Today in Culture: Season 2, Edition 1
Culture & Society - 06/26/2025
Back like we never left.
Welcome to Season 2 of Today in Culture, your weekly cultural compass brought to you by Realm Empire Industries. We’re kicking things off with a collection of thought-provoking, emotionally honest, and creatively bold voices shaking up the timelines and pushing conversations forward. This edition is about survival, self-definition, and soul-deep reclamation.
Let’s get into it.
"We've Forgotten the Key to Survival" by
Tara reminds us that soft living isn’t luxury—it’s ancestral wisdom. In a world obsessed with hustle, this is your permission slip to slow down and feel everything.
"You Can't Hate Men and Decenter Them" by
A necessary and nuanced take on what it truly means to shift patriarchal narratives without recycling harm. Paris asks: Are we ready to deconstruct without deflecting?
"Why Racism Black Women Face Is Stranger Than Fiction" by
Allison captures the absurdity of navigating anti-Blackness in everyday life. This is the kind of writing that makes you gasp and nod at the same time.
"Mending the Mother Wound Through Solitude" by
Reve turns isolation into alchemy. A meditative look at how solitude becomes sacred space when healing from generational grief.
"Fly" by
Poetic, intimate, and unapologetic—Saint Ken’s latest piece reminds us that liberation starts with believing you're worthy of the sky.
"The Anti-Pretension/Anti-Intellectualism Paradox" by
A sharp essay on how media discourse flattens nuance in the name of relatability. This one’s for the thinkers and the critics.
"Purposeful Creativity in the Creative Economy" by
If you're an artist feeling disillusioned in the age of content, this one’s for you. Purpose is still the blueprint—even in algorithms.
"They Told Me My Hair Was Just Dry" by
A reclamation of hair as history, softness, and science. Jackson’s storytelling feels like sitting in your auntie’s kitchen, learning who you are strand by strand.
"I Love Girlhood" by
neA love letter to girlhood in all its joy, weirdness, power, and tenderness. Divine says what many of us didn’t have the words for until now.
"Motherhood: A Two-Month Review" by
Sleep-deprived but spiritually fed, Iman’s journaled honesty about new motherhood is equal parts raw and radiant.
"Too Grown to Breathe, Too Young to Die" by
A fierce generational critique from one of Gen Z’s brightest minds. Dias captures what it feels like to grow up in a world that expects too much, too fast.
Notes Worth Noting
Love to be back with you guys!!!! Ahh!!!!