How Conservatism Infiltrated Pop Culture

Quiet luxury. Clean girl. Old money. Trad living. Kylie Jenner’s pivot from Black culture vulture to glass skin pilates princess. College youth dressed like polyester Shein replicas of Reagan-era prepsters. Something’s happened, and I’m uncomfortable. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/mattbernstein Work smarter, not harder, with Factor meals ready in two minutes at https://www.factormeals.com/fruity50off. Start managing your money better and cancel unwanted expenses at https://www.rocketmoney.com/fruity. Subscribe to KAT'S NEWSLETTER! https://spitfirenews.com/ Subscibe to TAYLOR'S NEWSLETTER! https://www.usermag.co/ Listen to Taylor's podcast: https://youtube.com/@TaylorLorenz?si=MiEOhQR9PZfjV-9O CHAPTERS: 0:00 - 3:24 intro 3:24 - 15:12 The Cruel Kids Table… god help me= 15:12 - 16:53 thanks rocket money! 16:53 - 31:47 people are paying money to WHAT? 31:47 - 37:36 a brief flash of performative 2010s liberalism is kicked to the curb 37:36 - 43:14 how the Clean Girl went MAGA 43:14 - 44:58 shoutout to factor! 44:58 - 52:22 the kardashians (SORRY) 52:22 - 1:03:26 the life you want doesn’t exist and your fantasies are being exploited