[A new year of MAGA madness and subversive pop]
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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – JANUARY 3, 2023
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January 3, 2023
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_ A new year of MAGA madness and subversive pop _
Credit, Joe Rocco
* Youth Activists Take On Gun Violence Epidemic
* Flight Attendants Raise the Roof
* Spreading Warmth
* All MAGA Sadism, All the Time
* Checking Into _The White Lotus_
* Drag and Kids
* Toy Story: The Supply Chain
* War on Public Sector Unions
* Anti-Health
* 2022’s Top Feminist Moments in Pop Culture
YOUTH ACTIVISTS TAKE ON GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC
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By Anita Chabria
Los Angeles Times
Even in California, with some of the strictest gun laws in the
nation, we are faced with the stone wall of those who genuinely
believe they will someday need their weapons to overthrow our
government, and any attempt to curb gun rights risks that mangled
notion of patriotism. But the kids have a chance.
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RAISE THE ROOF
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By Jessica Max Stein
The Independent
In the 60s, stewardesses were fired upon marriage, pregnancy, or
when reaching a certain age (32 on some airlines, 35 on others). These
restrictions limited their tenure, making it nearly impossible to
organize. Yet organize they did, in tandem with civil-rights laws and
the women’s movement, changing their working conditions almost
unimaginably.
SPREADING WARMTH
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By Eleanor J. Bader
The Progressive
Dozens of intrepid activists marked National Homeless Persons’
Remembrance Day on December 21 with an enormous art installation on
the Capitol lawn. The installation included nearly 1,200 blankets
laid out side-by-side near the Reflecting Pool, all of them handmade
by volunteers from across the country.
ALL MAGA SADISM, ALL THE TIME
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By Amanda Marcotte
Salon
The cruelty that has come to define the GOP is only likely to
intensify in the next year, resulting in more vicious attacks on LGBTQ
people, more dehumanizing treatment of migrants, more deranged
conspiracy theories, more pregnant people denied medical care with
specious “pro-life” arguments, and more winking approval of
political violence.
CHECKING INTO _THE WHITE LOTUS_
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By Eli Zaretsky
London Review of Books
_The White Lotus_ analyses capitalism not only as a system of race
and class hierarchies, but also as a libidinal economy. There is a
further twist to this. Hotels, like the entire luxury sector, work by
anticipating and calibrating what customers desire. TV viewers are
also ‘guests’ – consumers of a quasi-luxury product (HBO). A
show like _The White Lotus_ is not only a lens; it is also a mirror.
DRAG AND KIDS
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By Scott Shackford
Reason
Lawmakers have been proposing legislation that essentially treats drag
shows as lewd conduct, regardless of any sort of nudity or sexual
activity. Simply wearing clothing of the opposite sex in a performance
is suddenly sexual. It’s a bonkers proposal with any number of
potential enforcement problems, but that's something that happens with
a moral panic.
TOY STORY: THE SUPPLY CHAIN
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By Francesca Fiorentini
The American Prospect
Rex stood up and shook a couple of plastic monkeys off his tail. “Do
you think that maybe Santa’s workshop partners with China, since the
elves can’t handle all the workload?” Woody jumped up onto the
windowsill. “Enough! There’s no time. We’ve got to unstick the
supply chain!”
WAR ON PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS
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By James O’Donnell
The New Republic
Through door knocking and postcard mailers, a presence in online
conservative news networks, and an onslaught of lawsuits against
unions around the nation, the right-wing Freedom Foundation says
it’s now aided more than 131,000 public-sector workers in opting out
of their unions.
ANTI-HEALTH
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By Zack Hirsch
NPR
With seats opening on the Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s board, a
group of political activists opposed to COVID protocols saw an
opportunity. Now, the hospital has three new board members who
question the effectiveness of vaccines and spread medical
misinformation. Their victory has thrown the hospital board’s
typically quiet meetings into chaos.
2022’S TOP FEMINIST MOMENTS IN POP CULTURE
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By Janell Hobson
Ms.
It’s that time of year to reflect on highlights of 2022 and the ways
that feminism showed up and showed out in our popular culture. Here
are our top 10 favorite moments.
* Youth activism
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* gun violence
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* Flight Attendants
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* Nell McShane Wulfhart
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* Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association
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* homelessness
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* MAGA
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* Republican Party
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* the white lotus
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* drag
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* Supply chain crisis
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* Public Sector Unions
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* Freedom Foundation
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* Sarasota Memorial Hospital
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* COVID-19
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* Feminism
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* pop culture
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