I don't have beef with Roland Barthes and put him in a different category from Deleuze, Baudrillard, DeBord, etc mostly because he was so incredibly sincere.  He reminds me more of Walter Benjamin than any of his contemporaries.

yes it does! on Sunday!  and it's kind of awesome!

yes it does! on Sunday!  and it's kind of awesome!

I was going to say something snarky about Baudrillard, but I give up. He's permeated intellectual thought in ways that are detrimental to actually talking about things, leaving us with big piles of discursive, ahistorical nothings.

I was going to say something snarky about Baudrillard, but I give up. He's permeated intellectual thought in ways that are detrimental to actually talking about things, leaving us with big piles of discursive, ahistorical nothings.

It is a widely renowned school of clowning.

It is a widely renowned school of clowning.

I blame French philosophers of the past 50 years for ruining intellectual discussions for everyone.

I blame French philosophers of the past 50 years for ruining intellectual discussions for everyone.

The whole "hipster" backlash is intellectually suspicious at best.  Most of the people I know who ride fixies, wear tight pants, have listened to Animal Collective since 2004, cure their own charcuterie, and wear suspenders care passionately about things. They will talk your ear off about the need to reform schools…

The whole "hipster" backlash is intellectually suspicious at best.  Most of the people I know who ride fixies, wear tight pants, have listened to Animal Collective since 2004, cure their own charcuterie, and wear suspenders care passionately about things. They will talk your ear off about the need to reform schools…

Ingredients necessary for a successful YA novel:

Ingredients necessary for a successful YA novel:

It's the 50 Shades of Grey/The Exorcist cross over fanfic that we would all get arrested for reading.

It's the 50 Shades of Grey/The Exorcist cross over fanfic that we would all get arrested for reading.

Weirdly, I don't think the premise of this is crap (aside from my reflexive snobbery about Princeton, because, seriously, why?).  There could be something funny and moving about finding your long lost child and an examination of the sacrifices women make for their careers.

Weirdly, I don't think the premise of this is crap (aside from my reflexive snobbery about Princeton, because, seriously, why?).  There could be something funny and moving about finding your long lost child and an examination of the sacrifices women make for their careers.

I was talking to a friend the other day about this - Tim Tebow represents an ideal for a huge segment of the population that overlaps in large part with casual and die hard sports fans alike.

I was talking to a friend the other day about this - Tim Tebow represents an ideal for a huge segment of the population that overlaps in large part with casual and die hard sports fans alike.

@avclub-62812d8eb06386505986efff8b5e43ac:disqus Just because you're a stud in college doesn't mean you aren't above giving a girl a "floor-ie."  Or so the Rolling Stone "expose" on Dartmouth would lead me to believe.