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Op-Ed | Instagram & Late Capitalism Are Responsible For Today’s Sorry State of Fashion
In this monthly column by Eugene Rabkin, the founder of StyleZeitgeist shares his opinions, observations, and insights about the world of fashion. For this installment, Eugene explains why bad taste could be a symptom of late capitalism. In recent years we have seen the rise of a certain type of a fashion designer who traffics in the ostentatious, […]
Anti-consumerism Music: V A P O R W A V E (ヴェイパーウェイヴ)
Irony poisoning aesthetic as a music genre. 14 If you clicked this title you either have no idea what Vaporwave is or are so strung out on irony poisoning that you click anything that’s written with spaces and Japanese Katakana in it. If you have no idea what Vaporwave is, you are probably also unaware […]
Sad cartoons and melancholic hip-hop inspired YouTube’s new vaporwave scene
BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty’s impact on an entire aesthetic Many of the modern cartoons that have connected with audiences are melancholic and beautifully tragic, focusing on characters’ deepest issues and turning away from traditional narrative storytelling to explore their personal beings. Now, a rising movement on YouTube is collecting these doleful, animated moments, […]
More than 4,300 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on — here’s the full list
More than 4,300 stores are expected to close in 2019. Gap, JCPenney, and Victoria’s Secret announced more than 300 store closures over the course of 24 hours this week. Payless has said it plans to close all of its 2,500 stores in what could be the largest retail liquidation in history. The staggering rate of store closures that has rocked the […]
Death Without Dignity: The End of Kmart
Anyone that grew up in Michigan in the 1970s and 80s now lives with ghosts and zombies. No, there wasn’t a zombie apocalypse in Detroit, but if you were like me and grew up in towns like Flint or Detroit or Saginaw, you know what your hometown was like in the 70s and how it […]
Viaje de regreso a la pobreza
¿Vos te creés que todas las historias son exitosas? Pues andá sabiendo que lo habitual no es lo maravilloso, lo más frecuente es que el nieto haga trizas el milagro del abuelo. Casi todos los cuentos son de ida: un muchachito tiene una idea fantástica, la desarrolla en el garaje y poco después la empresa […]
Century III Mall In Extremis, and Le Flâneur de Beaudelaire – A Sequel | ExLog #36 4K!!
Welcome to another episode of the Expedition Log Series! In episode 36, we go on a grand adventure through all parts of the infamous dead mall… Century III Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We also will discuss the philosophical idea that Charles Beaudelaire introduced in Les Fleurs des Mal of «Le Flaneur». This new social figure […]