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Van Der Beek, during his Dawson’s run, made a self-referential appearance in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back—his own early attempt, perhaps, to de-Dawson himself.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani—whose civilian alter ego is that of a thirty-nine-year-old wild-child blue-chip airbrush artist of freaky, funny, referential mashups (Elvis, SpaghettiOs, Kissinger), and whose paintings are in the collections of the Whitney and the Guggenheim—has a solid one.
—Emma Allen, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Single hearts and nail-bed outlines skew minimalist but instantly referential.
—Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Even locket’s accompanying music videos are overtly referential, starring Beer as the heroines of films like Beauty and the Beast and Jennifer’s Body.
—Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani—whose civilian alter ego is that of a thirty-nine-year-old wild-child blue-chip airbrush artist of freaky, funny, referential mashups (Elvis, SpaghettiOs, Kissinger), and whose paintings are in the collections of the Whitney and the Guggenheim—has a solid one.
—Emma Allen, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Single hearts and nail-bed outlines skew minimalist but instantly referential.
—Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Even locket’s accompanying music videos are overtly referential, starring Beer as the heroines of films like Beauty and the Beast and Jennifer’s Body.
—Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Referential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/referential. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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