teen dance ordinance? you grew up in footloose and you're accusing everybody else of mythmaking?
July 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
teen dance ordinance? you grew up in footloose and you're accusing everybody else of mythmaking?
"A More Civilized Age" Mythmaking and Uchronia in Depictions of the Old Republic.
September 22, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"A More Civilized Age" Mythmaking and Uchronia in Depictions of the Old Republic.
Deconstructing the mythmaking and propaganda generated by the US does not mean you have to accept the mythmaking and propaganda generated by the IRGC
March 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Deconstructing the mythmaking and propaganda generated by the US does not mean you have to accept the mythmaking and propaganda generated by the IRGC
One of most alarming red flags to date. Not so much for the impact, but for what it says about Trumps’ footsoldiers’ devotion to his cult of personality. This is full-on dictator mythmaking.
Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
May 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of most alarming red flags to date. Not so much for the impact, but for what it says about Trumps’ footsoldiers’ devotion to his cult of personality. This is full-on dictator mythmaking.
mythmaking performance from Martin Zubimendi
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
mythmaking performance from Martin Zubimendi
Ancient Sparta and Fascist Italy both did one thing well: self-aggrandizing mythmaking that works on a certain type of guy.
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Ancient Sparta and Fascist Italy both did one thing well: self-aggrandizing mythmaking that works on a certain type of guy.
Jazz is not American, jazz is BLACK. Jazz being an "American invention" is a part of this country's mythmaking process.
Jazz is the greatest, most genuine, & uniquely American invention.
It’s literally impossible for Jazz to have been born in another than the American context
If America spoke, it would’ve spoken the tunes written by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Monk, Miles, Trane, Armstrong, Bird, Dizzy, etc, etc
It’s literally impossible for Jazz to have been born in another than the American context
If America spoke, it would’ve spoken the tunes written by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Monk, Miles, Trane, Armstrong, Bird, Dizzy, etc, etc
"Jazz is America’s greatest artistic gift to the world...If it had done nothing else, this would suffice" [Yes, I mercifully excised that part about Kenny G]
July 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Jazz is not American, jazz is BLACK. Jazz being an "American invention" is a part of this country's mythmaking process.
Literal Colonialist Mythmaking and Apologia 101.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Literal Colonialist Mythmaking and Apologia 101.
Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism. n.pr/4v3jLt7
From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year
Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.
n.pr
April 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism. n.pr/4v3jLt7
That's right: he wrote one of the early works identifying and analyzing the phenomenon of "fake news" and narrative in political mythmaking. After, you know, he'd indulged in a bit of it himself.
May 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
That's right: he wrote one of the early works identifying and analyzing the phenomenon of "fake news" and narrative in political mythmaking. After, you know, he'd indulged in a bit of it himself.
Friends, what you learned about the Civil Rights Movement in high school is probably at best incomplete, at worst largely mythmaking and whitewashing.
June 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Friends, what you learned about the Civil Rights Movement in high school is probably at best incomplete, at worst largely mythmaking and whitewashing.
Potential Ned Kelly-level mythmaking in the works.
December 5, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Potential Ned Kelly-level mythmaking in the works.
If it's any consolation (and it might not be), America has been pretty fucken evil for the last 50-60 years anyway. It just usually has better PR and mythmaking than this.
February 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If it's any consolation (and it might not be), America has been pretty fucken evil for the last 50-60 years anyway. It just usually has better PR and mythmaking than this.
When i keep saying that an understanding of both comparative religious studies and the foundations of mythmaking are crucial for understanding the cultural paradigm of pretty much all things "AI", this is what i mean.
I don't know how easy it is to keep AI models that can write zero days contained, but I expect it's a lot *easier* if everyone involved isn't a part of a California New Religious Movement who considers "the AI escapes" to be advertisement for their company and their NRM simultaneously
everyone dunking on how easy it is to keep AIs contained this week has been fined 1 watching of Ex Machina
August 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
When i keep saying that an understanding of both comparative religious studies and the foundations of mythmaking are crucial for understanding the cultural paradigm of pretty much all things "AI", this is what i mean.
In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War."
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
www.theverge.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War."
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Our mythmaking and historical amnesia leave too many unprepared for this moment. READ THIS: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Stop saying 'this isn't who we are'
What we're seeing now is who we've always been.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our mythmaking and historical amnesia leave too many unprepared for this moment. READ THIS: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Martyr and the Savior: Mythmaking of Count Dooku and Mon Mothma in the Outer Rim
What’s your fake starwars academic paper
September 23, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Martyr and the Savior: Mythmaking of Count Dooku and Mon Mothma in the Outer Rim
Just the fact that people till today call Steve Jobs "genius" unironically if proof that what silicon valley really excels at is personal mythmaking
February 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just the fact that people till today call Steve Jobs "genius" unironically if proof that what silicon valley really excels at is personal mythmaking
I ask as always:
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
July 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I ask as always:
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
H. Bruce Franklin's book "MIA, Mythmaking in America" is very good. So are his books on fish and science fiction. Man had range.
April 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
H. Bruce Franklin's book "MIA, Mythmaking in America" is very good. So are his books on fish and science fiction. Man had range.
Again, quite extraordinary to see how many commentators and analysts still can't get their heads around the possibility that the IRGC might lose.
Perhaps mythmaking was the Iranian regime's most effective capability.
Perhaps mythmaking was the Iranian regime's most effective capability.
March 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Again, quite extraordinary to see how many commentators and analysts still can't get their heads around the possibility that the IRGC might lose.
Perhaps mythmaking was the Iranian regime's most effective capability.
Perhaps mythmaking was the Iranian regime's most effective capability.
SpaceX IPO shows Musk’s genius is in mythmaking ft.trib.al/zQuitF7
SpaceX IPO shows Musk’s genius is in mythmaking
How exactly the company plans to support its gargantuan valuation is not obvious
ft.trib.al
June 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
SpaceX IPO shows Musk’s genius is in mythmaking ft.trib.al/zQuitF7
Boorstin became more involved with the Republican Party over the next few decades; he was friends with and an influence on such luminaries (derogatory) as Henry Kissinger and Spiro Agnew, and his work on political mythmaking was heavily influential in the 70sans 80s.
May 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Boorstin became more involved with the Republican Party over the next few decades; he was friends with and an influence on such luminaries (derogatory) as Henry Kissinger and Spiro Agnew, and his work on political mythmaking was heavily influential in the 70sans 80s.
Android-Facilitated Wartime Mythmaking in Early Societies: Case Studies in Narrative, Performance, and Dramaturgy for Small [Furry] Audiences
What’s your fake starwars academic paper
September 22, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Android-Facilitated Wartime Mythmaking in Early Societies: Case Studies in Narrative, Performance, and Dramaturgy for Small [Furry] Audiences