#cultural-critique

#cultural-critique

"One must ask: which visitors? Specifically the visitor writing the article? Of course, many sincerely hold this view, but I know of no peer-reviewed survey that reflects the dominance of this attitude..."

Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, titled The Testaments, coincides with the success of the show's adaptation and the political climate under Trump.

As wedding season heats up, younger couples are throwing tradition out the window - and tossing open bars out with it. Dry weddings and cash bars are now all the rage among Gen Z brides and grooms.

At least at the beginning, before it was a huge industry, they were tales from the underdog in order to make sense of what is happening in their lives.

"I've been to Coachella a handful of times now, and while the scale is impressive, the soul feels increasingly absent."

The finale effectively encapsulates the tension between wealth and morality, illustrating how both the rich and the newly affluent exhibit problematic behavior, prompting critical reflection.

I talked to a lot of people, and we have a terrible situation that schools have created: We're in this place where credential has become necessary.

The title, perhaps a nod to Scottish psychiatrist, RD Laing's 1960 classic exploration of madness, The Divided Self, is an example of a work staged in a public space.

"It's a tricky thing reworking a fable that's been around two centuries, and that's doubly true when leaping from the two-dimensional fantasy realm of animation to the more complicated land of flesh and bone."

Casino Days' ranking of video game characters based on the golden ratio, places Lara Croft as the second most attractive character, sparking debate about character aesthetics.

The Stepford Wives serves as a cultural barometer of America's reaction to women's liberation, depicting a dystopian community that takes misogyny to an extreme.

The unified message I took away from the ads was that the time of new ideas is receding, and society along with it. The theme was the soft acceptance of a comfortable death.