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More Than One Way: On Ritual, Morality, and the Darkness Beyond Knowing | 🔗 https://brennan.day/more-than-one-way-on-ritual-morality-and-the-darkness-beyond-knowing/

#Philosophy #Anthropology #Spirituality #CulturalAnalysis

More Than One Way: On Ritual, Morality, and the Darkness Beyond Knowing

What is the meaning of life? Is there more than one correct answer? I've decided to take a rather long-winded exploration of how different cultures approach the sacred, the dead, and the transcendent, suggesting that multiple paths can lead to the same fundamental truths.

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Sofia Jade Nov 7

Explore 75 years of American transformation — from booming optimism to cultural crisis — with The Turn: https://www.djoinerbooks.com/the-turn-by-dennis-joiner/

#TheTurn #DennisJoiner #AmericanHistory #SocialChange #CulturalAnalysis #MustRead

jp Oct 23

In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/

The Erotic Endgame: Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen”

jp Oct 16

A brief study of egotheism: Whitman’s cosmic “I” versus Taproot’s therapeutic self.
#Whitman #Taproot #LiteraryCriticism #Egotheism #CulturalAnalysis #Poetry #MusicCriticism #AmericanCulture #Selfhood #NuMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/whitmans-multitudes-and-taproots-isolation-a-study-in-modern-egotheism/

Whitman’s Multitudes and Taproot’s Isolation: A Study in Modern Egotheism

My first instinct was to decry Taproot’s “Poem” (2002), which includes the solipsistic line “This song is a poem to myself,” for not only failing but not even trying to measure up to its presumable…

jp Oct 14

If nothing else, Miranda Cosgrove’s “Party Girl” (2009) truly drives home how ahead of his time Prince was.
#Prince #1999 #PopCulture #MusicCriticism #Nostalgia #CulturalAnalysis #MirandaCosgrove #PopMusic #MusicWriting
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/recycling-the-apocalypse-from-princes-1999-to-miranda-cosgroves-party-girl/

Recycling the Apocalypse: From Prince’s “1999” to Miranda Cosgrove’s “Party Girl”

If nothing else, Miranda Cosgrove’s “Party Girl” (2009) truly drives home how ahead of his time Prince was. Prince released “1999” in 1982, seventeen years before the fact. He was no dummy, though.…

jp Sep 8

When your favorite death metal track accidentally stumbles into philosophy class. God needs Satan, Batman needs the Joker, and belief might just be the best brand war ever run.
#MetalPhilosophy #Deicide #GodVsSatan #TheologyUnplugged #MythMaking #ReligiousCritique #DeathMetalDeepDive #CulturalAnalysis #SymbiosisInMyth #DevilsDue
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/deicides-homage-to-the-god-satan-binary/

Deicide’s Homage to the God-Satan Binary

In Deicide’s “Homage for Satan” (2006), singer-lyricist Glen Benton introduces, but unfortunately never develops, an intriguing premise. “God without Satan no one would believe,” he says in the las…

KAEE & STS Goethe University Jul 30, 2025

📚 New Publications Alert!

We’re excited to share several recent publications by scholars from our institute!

#Anthropology #FolkloreStudies #EnvironmentaHumanities #OpenAccess #STS #CulturalAnalysis #GoetheUniversity

jp Jul 29, 2025

A Nice Girl Like You is a “sex comedy” that’s terrified of sex and allergic to comedy. Lucy Hale inserts Ben Wa balls, fireworks go off, and nobody comes.
#FilmCriticism #SexComedy #LucyHale #CinemaFail #MovieReview #Satire #FilmTwitter #Critique #AmericanCinema #CulturalAnalysis
https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2022/11/09/a-nice-girl-like-you/

A Nice Girl Like You (2020): A Eunuch’s Guide to Sex Comedy

A Nice Girl Like You’s idea of humor is reciting the names of body parts out loud, preferably within senior citizens’ earshot. It wants to be a sex comedy and fails like a eunuch playing with himse…

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Apocalypse & Avocados Jul 17, 2025

Evening reminder: Episode 30 drops tomorrow, examining the intersection of aesthetic resistance and political anxiety in July 2025.

For those interested in thoughtful analysis of our current cultural moment, previous episodes provide essential context.

Cross-instance discussion welcomed.

#Episode30 #AestheticResistance #CulturalAnalysis

Ongoing Now Jun 30, 2025

What’s the best book of 2025? Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones might just steal your heart and mind. Dive into our review! #BestBooks2025 #BookReviews #LiteraryTrends #CulturalAnalysis #OngoingNow24

https://ongoingnow24.com/zara-chowdharys-the-lucky-ones-ignites-minds/