#social-commentary

#social-commentary

One of the joys of being an old lady is not giving a damn about workout clothes. All that matters is we are still here and can move—just!

"Gachiakuta is set to be one of the most awaited anime this summer, with its debut on July 6, 2025, showcasing a compelling world and deep social themes."

There's jobs where nobody tips like, you know, you work behind the grill at a McDonald's, I work behind the grill, I never got a fucking tip.

"The play takes place in the living room of The Cloisters, a homey sanitarium where three evil stepchildren...have placed their wealthy widowed stepmother, Ethel Savage..."

The Blind Date column brings together two strangers who enjoy a candid exploration of dating life, discussing everything from competitive sports to personal preferences.

One reason why the public turned on diversity, equity and inclusion was its insistence that roughly 70% of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color.

A common thread in the two shows below is how they nail the catharsis of placing blame. Be it baseless scapegoating or calling out the genuinely guilty...

"It's music for a statistically wealthy population that somehow can't afford food or medicine-endlessly scrolling past vacation photos, gym selfies, and images of child amputees in the same feed."

"I wanted to look at how the big structures of power - whiteness, class and money - are wielded in the same way as smaller forms of power like desire, wit and charm."

The campaign to restrict smartphone usage in under-14s faces practical challenges when essential services, like public transportation, require smartphone apps.

Barbara Pym was a writer of genius - brave, kind, intelligent, brilliantly funny, and endlessly re-readable.

At film school, we had a teacher who was a little too full of himself. We were going to learn how to analyse and review a movie in one of his classes, and he made a huge mistake by choosing one of his own movies for us to work with. That didn't go well, since the movie above was, well, to put it nicely, a steaming pile of shit. Well, we did our work, and we all put some very well-founded, well-worded, and well-written criticism in our works, and handed our stuff over, while mentally doing the sign of the cross. We knew that this wasn't going to go down well. The next time we had a lesson with that teacher, he proceeded with having a full-blown mega-meltdown in front of the whole class, to the point where he literally started tearing up our reviews and tossing them all over the room, which he then practically ran out of while raging, screaming, and crying.

Art like this empowers us to time travel and explore what our early ancestors have felt.

The breezy narration contrasts delightfully with the heavy topics laden like buckshot throughout the book, set in the post-truth Now, and Carlstrom's unique voice is a breath of fresh air.

"Throwing stuff is a time-honored tradition of expressing disrespect, disapproval, or dislike of something...Back then, usually what got thrown were rotten eggs, because most people had their own chickens supplying them with a steady stream of eggs."

Aimee Lou Wood expressed her distress over 'Saturday Night Live' mocking her teeth, stating the portrayal was 'mean and unfunny'. She desires more clever humor.

Fame is an authentic goal, yet it entails emotional, intellectual, and social costs. The complexities of fame for women involve not just risks of failure, but success too.

It only takes one mangy ewe to infect the whole herd, reflecting the idea that one bad individual can corrupt an entire group.

Every generation looks at the next with bafflement and concern. This phenomenon isn’t new; however, modern challenges amplify the confusion, especially regarding technology and social dynamics.

I've taken a not totally intentional step back from social media and have absorbed the news without the opinions of thousands of other people.

In 'Sololand,' Blasim captures postwar Iraq's unsettling blend of humor and horror, expertly showcasing the tragic absurdity of life amidst violence.