There seems to be a common feeling that, as a culture, we’re gradually getting coarser, more irreverent, and—for a lack of a better term—edgier. For as long as I’ve been alive at least, people have believed this. And it really does seem to be true if you look only at the most simplistic signifiers of loosening standards: You can hear the word “vagina” on TV’s Whitney, or enjoy the most realistic robot violence ever depicted on film in Real Steel. But in terms of the ideas behind those gestures, we’re moving in a tamer, less challenging direction. Take “Bitch Suck Dick,” the latest single from hip-hop’s current provocateur-in-chief Tyler, The Creator...
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