Pop Culture Matters

I'm late to post this, but I just want to say a huge honking DITTO to Dan in this PhD comic:



Pop culture is INCREDIBLY powerful in creating the worldview of people who consume it. And not just to children -- adults as well have their ideas, preconceptions, and prejudices informed and reinforced by the images they see around them everyday. One great example is the plethora of crime shows, and how they have changed how actual criminals behave.

This is why I get so angry when people defend something as "just a TV show" or "just a movie." It's not. It's art, and art is powerful.

Basically, this is a long-winded justification for the fact that I'm probably going to talk a lot about pop culture -- sexism, racism, or just bad writing -- because I think it's just as important as talking about politics. Also, way more entertaining.