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The Materialization of Social status in Animal Collective’s “My Girls”

When the experimental pop group Animal Collective released their studio album Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2011, the song “My Girls” quickly hit the charts as one of their most popular songs. In this song, band member Noah Lennox, typically known by his stage name, “Panda Bear,” discusses his desire for a simple life with his […]

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The relationship between humans and technology in Black Mirror’s “Be Right Back”

The popular Netflix original show Black Mirror has been widely praised for its exploration of various themes such as digital consciousness and artificial intelligence through the lens of dystopian science fiction. In this post, I will be discussing the episode “Be Right Back” as it relates to modern interpretations of the relationship between humans and […]