications specialist, and I am actively trying to get my Young Adult (YA) novels published. I have one completed manuscript, and I’m currently writing two others. I have a Google doc filled with ideas for more.

So far I’ve received a steady stream of rejection which has left me feeling like this:

The second thing you need to know about me is my deep love of pop culture. I’ve never been quite sure where it’s come from. My dad is a classical musician who exclusively listens to ABC Classic FM on the radio and much prefers to consume television and movies from European countries.

I wasn’t raised to love pop culture the way I do. But I do. Oh, I do.

I could write forever about it, and the things I love, so rather than keeping my ramblings contained to Instagram and TikTok, I thought it was time I started a Substack so you can get a little (or long) Mon-coded rant straight to your inbox.

Will I just be writing about pop culture?

The short answer is no.

The long answer is I will mostly be writing about pop culture, but it won’t be the only thing I share here.

As a writer, I want to share some of my writing.

It might be poetry, short stories, or snippets from something I’m currently working on.

I will predominantly be sharing my observations around pop culture though.

So if that’s your kind of thing, I’d love it if you’d subscribe.

It’s free and I don’t have any plans to monetise this.

Thanks for sticking around!