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PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
It’s murder mystery night. The interviewer asks the alleged killer the obligatory question, “So. Did you do it?” Someone somewhere is leaning forward in their seat, one ear turning towards the screen, askance glare suspicious and focused. Their hands rise as if to command the room to hush all noise and freeze all motion. The alleged murderer ( Read more... ) -
POP CULTURE MYTHOLOGY: ADOLPH HITLER
Our culture has by and large lost a conventional sense of mythology, though we have not lost our hunger for it. We fill the void with a warped preoccupation of celebrities; we raise them to demigod status then eagerly watch as their Greek-like tragedies unfold in headlines.
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SONG ANALYSIS: THIS IS THE THING - FINK
The hautning tone and chanting give this song a feeling of dread. The fast-paced strumming in the background sounds like anxious, ruminating thoughts.
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
The immutable laws of nature govern everything. In particular, the jurisdiction over living things comes with a special rule: survival of the fittest. It doesn’t exactly work the way people commonly think; no cut-throat, winner-takes-all competition is necessary. “Fit” quite literally means “fit”. That is, all you need to do to increase your odds ( Read more... ) -
POP CULTURE MYTHOLOGY: TUPAC SHAKUR
Our culture has by and large lost a conventional sense of mythology, though we have not lost our hunger for it. We fill the void with a warped preoccupation of celebrities; we raise them to demigod status then eagerly watch as their Greek-like tragedies unfold in headlines.
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HUMILITY
“I put you in the camel clutch, I fuck your ass, and I teach you to be humble.” - The Iron SheikOur society is caught in the Chinese Finger Trap of shame: the harder we try to pull ourselves out, the more stuck we become. The only way free ourselves is to lean into shame. That is, to be humble ( Read more... ) -
POP CULTURE MYTHOLOGY: MONICA LEWINSKY
Our culture has by and large lost a conventional sense of mythology, though we have not lost our hunger for it. We fill the void with a warped preoccupation of celebrities; we raise them to demigod status then eagerly watch as their Greek-like tragedies unfold in headlines.
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SONG ANALYSIS: ALONE DOWN THERE - MODEST MOUSE
This song is divided into two portions with different voices and moods. The first voice is dirty, raspy, distorted, yet emotionally flat, giving it an evil feel:
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SHAME-BINDING
There is a common and incorrect belief that all shame is inherently and irredeemably bad. It is this belief, not shame, which is dangerous; shame is, in fact, necessary for mental health. When we fail to teach healthy shame, unhealthy shame bleeds into and binds with other aspects of our nature. Instead of seeing psychological processes as normal ( Read more... )
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