#77: Literalism in Art and Other Troubling Trends

Studio H3 of the Current Affairs World Headquarters is closed for renovations this week, so instead of the usual panel format, we have something different for you. Aisling, Allegra and Lyta discuss Aisling's article "Satanic Panic and the Death of Mythos" and use it as a jumping-off point for a freewheeling conversation about the current cultural landscape, including overly literal readings of art, fandom, moralizing, and YA...just, YA in general.

"Satanic Panics and the Death of Mythos": https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/02/satanic-panics-and-the-death-of-mythos

Red Letter Media video on Darth Vader lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVzc20Bm8Xo

"The Buzzfeed-ification of Mental Health": https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/the-buzzfeed-ification-of-mental

Allegra's favorite tweet: https://twitter.com/ambientGillian/status/1391880931724648451?s=20

Petscop: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKQv0ZFHpeIUkOtNjtq4KA

This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.