Why is 4/20 a Thing in North America?
This past saturday, the “unofficial holiday” known as 4/20 occurred, landing on the first day of Passover and the day before Easter Sunday. Events celebrating the “holiday” appeared throughout the…
Category: subculture
The Game of Skin Bleaching Roulette in Africa
Skin lightening and bleaching is a multi-billion dollar industry that has been on the rise for the past decade-much to the alarm of medical professionals. Particularly in Asia and Africa,…
KPop is Now in the West, and it’s Here to Stay
The Western pop culture realm was severely shaken up when in 2017 BTS was nominated for a Billboard Music Award, and won. They were the first Korean artists to get…
The Evolution of Fake News
Although the term was popularized in the 2016 US presidential elections, fake news has had a rather long existence, spanning over a century. It’s no new thing, although at the…
K-Beauty: A Trend with a Dark Side
K-Beauty has been the “hot in-thing” on the beauty market for the last few years, each year growing exponentially more popular. People are going crazy for the various face masks,…
Artist Portrayals in Media: So Horribly Accurate
In comedy, we’ll always find that artists are either portrayed as air-headed “connected to the earth” white people, or pretentious jerks. That’s how they have always been portrayed since the…
The American Meme, and Unnecessary Drama
For the past few days, I had been in a funk about writing. I didn’t have any inspiration to write about anything, which was kind of annoying, because I wanted…
What is Black Friday Really?
While this event is portrayed most often as being exclusive to the US, there are actually over 20 other nations that participate in this event. Every year, a few more…
Revisiting Disney Fanaticism
A few months back, I wrote about some of the world of Disney fanaticism. I had kind of forgotten about it for a while, but was reminded of the world…
Social Media as an Art Form
For some reason, there seems to be a separation between social media and art. Perhaps it’s the connotation that art is in some sense fine, something of both the classics…
My Takeaway from the Jake Paul Series
If you’ve been involved in the Youtube world, then you would know that a few days ago, Shane Dawson wrapped up his eight-part series on Jake Paul. The series ended…
Returning to the World I Knew Before
I don’t know if I’ve indicated before, but I have a long history of being a huge nerd. Or rather, a geek (yes, there is a difference). I wasn’t the…
The Saturation Complex of Geek Culture
I had mentioned in a post earlier that there is a prevailing idea that misconstrues how geek culture came to be. I can’t really say where this came about, although…
Comic Books Have Always Been Political
With the releases of Wonder Woman and Black Panther, I couldn’t help but notice quite a few people mentioning that they didn’t like the fact that these movies were “adding” politics to comics.…
How Fandoms Go from Fab to Drab
Fandoms, which are a subculture centered around supporting or following a certain piece of media, are everywhere in Geek culture. Just about every TV show, movie, book series, and more…
