Saturday, March 29, 2008

[Blank] is the New [Blank], or How Academia meets Pop Culture

We all know that GAY

is the new BLACK


But did you know that (in Academia AND Pop Culture!)...

TRANSNATIONAL 

is the new QUEER?


or that GLOBALIZATION
 
is the new POST-COLONIAL?


My favourite? 

How POST-HUMAN 

is the new HUMAN


Discuss.
And if you have any suggestions or modifications - let me know!

2 comments:

J.D. said...

I have no idea what any of that means, but I'm fairly certain it's one of the most brilliant things I've ever read.

Wow...

POP COLONY said...

Uhhhhh quoting those french geniuses Daft Punk vocoding is "Human After All" so leave Rihanna alone!


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