Vanessa K. Bittner (@VanKB42) introduces the concept of ‘iconic extensions’ and explores the phenomenon of the MAGA hat as a recognizable and controversial political symbol in the United States of America.
Read her article below.
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Dreading the U.S. election?
My newest article will probably not help with that but it MIGHT help you wrap your head around the MAGA hat and why it's so triggering for folks.
Out now in @CulSoc, give it a read 🥳
Exciting news! I just published my article on "dialectic icons" - controversial public figures who spark intense debates, help ideological camps form, and fuel social polarization as highly mediated symbols of conflict.
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I had the best time at my last @CCSYale Spring Conference, and it truly felt like the end of an era!
Thank you to everyone who made my past six years there so special and I hope our paths will cross again🥰
Today I learned from my doctor that sitting at a desk all day can be similarly terrible for your spine than a car accident🙃 Get up and stretch, people!
Ich werde doch nicht in der Hitzehölle verrecken nur weil son paar silberhaarige Arschlöcher aus Tradition jedes Jahr CDU wählen wollen, verdammte scheiße!
Waffles Mochi is now streaming on Netflix! If you’ve got little ones or just want to laugh and learn a little about good food, I hope you’ll check it out. This show is so dear to my heart, and I can’t wait for you to watch! #WafflesAndMochi ❤️
Been very busy these past couple weeks, but the silver lining is: the more stressed I am, the faster the days go by, ergo spring, summer, and the vaccine will arrive quicker.
PSA: If you've been performing a pre-pandemic version of yourself, STOP. You're doing yourself and others a disservice by perpetuating the myth that everything's okay and feeling otherwise is some how a moral failure.
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