Category: Politics
The Low Bar For “Landmark”
As some LGBTQs (and mostly the straights that like to orbit their world) are celebrating the “landmark” decision made by the Supreme Court on June [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #19: The Proposal of Statues Being “Upgraded” to Celebrity Monuments
While people worldwide (from Bristol to Boston) have collectively gotten off on the symbolic power of toppling statues as a means to feel like they’re [Read More…]
The Long Ago Vindication of Kathy Griffin By Way of Sharon Needles
Accustomed to always being just on the periphery of fame, Kathy Griffin perhaps thought on some level that she was still as much of a [Read More…]
The U.S. Is A White Man Getting Its Privilege Checked By Other Countries Right Now
As the U.S. has always relished, in its own insulated mind, the idea of being holier than thou in terms of appointing itself as le [Read More…]
The Persistent Pertinence of April 29, 1992
Immortalized by white men after N.W.A. already provided the cannon fodder of any protest against police brutality in 1988 with “Fuck Tha Police,” Sublime’s “April [Read More…]
The Fine Line Between White Savior Grandiosity and the “Like A Prayer” Video Doing The Very Thing White People Are Being Called Upon to Do
There has been an accusation of late, one that can’t be quelled amid the present climate of hostility and rage that has been brewing for [Read More…]
The Gender Double Standard of Drinking in the 60s & Beyond
It was at the end of the 1960s that a staged protest by Betty Friedan and other feminist activists supporting the National Organization for Women [Read More…]
Bob Dylan Just Schooled Lana Del Rey On How To Be Lana Del Rey With “Murder Most Foul”
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times last year, Lana Del Rey was asked of her fans’ eerie obsession with everything she does, “Do [Read More…]
The Absurdity of America’s Continued It Can’t Happen Here Philosophy
As the dystopian narrative of the Days of Our Coronavirus Lives continues to unfold, the response that the U.S. and its Führer have given are [Read More…]
CoronaV For Vendetta
Thinking back to some of the dystopian “fantasy” movies of the mid-00s, it’s almost eerie how accurate many of the supposedly surreal predictions were (though [Read More…]
