January 6, 2020
Merve
Anime, Business, Celebrities Being Celebrities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Journalism, Movies, Music, Politics, Video Games
Blitzchung, Blizzard Entertainment, Burning Sun scandal, Ellie, Epic Games Store, Glumberland, Hong Kong protests, Joker, Jussie Smollett, Kyoto Animation, Maho Yamaguchi, NGT48, Overwatch, Rooster Teeth, Vic Mignogna
Content warnings for discussions of mass violence and sexual misconduct.
I really don’t want to do this.
When I first started this feature, my list of pop cultural disappointments at least included some creative works that failed to live up to my expectations. But with each year, it seems like scandals and disasters occupied more and more of my attention. Well this year, it’s all scandals, and I just don’t have the energy to go in depth on each one, find source links, and write a compelling mini-essay.
But I’m nothing if not a traditionalist, and this is one of my blog’s annual traditions. So reluctantly, I bring you 2019: The Year in Shit. More
November 17, 2019
Merve
Crime, Culture, Education, Food, Humour, Internet, Journalism, Politics, Television, Video Games, What I've Been Reading
Australia, Banhmigate, Evaristo Marina, Miami, Oberlin College, Parks and Recreation, Pokemon, Popular websites
This is a weird What I’ve Been Reading that contains articles I’ve been compiling over the past month, so I don’t exactly remember why I compiled them. Let’s find out together, shall we? More
October 20, 2019
Merve
Books, Business, Comics, Crime, Internet, Journalism, Sports, What I've Been Reading
Eugene Melnyk, Nancy, Olivia Jaimes, Ottawa Senators, Police brutality, Spalding County
I’m feeling lazy this week, so there will be very little commentary. More
September 15, 2019
Merve
Books, Business, Crime, Culture, Internet, Politics, Video Games, What I've Been Reading
1984, Democracy, Sex video games, Uber
It’s been awhile since we did one of these, so let’s do one, shall we? We’re going to talk about books (both real and counterfeit), Uber, and s-s-s-s-sex. Spicy! More
August 18, 2019
Merve
Business, Cities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Movies, Politics, Super-nerdity, What I've Been Reading
(500) Days of Summer, Alt-right, Botanical sexism, Diesel cars, Pollen, Robert Bosch GmbH, Volkswagen
Back by (un)popular demand, it’s What I’ve Been Reading. This week, we’re talking about politics, cars, and “botanical sexism”? What’s botanical sexism? Read on to find out. More
July 28, 2019
Merve
Anime, Books, Celebrities Being Celebrities, Crime, Culture, Internet, Journalism, Manga, Travel, What I've Been Reading
Foreign bureaus, Logan Paul, Racism, Sexual misconduct, YouTube
This is a particularly Asia-centric edition of What I’ve Been Reading, and also a particularly serious one. More
March 18, 2018
Merve
Books, Crime, Culture, Internet, Politics, Super-nerdity, Technology, Travel, What I've Been Reading
Alt-right, Illinois-Missouri border, Jamison Bachman, Kids These Days, Millennials, Mississippi River, Neural network, Roommates, Sheep
We haven’t done one of these in a while. So let’s do one. Read on for articles about roommates, neural nets, and the Mississippi River. More
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