Who is Pretentious? - by Madison Huizinga - Cafe Hysteria

The word has likely rolled around in your mind or off the tip of your tongue at some point. Perhaps it was after sitting through a student-produced dance show at a prestigious liberal arts school. Or after mulling over a cult classic novel or indie album your friend raved about. You may have watched a movie beloved by the “film bro” community after reading a Reddit thread about it and felt more unsatisfied post-viewing than anticipated. Perhaps you felt bad about thinking or saying it. Perhaps the work just left a bad taste in your mouth and you couldn’t think of another descriptor. Certain words and concepts are challenging to define because they simply are what they are. Ironic, satirical, campy - these qualities are often best illustrated via examples rather than words in a dictionary. Once we know their meaning intrinsically, they become difficult to define for another person. People write dense texts that are closely read for years, grasping at some objective semblance of qualitie

The word has likely rolled around in your mind or off the tip of your tongue at some point. Perhaps it was after sitting through a student-produced dance show at a prestigious liberal arts school. Or after mulling over a cult classic novel or indie album your friend raved about. You may have watched a movie beloved by the “film bro” community after reading a Reddit thread about it and felt more unsatisfied post-viewing than anticipated. Perhaps you felt bad about thinking or saying it. Perhaps the work just left a bad taste in your mouth and you couldn’t think of another descriptor. Certain wo