media i would recommend to anyone regardless of their taste, in no particular order

• Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (comic strip, 1985 - 1995)
• Woodz, OO-LI (album, 2023)
• Futurama S1 E1: "Space Pilot 3000" (1999)
• Steel Magnolias (movie, 1989)
• Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (book, 2020)
• Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (book, 2000)
• John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed (book, 2021)
• OnlyOneOf, "undergrOund idOl" (music video series, 2022 - 2023)
• Danny Gonzalez + Drew Gooden, "The Jeremy Renner App" (YouTube video, 2019)
• Jonghyun, She Is (album, 2016)
• They Might Be Giants, Flood (album, 1990)
• Quinton Reviews, "The iCarly/Victorious Saga" (YouTube video series, 2021 - )
• Super Eyepatch Wolf, "Riverdale: The Show That Went Completely Insane" (YouTube video, 2021)
• Empire Records (movie, 1995)
• Kennie, Songs She'd Like to Hear (album, 2023)
• Shaun, "Everything Wrong With Cinemasins" (YouTube video series, 2016 - 2017)
• CIX, "Cinema" (song, 2021)
• Chungha, "Gotta Go" (song, 2019)
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee (book, 1982)
• SHINee, "Married To The Music" (music video, 2015)
• The Party (movie, 2017)
• Watching the Detectives (movie, 2008)