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Sep 16, 2021 · Minaj, who made tidal waves this week with tweets expressing her doubts about COVID vaccines, told a different story Wednesday. Advertisement. “Do y’all think I would go on the internet and...
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Sep 14, 2021 · Rap artist Nicki Minaj faces backlash after tweeting inaccurate information about Covid vaccines. Published Tue, Sep 14 20219:10 PM EDT Updated Wed, Sep 15 20218:52 PM EDT. Robert Towey...
- Debunked Claims
- Sticky Emotions in A Neoliberal Age
- Economic Anxiety, Inequality, Bigotry
- Echo Chamber
- Anti-Democratic Territory
- Disrespect For Black Women, Self-Policing
- ‘Hatred For Outsiders’
Minaj also tweeted on Sept. 13: “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. (I)f I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research.” Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s event, which Minaj did not attend, required vaccination. But what began as a tweet soon dominated headlines as mainstream media pushed back ag...
Unpacking political tribalism and its spillover into entertainment means understanding how communities have come to be shaped under pressures of uncertainty in a neoliberal era of globalization. British environmentalist and activist George Monbiot highlights how neoliberalism has contributed to a culture of competition by redefining “citizens as co...
Today, growing economic anxiety, inequality and bigotry has led to a right-wing populist movement. People have become bound together and aligned through bitter, negative emotions and anti-democratic desires. An anti-vaccination stance has become characteristic of the alt-right, even at the cost of lives. Trumpismhas led to the consolidation of a tr...
From Fox News anchors like Tucker Carlson to Republican politicians like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, many who empathize with Trumpian politics have added to the anti-vaccination echo chamber. To belong to the fold means to align with the fold. And the competitive neoliberal culture that has divided humans into winners and losers, outsiders and insid...
In today’s era where disinformation campaigns and socio-political polarization have normalized an attack on truth and facts, what seems like “regular competition” between fandoms leads us into anti-democratic territory. As cultural studies researcher Sascha Buchanan writes: “Fans will defend their favourite entertainers adamantly, as well as agains...
Now the very same right-wingers who would have looked down on a Black women in hip hop are dishonestly upholding Minaj as one of their fold. And as Minaj is aligning herself with people like Carlson, who has demonstrated disrespect for Black women’s lives, she has also degraded Joy Reid when suggesting Reid is an Uncle Tomand using other racialized...
The right-wing attack on COVID-19 vaccinations, which is costing lives, and the conservative distrust of facts is backed up by powerful economic actors and institutional forces. These attempt to erase the importance of history, context and evidence — while manipulating their followers by using their hatred for outsiders. Politics professor Lilliana...
Sep 27, 2021 · On Sept. 13, rapper Nicki Minaj announced on Twitter that she would not be attending the famed Met Gala due to a requirement that guests must show proof of vaccination amid the COVID-19...
Sep 15, 2021 · After the rapper Nicki Minaj questioned the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine in a Twitter post this week, the White House confirmed on Wednesday that it had offered her a call with a...
