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Jay-Z's Phone Call With Michael Eric Dyson Is Causing Quite The Stir
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson aka “Soul Glo” jumped on Akademiks live and explained his position on the Drake vs Kendrick Lamar feud. His appearance detailed his conversation with Jay-Z concerning their disagreement with what the battle was really about.
By Skyler Saunders20 days ago in Critique
Misdirection
Ahem... I know that it might seem strange that I am one of the people lifting a glass to wish a toast to the happy couple, but I have been told to do this in order to take up your time and make sure that we are all very much in our cups. They decided that they wanted to hit the road and they needed me to wish them all the best.
By Kendall Defoe 20 days ago in Critique
Do we really need AI videos?
By now, you’ve likely seen what the latest AI video model, Seedance 2.0, can do. If you haven’t, just look around. The videos flooding your feed—the ones with perfect lighting, cinematic depth, and hyper-realistic motion—they’re not real. They were all generated by AI.
By John Zhang21 days ago in Critique
‘We have enough’: Godfrey renews call for Black entertainers to stop seeking white validation after BAFTAs, praises Image Awards
DEI must die. It’s been far too long for Foundational Black Americans (FBA) and tethers to come up and say things like #OscarsSoWhite. So what? NAACP Image awards are about RAH, Representation, Agency, and Honor. Black people have to stop crying about their snubs at award shows that often overlook them.
By Skyler Saunders22 days ago in Critique
Cardi B Cans Feud With Trump Advisor Over Nicki Minaj Bot Claims Out Of Paranoia
If you had the might of the United States government breathing down your neck, you’d retreat, too. Cardi B has taken to social media to proclaim that she wants no problems with President Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz. She claims that she is protecting herself and family from possible attacks waged by the White House.
By Skyler Saunders22 days ago in Critique
"The Shell in the Ghost, I Am Major"
In 2017, Hollywood did something predictable and scandalous at the same time: it remade the Japanese cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell and placed a blonde American star at its centre. The actress was Scarlett Johansson. Critics argued about cultural appropriation, about empire, about whether the United States had once again absorbed a foreign myth and refashioned it in its own image. Yet beyond the controversy, the American Ghost in the Shell remains a philosophically provocative film. It forces a simple but radical question: what is a human being made of?
By Peter Ayolov23 days ago in Critique
The Theory of the New Leisure Class
The Theory of the New Leisure Class: Homo Essentialis Thorstein Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class in 1899 to describe a social order in which status was displayed through visible idleness and conspicuous consumption. More than a century later, idleness has disappeared as a badge of honour, yet Veblen’s central insight has only intensified. The ruling class of the twenty-first century does not sit idle; it performs busyness. It does not withdraw from work; it transforms work into theatre. What we are witnessing is not the disappearance of the leisure class but its mutation. This is Leisure Class 2.1. This is Homo Essentialis.
By Peter Ayolov23 days ago in Critique
Matter in Revolt
Matter in Revolt: How Diamat Becomes History (The Architecture of Chaos in the 21st Century) The twenty-first century does not suffer from chaos; it suffers from misunderstood structure. Climate breakdown, algorithmic governance, financial volatility, pandemics, digital feudalism—these are not isolated crises. They are converging contradictions. What appears fragmented is in fact systemic. What appears accidental is material. To read this moment properly, one requires a method that does not panic before complexity. That method is Diamat.
By Peter Ayolov23 days ago in Critique
Teyana Taylor Joins Elite List as Time Magazine Woman of the Year 2026
At the outset of Women’s History Month, Teyana Taylor is already in the winner’s circle. Fresh from a Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actress in the film One Battle After Another, a GRAMMY® nomination, and an Academy Award nomination, she has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Women of the Year.
By Skyler Saunders25 days ago in Critique
