Originator of one of the Top 5 Christmas songs of all-time, and, if you can believe it, the “clang clang clang goes the trolley” song
Tag: cultural commentary
How Hollywood’s Biggest Leading Men Got Their Jobs By Killing People
On screen, of course There are two large media empires built on the idea that Hollywood is liberal: Hollywood itself, and the ever expanding, ever
From Hood-Adjacent to Upper-Middle Class Neighboring: A Story of White Assimilation Through Fashion
The Social Mobility of White Men: A Personal Examination I was once at a house party from whose balcony I could see my elementary school,
Conservative Hollywood
Often Derided as Out-of-Touch Liberals, Hollywood’s Biggest Hits Have Been It‘s Most Conservative Are there any group of words more synonymous with “liberal” than: Hollywood
Re-Making The Classic, White Upper-Middle Class High School Coming of Age Movie via Soundtrack
Exploring The Tropes of The Genre With a Limitless Budget for Song Rights I am nothing if not a fan of the coming of age
A White Man, In All Black, Smashing Windows: What Black Art Can Tell Us About What We’re Seeing Right Now
Surrealism As A Mirror in Black Art I write to escape. I cannot escape this. A Black man, killed on what amounts to national television,
The Wombification of America
In the 2010s: a Trend of Upper Class Escapism Wrapped in the Ethos of Nihilistic Self-Care America was probably always on this path. Late Stage
Things That Are What They Are But Are Also Other Things
An Exercise in Thinking Peculiarly “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.“ Pablo
A Fashion Week “Prank” and Why It Backfired
Zac and Jay Set Out to Prove Fashion is Stupid, Instead, They Prove That It’s Fun Zac and Jay are funny, but maybe more importantly,
What the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Could Learn from the WWE
This Year the NBA Announced Dwight Howard Would Be Participating in the Slam Dunk Contest, Why That’s A Step In The Right Direction And Why