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Episode 116: The Pro-Gentrification Aspirationalism of HGTV's House-Flipping Shows
The popularity of HGTV house-flipping TV shows can't be overstated: In the second week of July, HGTV was the fourth highest rated cable network, behi…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 115: Hollywood & Anti-Muslim Racism (Part III) - How the Pentagon & CIA Sponsor American Mythmaking
For over a hundred years, the American film industry has been promoting and glorifying U.S. foreign policy, initially working with the military and D…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 114: Anti-Muslim Racism in Hollywood (Part II) - Oscar-Bait Imperialism
Our cultural context for understanding what we see on the news and hear in our politics, is often informed by the films an…
5 years, 8 months ago
News Brief: The Harper's Letter and Our Extremely Narrow, Self-Serving Definition of Cancel Culture
A bizarrely vague, cliquish letter demanding everyone be open-minded has no interest in explaining what, precisely, it wants.
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 113: Hollywood & Anti-Muslim Racism (Part 1) - Action and Adventure Schlock
The United States and its close allies Saudi Arabia and Israel have been bombing and occupying large sections of the so-called "Muslim world" for de…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 112: How "Polarization" Discourse Flattens Power Dynamics and Says Nothing
"Polarization Is Dividing American Society, Not Just Politics," laments The New York Times. "The Constitution Is Threatened by Tribalism," frets The …
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 111: How "Small Business" Rhetoric Is Used to Protect Corporate America
"Obama lauds small business owners in his State of the Union," announced The Washington Post. "I have always said that there is nothing more optimist…
5 years, 9 months ago
News Brief: The Growing Pushback to Copaganda
In this News Brief we recap the recent mainstream pushback against pro-police pop culture, and discuss how this pushback is raising fundamental quest…
5 years, 9 months ago
News Brief: Cops Push "Outside Agitator" Line, Exploit Real Fears of Far Right Violence to Delegitimize Protests
In this News Brief we examine the old––and new––ways police and government officials seek to undermine and divide the George Floyd protests.
5 years, 10 months ago
News Brief: 7 Years On, US Media Still Has No Answer for #BLM Other Than Vague Handwringing
In this News Brief we catch up on the patronizing, racist media coverage of protests in Minneapolis.
5 years, 10 months ago