Tag: pop culture
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I suppose I should come right out and announce the conclusion that I’ve been slowly drawing (but in pencil so I can erase it if need be) in my head for that last couple of months – this generational analysis thing is so dead. The Gen Y/Millennial media monopolization and fascination is the deadest horse…
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Despite my own documented inadequacies in the moving-in-time-with-music arena, I can’t resist the summer guilty pleasure that is FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance? Actually, the fact that I’ve had the idea for a post about the show’s illustration of social gender norms on my mind for a couple of weeks now clearly takes…
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Today’s piece, brought to you by Kate Lucas, marks the first in GenMeh’s American Dream guest essay series. More info on the project and details on contributing can be found here. My TV viewing time has been hijacked the past several months by one show: the 1980s hit thirtysomething, which recently came out on DVD.…
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Hate To Break It To You is a recurring feature wherein we dispense succinct home truths that everyone could benefit from facing up to, unpleasant as they may be. The concept of audience has been on my mind ever since I started guest blogging at Bitch. Their audience isn’t the same as GenMeh’s audience or…
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Owing to a number of factors (promising a bunch of folks I’d make them one, fighting insomnia by thinking of wacky playlists, this piece from a True/Slant colleague), mix tapes (henceforth referred to as mix cds because we are in the 21st century) have been on my mind lately. The selection and arranging of just…
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The other night I was listening to a webcast from the excellent Amanda Palmer (I predict that her star is on the mainstream rise after the whole naked on the red carpet at the Golden Globes thing) while catching up on some email. At one point in the show, she was responding to Twitter questions…
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Yesterday afternoon, a friend and I were lamenting the announced closing of a prominent think tank. She remarked that the general public probably wouldn’t even notice its disappearance from the intellectual landscape. True. Social sciences research for its own sake ain’t exactly the stuff of sexy headlines and well, duh, it’s a recession y’all. Organizations…
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In true Gen Y fashion, I stumble across most of my new musical finds on the internet and/or through word of mouth. The no tv thing lessens the possibility of being exposed to the latest top 40 music news and I don't have cause to listen to the radio unless I happen to be in…
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My mother and I were recently discussing religion (can’t remember if this was before or after I threatened to become a Quaker). When she mentioned having been brought up to respect and revere members of the priesthood, I realized that I simply could not relate. Not even a little bit. Photo by bobster855 And it’s…
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I’m using my lunch break to tell you about my recent brush with online musical kismet. Unless you’re coming here from W&W, in which case, welcome! This is GenMeh and here are a few samples of what I’m about.
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