New periodization of American art and popular music history (by ingestion):
The Booze period: 1925-1970 (Pollock, Jerry Lee Lewis)
The Cocaine era: 1971-1990 (Warhol, Chic)
The SSRI epoch: 1991-2023 (The Weeknd, Barbie the movie)
The GLP-1 period (now): still to be decided…
09.03.2026 20:07
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Noam Chomsky: The Last Anarchist Professor
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
Noam Chomsky: The Last Anarchist Professor
by Crispin Sartwell @crispinsartwell.bsky.social
#anarchism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-w...
03.02.2026 16:40
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📚#DidYouKnowWed — #Ubalt Prof. Marion Winik is marking the 30th anniversary of her acclaimed memoir First Comes Love with a new edition and audiobook, featuring a fresh introduction by the author. 🎧✨
💛 To learn more, visit: tinyurl.com/CAS-Win30
#MarionWinik #FirstComesLove #Memoir #BookNews
17.12.2025 22:45
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Emma Goldman's Politics of Joy
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
youtu.be/R4H3_sFQwM4?...
04.01.2026 00:11
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Individualism and Collectivism Are Not Distinct
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
youtu.be/VCYWQ2mxLRg?...
03.01.2026 16:58
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A New Refutation of "Bob Dylan"
I watch upon your scorpion who crawls across your circus floor. || Crispin Sartwell
My goal in writing this was to make it impossible for anyone who read it to persist in believing that Bob Dylan is a good lyricist. I think I accomplished that, several times over. www.splicetoday.com/music/a-new-...
15.12.2025 12:37
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Individualism and Collectivism Are Not Distinct
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
i've blown up the distinctions between individualism and collectivism and between competition and cooperation. If those are close to the heart of your politics or your ethics, you need to tear down and start again. youtu.be/VCYWQ2mxLRg?...
15.11.2025 17:18
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The Profound Ethics of Non-Violence in Judith Butler
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
youtu.be/fens_z0oTY4?...
28.10.2025 21:41
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Well damn @crispinsartwell.bsky.social is on BS.
14.10.2025 11:37
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is it causing you to reflect?
15.10.2025 10:46
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The Great Anarchists, intro episode
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
youtu.be/2Zs3wlFJKs4?...
27.09.2025 13:51
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that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
25.09.2025 16:04
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that's all in *one month*
25.09.2025 16:05
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it's completely indefensible. but there it is! here's nyt:
25.09.2025 16:05
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that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
25.09.2025 16:04
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that is *who she is*
18.09.2025 01:42
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it would be rational to fact-check everything she has ever written
18.09.2025 01:40
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Heather Cox Richardson, in "Letters from an American" on Sep 12, gathered every rumor and innuendo she could find to make Tyler Robinson a right-winger. Has she reflected?
18.09.2025 01:38
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I was essentially bullied into reading and watching the original Harry Potters. So I’m very much looking forward to bullying all the people who watch the new ones. Oh how the tables have turned.
19.08.2025 14:07
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A longtime local York newspaper columnist - US born - couldn’t cover the event either because he has neither a Real ID or passport.
19.08.2025 19:04
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Judith Butler and Gender as an Aesthetic Repertoire
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
what judith butler gets right about gender.
youtu.be/_TKGGJqLnZM?...
31.07.2025 15:26
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it's true! despite all the myriad problems, it gives you an aesthetic experience, particularly if you come to it from a modest or rural environment.
the capitalist sublime
21.07.2025 15:03
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