Can Comedy Be an Antidote to Authoritarianism’s Poison?
Politically, the opposite of authoritarianism is democracy; cognitively, it is humor. Comedy may indeed be the best medicine for our seriously unwell era.
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Protest Music from Today’s Folk Troubadours
Today’s troubadours travel through cyberspace, and artists like Jessie Welles, Dylan Earl, and Nick Shoulders are at the vanguard of protest music.
Bad Bunny and the Joyful Perreo Resistance
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX half-time show is much more than a choreographic display; it’s a manifesto of political autonomy and joyful visual sovereignty.
Kid Rock’s Trumpian Roots and Branches
In southern rock, Kid Rock, and bro-country, do we see the building blocks for a future state-sponsored rock culture?
Woke vs. MAGA Is Just Like the Disco vs. Rock Divide
Want to understand (and maybe start to reconcile) the Woke vs. MAGA divide? Start with the disco vs. rock divide of the 1970s.
The Kids Are Alt-Right: How Punk Got Co-opted by Fascism
Like political populism, punk’s traits and tenets are sufficiently vague, contradictory, and unmoored to be vulnerable to co-option by all political opportunists—including the fascist alt-right.