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A newsletter covering pop culture and the hidden mechanics behind it from W. David Marx — author of Ametora, and an upcoming book from Viking Press.
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Cultural Stasis Produces Fewer Cheesy Relics like Rocky IV
https://culture.ghost.io/cultural-stasis-produces-fewer-cheesy-relics-like-rocky-iv/
Published: July 28, 2024 23:45
The much-maligned 1985 boxing film provides a few hints about the causes of 21st century artistic stagnation: namely, popular artists now work in a risk-averse creative paradigm that avoids making instantly-outmoded artworksSylvester Stallone’s 1985 film…
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (3)
https://culture.ghost.io/culture-is-an-ecosystem-a-manifesto-towards-a-new-cultural-criticism-3/
Published: June 10, 2024 23:53
Finally, here is a proposed revision to the ideology of inclusive cultural criticism that builds upon the poptimist critique while correcting its excesses.IN REVIEW: Part One and Part Two outlined how aesthetic experiences are a social good, and humans…
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
https://culture.ghost.io/culture-is-an-ecosystem-a-manifesto-towards-a-new-cultural-criticism-2/
Published: June 3, 2024 00:00
A healthy cultural ecosystem provides the maximum number of artistic works that are useful and stimulating to the widest range of people. In the second part of this three-part series, we look at how aesthetic experiences arise from the introduction of…
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (1)
https://culture.ghost.io/culture-is-an-ecosystem-part-one/
Published: May 28, 2024 00:00
The "culture" of a society isn't a blob of random human activity, but an orderly ecosystem arising from the interactions between particular subunits. To maintain ecosystem health, we must reject the cynical “poptimist” framing of culture as a mere vehicle…
Paris Hilton: Grace through Monetization
https://culture.ghost.io/paris-hilton-grace-through-monetization/
Published: April 2, 2024 00:31
In her ghostwritten memoir, Paris Hilton further emblematizes 21st personhood by gushing about fame and business success while blaming her open avarice on childhood traumaWithin a Nineties Alternative worldview, Paris Hilton is an unambiguous societal…