Blank Space

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Not sure I’m convinced by the primary thesis here (that culture and artistic innovation have stagnated in the 21st century), but does a good job of giving a history of the last 25 years and just how much cultural production has changed in such as short time. Even though I lived through all these years, a lot of the fashion and celebrity stuff was new to me.

Rating ★★★
Title Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
Authors W. David Marx
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Released (read 2026)
Pages 385
Publisher Penguin Group
ISBN 9780593833995
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