Hardcore for Nerds

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*from the title of a review of Arthur Koestler's Arrival and Departure by Michael Foot, Evening Standard, Nov. 26, 1943.
Jan 21
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orioleorgans:

what does dick hebdige have to say about this?

I wonder what Homer Simpson has to say about TV being the cause of, and the solution, all life’s problems?

But seriously, wtf? This isn’t really offensive against the idea of punk (or ‘punk’) as much as it is against the idea of good parenting (or just ‘communication’). “Don’t have a grandson with a dog collar” - why not? 

I dunno, I’m not sure which is worse: deep satire being used in advertising to bamboozle people into buying stuff, or dog-whistling (or -collaring) conservative mores on the assumption that people will actually agree.

punk tv
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