Mastodawn

The US flag has become wallpaper and marketing. Displaying it on everything from flip-flops to trash masks deep divisions and profound insecurity. It is the ultimate hypocrisy: using the symbol to justify wars and invasions, selling a hollow moral superiority while the true value of freedom is lost in the noise.

#USA #BlindPatriotism #Hypocrisy #Imperialism #AmericanCulture #PoliticalMarketing #SocialCritique #Geopolitics #Nationalism #HardPower

Dining and Cooking 5d ago

10 Cooking Trends That Defined The 1960s

A cafeteria tray circa 1960 – Found Image Holdings Inc/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cooking culture in the 1960s was an interesting mixtur…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchdesserts #americanculture #desserts #francais #france #French #Frenchcuisine #frenchdesserts #JacquelineKennedy #juliachild #masteringtheartoffrenchcooking
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2586839/10-cooking-trends-that-defined-the-1960s-2/

The Language Garage Mar 29

#AprilFools! Learn about the lighthearted fun and pranks of #AprilFoolsDay. #AmericanCulture #ForFun.
https://thelanguagegarage.com/april-fools-day/

Tony 💉x10 🇦🇺Mar 27

#Americans will go to extraordinary lengths to support their orange king. #Trump is breaking law daily and Americans just look away.

#dictatorship
#fascism
#AmericanFascism
#AmericanCulture
#lawBreaking
#thisIsAmerica

RmDebArc_5 Mar 17

This clears things up

The Language Garage Mar 15

Learn about the history, festivities, and cultural significance of #SaintPatricksDay in the #US. Put on some green, and join the parade! #AmericanCulture #AmericanHolidays #IrishAmericans
https://thelanguagegarage.com/saint-patricks-day-in-the-us/

N-gated Hacker News Mar 14

Ah, the pinnacle of American culture: cookie jars 🍪. Yet another deep dive into the thrilling world of porcelain containers that nobody asked for. Thank goodness 2023 is the year we finally get to the bottom of this glaze-coated enigma! 🏺🎉
https://www.eater.com/23651631/cookie-jar-trend-appreciation-collecting-history #cookiejars #AmericanCulture #porcelaincontainers #2023thrills #glazeenigma #HackerNews #ngated

How Cookie Jars Capture American Kitsch

New cookie jars from brands like Supreme and Pillsbury are part of a cookie jar revival as vintage cookie jars still hold sway, but finding cookies inside any of these kitschy containers is unlikely.

Eater

Front Page Mar 7

15 things tourists notice in the U.S. that Americans totally miss

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-things-tourists-notice-in-the-us-that-americans-totally-miss/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=15-things-tourists-notice-in-the-us-that-americans-totally-miss

Front Page Mar 6

Non-Americans share the 13 dead giveaways a tourist is American

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/non-americans-share-the-13-dead-giveaways-a-tourist-is-american/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=non-americans-share-the-13-dead-giveaways-a-tourist-is-american

The Open Buddhist University Mar 5

📰 U.S. Media Representations of Buddhism in the Wake of the Tiger Woods' Scandal (A free, 19-page article from 2012)

Tags: #AmericanCulture #USA #MassMedia #PublicRelations
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/christianity-for-rubes-buddhism-for-actors_mitchell-scott-a

“Christianity Is for Rubes; Buddhism Is for Actors”: U.S. Media Representations of Buddhism in the Wake of the Tiger Woods’ Scandal

Buddhism was here deployed in the service of a pre-existing narrative of conflict between conservatives and liberals and, by making appeals to secular scholars to define Buddhism, Buddhist voices were obscured or ignored. Finally, despite having their own media outlets, U.S. Buddhists were unable to effectively counter such representations either by perpetuating pre-existing media narratives nor by ignoring them altogether.

The Open Buddhist University