Mission Statement

Thanks to a tweet from Shani, I devoured this two-part series on dancehall music and homophobia in Jamaica over the weekend. I won't say anything else about it specifically because I really, really hope that people go read it. But to me, this is what's important and interesting about cultural criticism. I may bungle my way into arguments over movie trailers, or gush over Robyn, but really, for me, the primary question is what what we like says about who we are. What we spend our time and money on for fun is incredibly important, even, and maybe even especially, if we're spending time on things that are frivolous. And sometimes popular forms contain deadly serious content. If I could do this full-time, this is the kind of story I'd want to write.