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Griselda Shades What A Shithole America Is
As yet another narrative that proves capitalism drives people to do insane…
“Passive” Living Has A Price (And It’s Called White Guilt): The Curse
Consistently talked about as the weirdest, most unclassifiable thing that has ever…
Let's Check In On Communism: Cuba Raising Gas Price To $20 A Gallon
Opinion Creative Commons We have far-left Democratic politicians who want to bring…
Thanksgiving: The Kickoff of Greed Season, Or: Eli Roth Gives America a Bitter Reflection of Itself in Ultimate Holiday Horror Movie
In 2021, a horror-comedy called Black Friday was released to little fanfare.…
Past, Present, and Future: Lessons from A Christmas Carol
From ‘Bah, humbug!’ to redemption: Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ unfolds as…
Cry For Argentina (Among Other Countries)
As the world continues to turn evermore in an extreme right-leaning direction,…
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
Poppa once took me to a deli for dinner. I was a…
The Grim Fan Fiction Presented by the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial
In 2023, Wal-Mart has so “generously” allowed us to catch a glimpse…
Gen Zers Think Millennials Are Cringe, But Still Want to Emulate Them in the Mean Girls Commercial
Apart from being one of the most overt pieces of capitalist propaganda…
Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial: A None Too Subtle Trojan Horse for Capitalism Via Millennial Nostalgia
As the “reunion” that everyone’s been waiting for, it was practically inevitable…
Kim Kardashian Makes No Apology For Using Climate Change As Part of Her Method for Selling More Shit That Will Contribute to Climate Change
Even though October is certainly the time to exhibit frights and horrors,…
Capitalism Goes Ultra Cringe With Just Eat’s Menulog Commercial Starring Christina Aguilera and Latto
For a moment there, it seemed as though everyone was quite quick…
When Carrie Bradshaw Shamed Women With “Free Time,” Or: In Defense of Charlotte York’s “Retro” Decision to Not Work
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has hardly ever been what one…
“9 to 5” With An Edge (That Is To Say, “Mexican Style”): Shakira Sticks It to The Man in “El Jefe” Featuring Fuerza Regida
Inaugurating, however briefly, her regional Mexican music era, Shakira brings us yet…
The Beanie Bubble Reminds That The Ultimate Childhood Toy for Millennials Was Also the Ultimate Representation of What It Is to Be Millennial
Perhaps what strikes one the most about The Beanie Bubble isn’t pulling…
A.I., a new ‘superhuman’ and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is just the latest revival of Friedrich Nietzsche’s ‘Superman’ concept
“Man is something that shall be overcome,” the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche…
Pee-wee’s Big Capitulation: As “Weird” As Pee-wee Was, He Was Still A Material Boy of the 80s
Perhaps it’s difficult to imagine a world in which “weird” isn’t a…
The Fan/Performer Dynamic Keeps Getting Decidedly More Employer/Employee
It used to seem so glamorous to be an “entertainer.” Yet even…
“I Keep My Side of the Street Clean”—Not!: Taylor Swift’s Garbage (Not to Be Confused With Taylor Swift Is Garbage)
Like most things that the hoi polloi are expected to endure/“deal with,”…