What Is Metamodern?
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WHAT IS METAMODERN? is a website that catalogs examples of the metamodern sensibility in art, popular culture, and culture in general. Edited by @LindaCCeriello, PhD and @GregDember.
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Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today's Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity
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Labubu, Metamodern Little Monsters and the Contemporary Face of Consumer Cuteness
Labubu has emerged as one of the buzziest Consumer Products of 2025. They’re of interest for how they embody certain aesthetic paradoxes we talk about here at What is Metamodern? ...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I wrote this metamodern analysis of "Heroes," a short story by O.G. Rose.
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A Metamodern Reading of "Heroes" – Short Story by O.G. Rose
The opening story of Under the Wing, “Heroes,” is available to read online as a kind of teaser for the book, which has given me the wonderful opportunity to write not just a review/preview but an actu...
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September 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I wrote this metamodern analysis of "Heroes," a short story by O.G. Rose.
whatismetamodern.com/fiction/hero...
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Metamodern! Of course, voters should back candidates primarily based on an assessment of their policy positions, but relatability will always be a factor.
A lot of people have been calling me the
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Metamodern! Of course, voters should back candidates primarily based on an assessment of their policy positions, but relatability will always be a factor.
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My book, _Say Hello to Metamodernism!_ has been reviewed in the journal _English Studies_, which I understand is a rather prestigious European journal. It's overall a positive review, with a few gentle critiques, which I like because it makes it feel more real.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FTKAC...
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Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today’s Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Emphatic Reflexivity
Published in English Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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September 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My book, _Say Hello to Metamodernism!_ has been reviewed in the journal _English Studies_, which I understand is a rather prestigious European journal. It's overall a positive review, with a few gentle critiques, which I like because it makes it feel more real.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FTKAC...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FTKAC...
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If you've read my metamodernism book, you may be interested in this article in which I address several common questions I've received since it was published. If you haven't read the book it might provide a sideways introduction to the topic.
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Say Hello to Metamodernism: Follow-up Questions and Answers
Answers to questions readers have asked about Say Hello to Metamodernism! by Greg Dember.
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July 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you've read my metamodernism book, you may be interested in this article in which I address several common questions I've received since it was published. If you haven't read the book it might provide a sideways introduction to the topic.
medium.com/what-is-meta...
medium.com/what-is-meta...
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Wrote about back when Sufjan was Doing The Most
Sufjan Stevens' 'Illinois' Turns 20
“There were days when I had no sense of time or reality, and I wasn’t functioning on a practical level, a day-to-day, matter-of-fact level. I was functioning on a supernatural level, in my mind, in my...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wrote about back when Sufjan was Doing The Most
We are pleased to have published this guest piece from Troy Campbell, examining the metamodern aspects of last summer's 'brat' phenomemon. Hashtag Charli xcx; Hastag Kamala Harris.
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Charli xcx’s “Brat Summer,” Metamodern Club Culture, and Their Unlikely Influence on a Presidential Campaign
The metamodern sensibility found in Charli xcx's brat album, brat summer and the Harris Campaign's adoption of these pop-culture elements.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We are pleased to have published this guest piece from Troy Campbell, examining the metamodern aspects of last summer's 'brat' phenomemon. Hashtag Charli xcx; Hastag Kamala Harris.
whatismetamodern.com/music/charli...
whatismetamodern.com/music/charli...
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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So talk to me
I don't want to hear poetry
Just say it plain
Like how you really speak
The universe
Could be worse
It's the only place
There is to be
So talk to me
I don't want to hear poetry
Just say it plain
Like how you really speak
The universe
Could be worse
It's the only place
There is to be
Wilco “The Universe”
YouTube video by Tom Riggs
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May 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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So talk to me
I don't want to hear poetry
Just say it plain
Like how you really speak
The universe
Could be worse
It's the only place
There is to be
So talk to me
I don't want to hear poetry
Just say it plain
Like how you really speak
The universe
Could be worse
It's the only place
There is to be
We love that there will be a new Buffy series, with a new slayer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar is still BUFFY, an older guide to the new slayer.
‘Buffy’ Update at Hulu Casts Ryan Kiera Armstrong as the New Slayer
The ‘Skeleton Crew’ actress will star opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the pilot.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
We love that there will be a new Buffy series, with a new slayer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar is still BUFFY, an older guide to the new slayer.
Sufjan Stevens, while enduring several losses, has kept himself out of the spotlight for the last couple years. Here he catches us up a bit with his life, on the 10th anniversary of his album Carrie and Lowell.
www.vulture.com/article/sufj...
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Sufjan Stevens Is Doing Okay
The self-declared “poster child of death in the music world” lost his partner and then got sick. But he’s trying to stay optimistic.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Sufjan Stevens, while enduring several losses, has kept himself out of the spotlight for the last couple years. Here he catches us up a bit with his life, on the 10th anniversary of his album Carrie and Lowell.
www.vulture.com/article/sufj...
www.vulture.com/article/sufj...
For a guided tour of the metamodern cultural landscape of the last 25 years or so...
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Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today's Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity
Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today's Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity [Dember, Greg] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Say Hello to Metamodernism!: Understanding Today's Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity
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May 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I really enjoyed this conversation about my book and metamodernism!
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Episode #210: Greg Dember on Say Hello to Metamodernism!
YouTube video by O.G. Rose
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March 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I really enjoyed this conversation about my book and metamodernism!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-N...
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Please watch this delightful conversation we had with author Tope Folarin about his novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, and his interest in metamodernism and the arguably MM works of Miranda July and other creators!
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Metamodernism and Autofiction: A Discussion With Novelist Tope Folarin
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February 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Please watch this delightful conversation we had with author Tope Folarin about his novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, and his interest in metamodernism and the arguably MM works of Miranda July and other creators!
youtu.be/GxqRCU0X7Ws
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Happy Valentines Day! Here at What is Metamodern? Laboratories, we've created the ultimate metamodern love song playlist, A Very Metamodern Valentines Day.
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A Very Metamodern Valentines Day
Playlist · Greg Dember · 29 items · 2 saves
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February 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Valentines Day! Here at What is Metamodern? Laboratories, we've created the ultimate metamodern love song playlist, A Very Metamodern Valentines Day.
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WITH Sarah Michelle Gellar!
‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Nears Hulu Pilot Order With Chloé Zhao Directing
Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot starring Sarah Michelle Gellar is getting a Hulu pilot order. Chloé Zhao will direct, Nora & Lilla Zuckerman wrote it.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
WITH Sarah Michelle Gellar!
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i want to live in the tiniest, coziest cabin, inside a bubble resting atop a flower. who's with me?
January 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
i want to live in the tiniest, coziest cabin, inside a bubble resting atop a flower. who's with me?
John Howard, a good friend of WiM died recently. We are pleased to share this poem by John that has that metamodern j’ ne sais quoi!
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"Peanut Butter Story" – a Metamodern poem by John Howard
I read his poem “Peanut Butter Story” ... Linda ... voiced something I’d also been secretly thinking: It’s got that metamodern j' ne sais quoi!
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January 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
John Howard, a good friend of WiM died recently. We are pleased to share this poem by John that has that metamodern j’ ne sais quoi!
whatismetamodern.com/poetry/peanu...
whatismetamodern.com/poetry/peanu...
People often mistakenly think metamodernism equals whatever ideology they support. Left can be MM, Right can be MM. Moderate, apolitical, anti-political can all be MM. Multi-perspectival can be MM, but MM is not at all inherently multi-perspectival.
December 24, 2024 at 6:52 PM
People often mistakenly think metamodernism equals whatever ideology they support. Left can be MM, Right can be MM. Moderate, apolitical, anti-political can all be MM. Multi-perspectival can be MM, but MM is not at all inherently multi-perspectival.
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Live rendition of a song from Ben Folds' Christmas album!
Live rendition of a song from Ben Folds' Christmas album!
'We Could Have This' By Ben Folds ft. Lindsey Kraft | Kelly Clarkson Show
YouTube video by The Kelly Clarkson Show
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December 11, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Live rendition of a song from Ben Folds' Christmas album!
Live rendition of a song from Ben Folds' Christmas album!
This looks like a significant update to Raoul Ehshelman's original Performatism book, which itself was an important neighbor to metamodernism!
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
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Transcending Postmodernism: Performatism 2.0
Transcending Postmodernism: Performatism 2.0 is an ambitious attempt to expand and deepen the theory of performatism. Its main thesis is that, beginning in the mid-1990s, the strategies and norms of p...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
This looks like a significant update to Raoul Ehshelman's original Performatism book, which itself was an important neighbor to metamodernism!
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
www.routledge.com/Transcending...
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Missed the Metamodern Theatre Symposium? Don’t panic! The whole event is now available to watch on YouTube
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A 5 part video playlist ft. @gregdember.bsky.social @katekavs.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social @dermotdaly.bsky.social and more! #academicsky #theatresky #MetaSymp
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A 5 part video playlist ft. @gregdember.bsky.social @katekavs.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social @dermotdaly.bsky.social and more! #academicsky #theatresky #MetaSymp
Metamodern Theatre Symposium - YouTube
The Metamodern Theatre Symposium was held at The University of East London and online on 19.11.24 to launch the book Metamodernism in Contemporary British Th...
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December 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Missed the Metamodern Theatre Symposium? Don’t panic! The whole event is now available to watch on YouTube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A 5 part video playlist ft. @gregdember.bsky.social @katekavs.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social @dermotdaly.bsky.social and more! #academicsky #theatresky #MetaSymp
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A 5 part video playlist ft. @gregdember.bsky.social @katekavs.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social @dermotdaly.bsky.social and more! #academicsky #theatresky #MetaSymp
So much about Thanksgiving is deconstructable/problematic.... AND YET.... Happy metamodern Thanksgiving, to all!
(Be kind to a turkey)
(Be kind to a turkey)
November 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
So much about Thanksgiving is deconstructable/problematic.... AND YET.... Happy metamodern Thanksgiving, to all!
(Be kind to a turkey)
(Be kind to a turkey)