Performancism
Thou Shalt Never Feel Bad: Inside Out for the Ivy League
Sadness is having a cultural moment, and that makes me happy. Much of this is […]
Simultaneously Frazzled and Fragile: Surviving a Culture of Overac …
It’s getting to the point where I’d almost rather not draw attention to articles like […]
Mining Netflix: Performancism and The School of Rock
Did you watch the Golden Globes on Sunday? One of the biggest stories from this […]
Dostoevsky Talks Romans 7, Original Caprice, and Performancism
From his Notes from Underground, in which the great Russian author’s disturbed protagonist questions ideals […]
The Dopamine Thrill of Winning and Suspended Animation
Did you get to check out The Atlantic piece DZ quoted in last week’s weekender, […]
Bible Wednesdays: Jesus Heals the Man at the Pool (from Competitiv …
This week, we turn to John 5:5-8 for the story about a pool, a paralytic, […]
Another Week Ends: One Way Love, Platonic Tennis, Curmudgeon Law, …
1. The hits just keep on coming. Spring Conference speaker and friend Tullian Tchividjian announced […]
The Harsh, Hopeful Ballad of Urban Meyer
This one may make you cry. Even if, like me, you don’t know much about […]
The Fame Formula: The New Performancism of Children’s Televi …
A very interesting article by Bryan Lufkin over at The Atlantic about the seismic thematic […]
Another Week Ends: Spoiled Kids, Harvard Perfectionism, KKKlan Gra …
1. Over at The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert surveyed the latest swath of parenting books, […]
Are Stage Mothers the New Tax Collectors? Toddlers, Tiaras and Die …
A couple of notable new volleys in the parenting wars world. Doubtless by now you’ve […]
Jesus Plus Nothing Equals a Gospel Tornado
About a year and a half ago, I came across an interview about a book […]
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