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BERKELEY'S NEWS • MARCH 26, 2023

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Something’s rotten in the state of Bravo

For days when the thought of watching a Criterion Collection film or, God forbid, cracking the spine of a book conjures a wave of nausea, I turn to reality TV.

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Belonging to the small but vocal minority of people who spend too much time on Twitter, I typically first encounter media and art in their abridged, non-contextualized states before I ever consume them the way that we are “supposed to.”
Belonging to the small but vocal minority of people who spend too much time on Twitter, I typically first encounter media and art in their abridged, non-contextualized states before I ever consume them the way that we are “supposed to.”
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In the aesthetic wasteland, personal artistic tastes are merely superficial. Where they once functioned as a means of sculpting one’s identity, they now serve a higher power: selling stuff.
In the aesthetic wasteland, personal artistic tastes are merely superficial. Where they once functioned as a means of sculpting one’s identity, they now serve a higher power: selling stuff.
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What gets churned out by AI is inherently antithetical to art, so why do we labor to maintain that it might still have creative utility?
What gets churned out by AI is inherently antithetical to art, so why do we labor to maintain that it might still have creative utility?
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For days when the thought of watching a Criterion Collection film or, God forbid, cracking the spine of a book conjures a wave of nausea, I turn to reality TV.
featured article
For days when the thought of watching a Criterion Collection film or, God forbid, cracking the spine of a book conjures a wave of nausea, I turn to reality TV.
featured article
Belonging to the small but vocal minority of people who spend too much time on Twitter, I typically first encounter media and art in their abridged, non-contextualized states before I ever consume them the way that we are “supposed to.”
featured article
Belonging to the small but vocal minority of people who spend too much time on Twitter, I typically first encounter media and art in their abridged, non-contextualized states before I ever consume them the way that we are “supposed to.”
featured article
In the aesthetic wasteland, personal artistic tastes are merely superficial. Where they once functioned as a means of sculpting one’s identity, they now serve a higher power: selling stuff.
featured article
In the aesthetic wasteland, personal artistic tastes are merely superficial. Where they once functioned as a means of sculpting one’s identity, they now serve a higher power: selling stuff.
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What gets churned out by AI is inherently antithetical to art, so why do we labor to maintain that it might still have creative utility?
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What gets churned out by AI is inherently antithetical to art, so why do we labor to maintain that it might still have creative utility?
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“Punch-Drunk Love” was my PTA gateway drug. I watched it in the thick of lockdown my junior year of highschool, before I knew anything about film or really much about people.
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“Punch-Drunk Love” was my PTA gateway drug. I watched it in the thick of lockdown my junior year of highschool, before I knew anything about film or really much about people.
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Beyond the initial addictive thrill of getting a new tattoo, I have come to see tattoos like passport stamps — things that you collect along the way to remind yourself of where you’ve been and who you’ve met.
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Beyond the initial addictive thrill of getting a new tattoo, I have come to see tattoos like passport stamps — things that you collect along the way to remind yourself of where you’ve been and who you’ve met.
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I’m the type of person who loves a good bit. Any kind of running gag, played with utmost sincerity, is more holy to me than a hymn.
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I’m the type of person who loves a good bit. Any kind of running gag, played with utmost sincerity, is more holy to me than a hymn.
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These songs are reminders of the days I spent in each place trying to immerse myself in new spaces, cultures and languages.
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These songs are reminders of the days I spent in each place trying to immerse myself in new spaces, cultures and languages.
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I excelled at playing the role of the angsty, ungrateful daughter.
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I excelled at playing the role of the angsty, ungrateful daughter.
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For a long time, any enjoyment of trashy vampire novels or silly pop songs had to be cloaked in a thick layer of irony in order to be viewed as acceptable by society.
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For a long time, any enjoyment of trashy vampire novels or silly pop songs had to be cloaked in a thick layer of irony in order to be viewed as acceptable by society.
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