pop culture
The headline rundown: Modern popular culture topics in the realm of politics, legislation and activism.
''Blackfishing" Is The Modern Day Version Of Blackface
We are living in an age where non-black people are using a modern form of blackface that enables them to get opportunities because of this “Black Aesthetic.” However, black women struggle to get the same opportunities that people who blackfish do.
Petiri IraPublished about 11 hours ago in The Swamp
Justifying my Royal Interest
If you’re Irish, it forms part of your cultural identity to express disdain towards Britain. Whether it’s scoffing at Brexit, fuming at their claiming of Irish actors as ‘British’ when they start doing well for themselves, or good old-fashioned rugby rivalry, it runs through our veins. The Brits are the classic baddies we love to hate.
Aisling OwensPublished 27 days ago in The SwampSatanism in popular culture: what is the Church of Satan?
On Twitter, the Church declared in November 2018: “Veganism (a diet) is not Satanism (a religion), but there are some Satanists who are vegans and some vegans who are Satanists. One is not a subset of the other.”
AddictiveWritingsPublished 28 days ago in The Swamp
Shots In Arms, Not In Planet
Hey There, Its EDB here, that’s Erik DeSean Barrett for long, and if you’re reading this when its released, on Tuesday, 16:03:2021. Then you are well into your Day, which has realized that the struggle is no longer how do we get shots, nor how to we get them in them arms, but how do we convince people to sit their asses down and get shot up!! Even more so today, when that struggle of confidence meets, a possibility of error, Is it possible the answer is not in some miracle drug, but in naturally grown remedies? and finally what do you do, when the world fixes its covid nightmare, returns from financial disaster, only to realize the planet is crumbling at the seems. It is times like these that try mens souls. And I say lets get to trying..
Erik DeSean BarrettPublished about a month ago in The Swamp
Trap King Chrome
The troubled life of controversial Bradley Obami, 28, known as Trap King Chrome. Rapper Bradley spoke about his troubled life and being deported from the U.K. at the age of 17. For a robbery, he committed when he was just 13-years-old. He mentioned he got involved with the wrong crowd as a rebellious teenager. He voiced the traumatic experience it had on his family.
Trina DawesPublished about a month ago in The Swamp
COVID-19, Racism, Xenophobia, and anti-Asian violence in America
As I wrote yesterday, “The Enlightenment” influenced the freedom narratives, literature, and philosophy of the western world.
Vinyasa BlissPublished 2 months ago in The SwampThis is as simple as it gets
The only cure for your anxious mind is solidarity. This is a summary/review of a new podcast I came across, The Entry Level Left Podcast. I’ll link it at the bottom. After only hearing the first episode, I am hooked. *note: the first episode was re-recorded. I listened to the newer version, not the original.
Lauren ZimmermanPublished 2 months ago in The Swamp
COVID-19 and Its Effects on European Countries
All over the globe, nobody would have predicted that the year 2020 would be affected by a global pandemic. Over the years, some parts of the world have been recorded to be bedeviled with deadly diseases. For instance, the Ebola Virus did not affect all the countries of the world during its reign. However, virtually all countries of the world were hit and are still hit with the deadly coronavirus. It has caused an abrupt end to every activity that cut across all phases of life as churches, mosques, markets, stadia, music and entertainment industry, public and private companies, schools, etc were all put on hold forcefully. In a nutshell, a global lockdown was enforced in order to find a lasting solution to the deadly virus.
SNROCINUTAFPublished 2 months ago in The SwampMake The Climate Emergency Headline News EVERY Day
Look at the menu bar on any media website. You’ll see various categories of news, with the recent addition of ‘Covid-19’ or ‘Coronavirus.’ These are the subjects we are being told are the most important.
Mark CampbellPublished 2 months ago in The Swamp
The Evening News at 666
At 6 o'clock EST, my family and I gather to pay homage to our mortality. It is human nature to cling to familiarity, and in these turbulent times we have committed to upholding as many family traditions and maintaining as many daily routines as possible, just to preserve the illusion that we have any semblance of control. TV together at dinner is one of these routines. Dinner at the same time every evening, and the same channel with the same program while we eat.
MFGA: Make Fashion Great Again
MAGA hats, thought of by some as symbols of patriotism and nationalistic pride, representing an unspecified time in American history when everything was great, have swept across the USA over the last four or so years like a great fever, driven by the passion of the last President's supporters. But now with a new President in town, isn't it time these caps, which have come to represent so much that is wrong in the world, also find their place in the history books, or better yet, the bin?
Jared GreenwoodPublished 3 months ago in The Swamp
Bernie Sanders: Loses the Nomination, Wins the Internet
God bless America, land that I love. Land of the free, home of the brave, unhinged social media users that take a traditionally monumental occasion and add a little... spice.
Sadie KaminskyPublished 3 months ago in The Swamp
