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Mallstalgia
Once derided as cesspools of Reagan-era consumerist excess, the shopping mall somehow became an unlikely sort-of quasi-public space that is now disappearing.
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Jason Tebbe
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Tropics of Meta
on
November 29, 2021
The People’s Bicentennial Commission and the Spirit of (19)76
The Left once tried to own the legacy of America’s Bicentennial, but ran into ideological and structural roadblocks all too familiar today.
by
Jason Tebbe
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Tropics of Meta
on
July 26, 2021
Neoliberalism with a Stick of Gum: The Meaning of the 1980s Baseball Card Boom
Before beanie babies and Pogs, small rectangles of cardboard were the errant investments of a stratifying American society.
by
Jason Tebbe
via
Tropics of Meta
on
March 12, 2021
Where Were You in ‘73?
In the turbulent 1970s, the balm of pop cultural nostalgia set the tone for today's political reaction.
by
Jason Tebbe
via
Tropics of Meta
on
July 16, 2020
The 'Ground Zero Mosque' Controversy Was a Harbinger of Our Times
A preview of Trumpism in 2010 protests against a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan.
by
Jason Tebbe
via
Tropics of Meta
on
March 21, 2018
Twenty-First Century Victorians
The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
by
Jason Tebbe
via
Jacobin
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October 31, 2016