Refugees of the parallax
“Words are never ‘only words’; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.” ― Slavoj Žižek It’s quite commonplace to say that if one looks... Read More
The Art of Protest Songwriting – John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Throughout the years, John Lennon’s “Merry Xmas (War is Over)” has been established as a winter holidays standard, as mainstream radio stations seem to always give it significant airplay time... Read More
Movie Manifesto: Searching for Sugar Man
Detroit, 1968. Music producers Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore go to see a new artist playing in a bar called The Sewer, just by the Detroit River. They drive to... Read More
Survivor : The Politics of Lines in the Sand
Predicting your annoyed frown upon reading the title, I would first begin by arguing that the show Survivor is not simply reality TV, nor a remnant of this once popular,... Read More
The Walking Dead: Power Structures and Elite Theory in a Zombie Apocalypse
“The first law of man is that of self-preservation, his first cares those which he owes to himself; and as soon as he has attained the age of reason, being... Read More
Pop Culture, Politics, and the Social Movements: Bob Dylan and The Civil Rights Movement
“Now the significance of this song to me is that it’s a song that will last unfortunately for a long, long time. And when I say “unfortunately”, I’m talking about... Read More