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Notes on <i>OK Boomer</i>

Notes on OK Boomer

A letter from the editors.

OK! OK, Boomer: the Critical Theory of Contemporary Angst

OK! OK, Boomer: the Critical Theory of Contemporary Angst

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.

Parenting and Property: the Prodigal Son in Modern Life

Parenting and Property: the Prodigal Son in Modern Life

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

When is Resistance Right?

When is Resistance Right?

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

From Ponte de Dom Luis

From Ponte de Dom Luis

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

On Memes and Movements and Moving Home

On Memes and Movements and Moving Home

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

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