“It is significant here too that, despite the constant accusations of ‘Cultural Marxism’ by the Trumpian online right, the countercultural aesthetics of anti-conformism in the US were later cultivated by the US government as part of a culture war against… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“During the recent online culture wars, and their spillover into campus and protest politics, feminists have tried to embrace transgression with the Slut Walk movement and sex-positive pro-trans, pro-sex worker and pro-kink culture that was central to Tumblr. However, like… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“As Lasch understood, for progressive politics anti-moral transgression has always been a bargain with the devil, because the case for equality is essentially a… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The obsession with decline found on the alt-right today comes from a long conservative line of thought, who regularly drew upon books like Edward… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The pop culture cliché of the American High School movie, which adapted old archetypes, depicted a social world in which the worst sexists were… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“It is significant here too that, despite the constant accusations of ‘Cultural Marxism’ by the Trumpian online right, the countercultural aesthetics of anti-conformism in… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The rise of Milo’s 4chan-influenced right is no more evidence of a resurgence of conservatism than the rise of Tumblr-style identity politics constitutes a… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“During the recent online culture wars, and their spillover into campus and protest politics, feminists have tried to embrace transgression with the Slut Walk… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“In academia, the ‘cultural turn’ saw a radical shift in scholarship whereby universities made culture the focus of contemporary debates. It also meant a… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“In the end, Buchanan was one of the paleocons to back Trump and many of those who formerly loathed most of what Yiannopoulos and… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“Other similar niche online subcultures in this milieu, which were always given by the emerging online right as evidence of Western decline, also include… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The rise of Milo, Trump and the alt-right are not evidence of the return of the conservatism, but instead of the absolute hegemony of… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“The ease with which this broader alt-right and alt-light milieu can use transgressive styles today shows how superficial and historically accidental it was that… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
“When Milo challenged his protesters to argue with him countless times on his tour, he knew that they not only wouldn’t, but also that… — Angela Nagle Copy Share Image
