Kaia DresselhausEscapism & Raw Milk: Revisiting CottagecoreIt’s almost 2024, and so many trends have come and gone since 2020 that you’d need a dedicated wiki to name them all. This year alone we’ve…Dec 3, 2023Dec 3, 2023
Kaia DresselhausYou Can Do It, Baby! — An Examination of TenderqueersGrowing up on Tumblr during the 2010s, I was definitely a part of the tenderqueer subculture as a teenager. I reblogged threads of the many…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
Kaia Dresselhaus“In This House, We Believe” In Virtue-SignalingIf you live in any large city in a blue state, you have probably seen this sign poking out of people’s lawns. Rainbow text on a black…Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Kaia DresselhausNostalgia Ouroboros: Thoughts After Spider-Man: No Way HomeLet me first just say that I had a really fun experience seeing this movie and I don’t begrudge anyone having a good time. The spirits were…Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
Kaia DresselhausAmerican Individualism in the Apocalypse GenreDoomsday prepping has become more and more prevalent in the United States, encouraged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the anticipation of the…Jul 2, 20212Jul 2, 20212
Kaia DresselhausIn Defense of Jurassic World2015 was a remarkable year. In the U.S., gay marriage was legalized, net neutrality was a hot topic, and Trump announced his bid for the…May 7, 2021May 7, 2021