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January 30, 2021

"Girlfriend" by Rebecca Black: Reconnecting-with-ex bop for both "girls and gays" and "lads and lesbians"

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I don't mean to blog so much about new music releases, but it's hard not to when we're finally out of the vulnerable phase of th...
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January 28, 2021

"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap: The difficulty of choreographing to ethereal yet stirring-awake music

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Dream pop flourishes during the vulnerable phase of the 15-year excitement cycle, when people are in a refractory state. Floaty, isolated, n...
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January 26, 2021

Butt girls are more low-maintenance

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As shown in this TikTok trend . The theme is "low maintenance is key," and the audio says that she's simple -- all she wants i...
January 23, 2021

Lesbians are bashful, not lusty, showing more mature behavior than straight peers

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TikTok videos of girls experiencing "gay panic" show that lesbians are bashful and coquettish when they're around someone the...
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January 22, 2021

Status contests over social distancing, but not among young people

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Over the past month or so, I've noticed a disturbing relapse to the anti-social norms that governed public places about 10 years ago -- ...
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January 20, 2021

Keep Holding On

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Just a little placeholder post before more in-depth analysis of the shifting political landscape. Because Trump's finale of the Reagan e...
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January 15, 2021

"Easy" by Pale Waves: Uplifting romance anthem for the lads-and-lesbians

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So many of the ongoing themes of this blog going on here in the new music video by Pale Waves -- Everyone recognizes the Avril Lavigne influ...
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January 11, 2021

"Driver's License" by Olivia Rodrigo: The confessional reconciliation anthem signaling end of refractory phase of excitement cycle

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At the end of 2019 I explored a type of song that appears at the transition between the refractory phase of the 15-year excitement cycle, a...
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January 1, 2021

"Fuck yeah Tumblr" revival, per se and to archive deleted online culture

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Oh, just reflecting on the passage of time while moderately buzzed on New Year's Day, and of online culture in particular (where increas...
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