The dominant trend at Ivies now seems to be a kind of aggressive poptimism, like actively looking down at the idea of discriminating between good and bad art. One friend (now a professor who watches TV) told me Princeton’s intro English classes have been taken over by TV Studies.
recently i’ve been listening to a lot of future and making myself mad. idk why i keep doing this to myself but his music is fascinating. he be talking abt the harm inherent to conforming to patriarchal manhood and masculinity but is never like “why don’t i just opt out” lmao
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds.