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Tag: Criticism

• In Defense Of Small Talk — A defense of weather comments, office preambles, and the humane middle register between silence and confession.
• In Defense Of Paris Hilton — A defense of persona, privilege, and the machine that mocked Paris Hilton while building her platform.
• Lane Boy - Twenty One Pilots — The song is not arguing for sloppiness. It is arguing for evidence of life.
• Know When Not To Defend — A defense of the closed briefcase, the strategic silence, and knowing when the defense must rest.
• Separate Artist from Song — A defense of the song's life beyond the artist, and the listener's right to their own memories.
• In Defense Of The Instant Pot — A defense of the squat little pressure robot, freezer-brick redeemer, and weeknight dinner stabilizer.
• In Defense Of A Cappella — A defense of music without armor: harmony, earnestness, mouth drums, and the oldest instrument we have.
• In Defense Of Quitting — A defense of knowing when to say when.
• In Defense Of One-Hit Wonders — A defense of the flare in the sky, the one perfect cake, and the song that fed the village.
• In Defense Of Tony Robbins — A defense of the thunderclap, the arena corny, and hope loud enough for people who could not hear it any other way.
• In Defense Of Nickelback — A defense of mainstream rock's designated punchline, and of the difference between criticism and embarrassment enforcement.
• In Defense Of The Bee Gees — A defense of disco as release and craft, and of the Bee Gees as architects of an era’s emotional texture.
• In Defense Of Gilbert Gottfried — A defense of comic nerve, bad timing, and the pressure valve after grief.
• In Defense Of Andrew Silverstein — A defense of character work, performance masks, and the difference between Andrew Silverstein and the creature called Dice.