Daily Misadventures, Just Human Things, Pop Culture

Visual Culture: What does our reliance on the visual mean?

I subscribe to Dictionary.com's Word of the Day emails. Today I read an article that briefly examined the lyrics of Childish Gambino's "This is America" (Last Month in Pop Language: “This Is America” And Other May #1’s). The author Molly Rosen Marriner mentioned that it is difficult to understand the nuanced intentions of the song lyrics… Continue reading Visual Culture: What does our reliance on the visual mean?

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Bookshops and…Bargains?

I stumbled into a used bookstore yesterday with 75% off signs in the windows and for a moment just stared at the sheer number of books this man had to sell before the end of the month. Why by the end of the month? The shop is closing. Going out of business. It was the… Continue reading Bookshops and…Bargains?