A letter from the editors.

Ajay Singh Chaudhary on the sharpened passions at the beginning of class consciousness, the denunciation of the mid-century way of life, and politicized aesthetics.

Allyson Healey examines intergenerational conflict in painter James Tissot's 1880 series The Prodigal Son in Modern Life.

Kristina Gaddy on the Edelweiss Pirates, protesting for fossil fuel divestment at Harvard and Yale, and resistance that doesn't look like resistance.

An ekphrastic poem by Yanyi: a sestina prompted by an OK Boomer meme.

Christine Elliott on memetic structures, digital literacy, and the in-joke quality of OK Boomer.