5 Negative Effects of Fandom Nostalgia and How to Overcome Them
Fandom, powered by nostalgia, is gigantic, uncloseted, and unfortunately, argumentative.
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Nazis, Nostalgia, and Critique in Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’
Arriving amidst the exhaustion of the past (21st century cultural stagnation), Waititi locates a new potential object for the nostalgic gaze with Jojo Rabbit: unpleasant and traumatic events themselves.
Seduction Through a Pane of Glass: Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”
Britney Spears and Fall Out Boy try to universalize desire in their versions of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner". That may be how pornography works, but it's not how desire works, and this difference is the key to the coy allure of the song.
The New Old Flower-Power Fantasy of Greta Van Fleet
If Greta Van Fleet are that wonderful horrible thing called zeitgeisty, that zeitgeist is defined by desire to escape to a fantasized past where the battles were cleaner and the battle lines simpler than today's appear to be.
“Jack and Diane”: A Little Ditty about Gen X
John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane” provided the soundtrack to GenXers growing up in nowhere towns that were expected to adapt to a world that pretty much dismissed them.
The One About the One About ‘Friends’
Kelsey Miller's I'll Be There for You, on the production and cultural legacy of Friends, is a must-read for fans and anyone interested in understanding TV culture over the past 20 years.
Vaporwave, Cartooned in ‘Rick and Morty’ and ‘Too Many Cooks’
Short film “Too Many Cooks” and cartoon series Rick and Morty are distinctive examples of the Vaporwave Sensibility expressed in narrative-visual form.
Is the Revival of ‘Roseanne’ Merely Televisual Grave-Robbing?
The return of Roseanne brings with it some complicated political baggage -- and it brings Dan Connor back from the dead.
Combating the Trap of Nostalgia in a Look at the Super Nintendo
Dominic Arsenault's Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware cuts through the nostalgia so sharply that it comes off as dismissive, hostile even, at least to someone used to reading the flowery prose of fan literature.
When It Comes to Collecting Vinyl, It’s Better to Be a Freak Than a Snob
In Vinyl Freak, John Corbett exposes a beautiful and dusty world forgotten but kept alive by that dying medium known as the vinyl record.
From Hot Rods to Heartbreak: Bruce Springsteen and ‘Baby It’s You’
Baby It’s You pushes past high school’s safe spaces to confront the audience with an imperfect world.