Age gaps. Technology gaps. Experience gaps. Cultural gaps. In Cultural Clash, we pick apart the gaps, with the hope of bridging them and finding common ground. These are our stories and opinions at cultural crossroads.
Nearly a year ago, I found myself sitting in a 200-seat lecture hall at the University of Pennsylvania for New Students Orientation, still awestruck by my admission to one of America’s most elite, competitive universities. I was so excited to have the freedom to take what seemed to be an endless stream of interesting classes […]
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These sort of pop culture advertisements don’t exist in a vacuum, immune to ongoing political phenomena and discourse. To say otherwise would be ignorant. Ads mean something, and they mean something especially in the context of a given moment. We can agree that jeans are American. So, what does it mean when you take the token white woman in Hollywood as the spokesperson for jeans talking about her eye color and hair color while flaunting her body? Is that what America is?
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They call us backward, “Bible-thumping,” gun-clinging Neanderthals—too obsessed with tradition, faith, and freedom to be part of the woke utopia they’re building in the blue states. We’re mocked for our “outdated” values, ridiculed for our distrust of big government, and painted as a national embarrassment on late-night television. Yet somehow, oddly enough… they keep moving […]
Read MoreFor over two decades, gentle parenting reigned—with its soft tones, sticker charts, and fear of saying “no.” The result? A generation of adults who crumble under real-world pressure. As these same individuals now raise kids of their own, a new approach is rising: FAFO Parenting—where actions have consequences and structure matters. It’s not cruelty; it’s common sense. If we want resilient, capable kids, we need to stop coddling and start parenting. Because life won’t hand out participation trophies.
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