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Guilty Pleasures - Who Invented Highbrow and Why Should You Care

Guilty Pleasures - Who Invented Highbrow and Why Should You Care

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Host Vivian Steele dismantles the highbrow-lowbrow divide, tracing how philosopher Theodor Adorno's disdain for popular culture created lasting shame around taste. From Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize to Teen Titans, she reveals how the art people love often matters more than gatekeepers admit—and why "guilty pleasure" reinforces class hierarchies that never deserved your obedience.

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