In which Sean Callaghan ruminates on the political unconscious of The Walking Dead, on what it means to have hope during a zombie apocalypse, and where we go after the dust has settled on all our dead undead.
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Part 2 of my report on the 16 hours I spent wandering around the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. I touch on Dickey’s BBQ, the social ideology of parenting, and the grace of empty concourses at night.
Read more "The Scene: Deep in the Heart of Texas at DFW Part 2"By Mark McConaghy Some of our most mundane activities- watching hockey, taking in an awards show- can reveal to us how ideology operates in our current society. Taking a moment to think about why we invest emotionally in certain things reveals a crucial problem that we must face as progressive intellectuals: the traditional understanding of […]
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The 14th Floor 