A graduate student reflects on their experience teaching a popular culture course, noting the challenges of engaging students with academic readings and the pervasive influence of consumerism on meaning-making. The student discusses how concepts from thinkers like Adorno and Fisher resonate with students' experiences of 'depressive anhedonia' under capitalism, where immediate gratification often overshadows deeper engagement with material. The course aimed to critically examine how popular culture, social media, and consumer habits shape perception and meaning. AI
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